Best Performance by an Actress (Non-Feature) was a Canadian award which was presented by the Canadian Film Awards from 1969 to 1978, by the Genie Awards in 1980 and by the shortlived Bijou Awards in 1981, to honour the best performance by an actress in film which was not a theatrical feature film, such as television films or short films.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .
1960s Year Nominee Film 196921st Canadian Film Awards Jackie Burroughs Dulcima Josephine Barrington McQueen: "There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn" Margot Kidder Corwin: "Does Anybody Here Know Denny?"
1970s Year Nominee Film 197022nd Canadian Film Awards Linda Goranson The Manipulators: "The Spike in the Wall"|- | rowspan=2 align="center"| 197123rd Canadian Film Awards |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Carole Lazare| The Megantic Outlaw 197224th Canadian Film Awards Patricia Collins The Golden Handshake 197325th Canadian Film Awards Jackie Burroughs Vicky 1974No award presented 197526th Canadian Film Awards Jayne Eastwood The Collaborators: "Deedee" 197627th Canadian Film Awards Luce Guilbeault Bargain Basement 197728th Canadian Film Awards Marina Dimakopoulos Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher 197829th Canadian Film Awards Chapelle Jaffe One Night Stand Sylvie Lachance The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine) Roberta Maxwell A Matter of Choice Sarah Torgov Drying Up the Streets
1980s Year Nominee Film 19801st Genie Awards Martha Henry The Newcomers Lynne Griffin Every Person Is Guilty Bronwen Mantel Revolution's Orphans Janet Ward The Wordsmith 1981"Gems among Bijous". Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1981.Bijou Awards Lally Cadeau You've Come a Long Way, Katie Sharry Flett War Brides Dixie Seatle A Population of One
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