[2] Nominations were announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television on February 18.
[3] On March 12, 2020 it was announced that the ceremony had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
[6] In early May, the academy indicated that the winners would be announced in a series of livestreams during the week of May 25 to May 28.
[7] The first livestream, on May 25, presented the awards in news, sports, and documentary categories.
Hosts of livestream segments included Lloyd Robertson, Herbie Kuhn, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Emma Hunter, Evany Rosen, Kayla Lorette, Eric McCormack, and Théodore Pellerin.