| Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | Venue | Best Motion Picture Winner | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
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| Canadian Film Awards prior to 1980 |
| 1st Genie Awards | March 20, 1980 | Bruno Gerussi | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | The Changeling | Christopher Plummer | Kate Lynch |
| 2nd Genie Awards | March 12, 1981 | Brian Linehan | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | Thomas Peacocke | Marie Tifo |
| 3rd Genie Awards | March 3, 1982 | Brian Linehan | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | Ticket to Heaven | Nick Mancuso | Margot Kidder |
| 4th Genie Awards | March 23, 1983 | Dave Thomas | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | The Grey Fox | Donald Sutherland | Rae Dawn Chong |
| 5th Genie Awards | March 21, 1984 | Louis Del Grande | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | The Terry Fox Story | Eric Fryer | Martha Henry |
| 6th Genie Awards | March 21, 1985 | Al Waxman andKerrie Keane | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | The Bay Boy | Gabriel Arcand | Louise Marleau |
| 7th Genie Awards | March 20, 1986 | Leslie Nielsen andCatherine Mary Stewart | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | My American Cousin | John Wildman | Margaret Langrick |
| 8th Genie Awards | March 18, 1987 | Helen Shaver,Linda Sorensen andJean LeClerc | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Gordon Pinsent | Martha Henry |
| 9th Genie Awards | March 22, 1988 | Gordon Pinsent andMegan Follows | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) | Roger Lebel | Sheila McCarthy |
| 10th Genie Awards | March 22, 1989 | Dave Thomas | Westin Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto | Dead Ringers | Jeremy Irons | Jackie Burroughs |
| 11th Genie Awards | March 20, 1990 | Brian Linehan | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) | Lothaire Bluteau | Rebecca Jenkins |
| 12th Genie Awards | November 26, 1991 | Leslie Nielsen | Pantages Theatre, Toronto | Black Robe | Rémy Girard | Pascale Montpetit |
| 13th Genie Awards | November 22, 1992 | Leslie Nielsen | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Naked Lunch | Tony Nardi | Janet Wright |
| 14th Genie Awards | December 12, 1993 | Marc Labrèche | Société Radio-Canada Studio 42, Montreal | Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Tom McCamus | Sheila McCarthy |
| 15th Genie Awards | December 7, 1994 | Graham Greene | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Exotica | Maury Chaykin | Sandra Oh |
| 16th Genie Awards | January 14, 1996 | CBC:Mary Walsh SRC:Pascale Bussières and René Homier-Roy | Société Radio-Canada Studio 42, Montreal | The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) | David La Haye | Helena Bonham Carter |
| 17th Genie Awards | November 27, 1996 | Rebecca Jenkins andMark Farrell | The Guvernment, Toronto | Lilies | William Hutt | Martha Henry |
| 18th Genie Awards | December 14, 1997 | Cameron Bailey andGeoff Pevere | The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto | The Sweet Hereafter | Ian Holm | Molly Parker |
| 19th Genie Awards | February 4, 1999 | Albert Schultz | The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga | The Red Violin | Roshan Seth | Sandra Oh |
| 20th Genie Awards | January 30, 2000 | Patrick McKenna | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Sunshine | Bob Hoskins | Sylvie Moreau |
| 21st Genie Awards | January 29, 2001 | Brian Linehan | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Maelström | Tony Nardi | Marie-Josée Croze |
| 22nd Genie Awards | February 7, 2002 | Brian Linehan | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Brendan Fletcher | Élise Guilbault |
| 23rd Genie Awards | February 13, 2003 | Arsinée Khanjian andPeter Keleghan | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Ararat | Luc Picard | Arsinée Khanjian |
| 24th Genie Awards | May 1, 2004 | Scott Thompson | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | Rémy Girard | Sarah Polley |
| 25th Genie Awards | March 21, 2005 | Andrea Martin | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | The Triplets of Belleville | Roy Dupuis | Pascale Bussières |
| 26th Genie Awards | March 13, 2006 | Lisa Ray andTerry David Mulligan | The Carlu, Toronto | C.R.A.Z.Y. | Michel Côté | Seema Biswas |
| 27th Genie Awards | February 13, 2007 | Lucie Laurier andTerry David Mulligan | The Carlu, Toronto | Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Roy Dupuis | Julie Le Breton |
| 28th Genie Awards | March 3, 2008 | Sandra Oh | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | Away From Her | Gordon Pinsent | Julie Christie |
| 29th Genie Awards | April 4, 2009 | Dave Foley | Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa | Passchendaele | Natar Ungalaaq | Ellen Burstyn |
| 30th Genie Awards | April 12, 2010 | | The Guvernment/Kool Haus Entertainment Complex, Toronto, Ontario | Polytechnique | Joshua Jackson | Karine Vanasse |
| 31st Genie Awards | March 10, 2011 | William Shatner | National Arts Centre, Ottawa | Incendies | Paul Giamatti | Lubna Azabal |
| 32nd Genie Awards | March 8, 2012 | George Stroumboulopoulos | Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario | Monsieur Lazhar | Mohamed Fellag | Vanessa Paradis |
| Canadian Screen Awards from 2013 |