Genie Award for Best Actress (Non-Feature)

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.

1960s

Year	Nominee	Film
1969 21st 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
1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards
	Linda Goranson	The Manipulators: "The Spike in the Wall"
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards
	Carole Lazare	The Megantic Outlaw
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards
	Patricia Collins	The Golden Handshake
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards
	Jackie Burroughs	Vicky
1974
	No award presented
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards
	Jayne Eastwood	The Collaborators: "Deedee"
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards
	Luce Guilbeault	Bargain Basement
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards
	Marina Dimakopoulos	Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher
1978 29th 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
1980 1st Genie Awards
	Martha Henry	The Newcomers
	Lynne Griffin	Every Person Is Guilty
	Bronwen Mantel	Revolution's Orphans
	Janet Ward	The Wordsmith
1981 Bijou Awards
	Lally Cadeau	You've Come a Long Way, Katie
	Sharry Flett	War Brides
	Dixie Seatle	A Population of One