| 7th Canadian Comedy Awards | |
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| Date | 27 October 2006 |
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| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence |
| Hosted by | Debra DiGiovanni |
| Most awards | Corner Gas and Slings & Arrows (2) |
| Most nominations | Television: Corner Gas (7) Film: Leo (4) |
| Website | www |
The 7th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2005 and was held on 27 October 2006 in London, Ontario. The ceremony was hosted by Debra DiGiovanni.
Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 20 categories. Winners were picked by members of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, and the Comedy Association.
TV series Corner Gas led with seven nominations followed by the film Leo with four. Corner Gas won two Beavers as did Mark McKinney for the second season of Slings & Arrows. Mike MacDonald received the first Dave Broadfoot Award for comic genius.
The ceremony was held during the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which showcased performances by the nominees and other artists. A gala review on the final day of the festival was taped and broadcast by The Comedy Network, marking the awards' first television presence since 2001.