<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001171843-16-010473.txt : 20160603
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160603164129
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-16-010473
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160602
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160603

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001582313
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				980661854
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5G 48W
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(604) 484-3300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5G 48W

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOLLER FRANK A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000938801

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36687
		FILM NUMBER:		161696280

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 707
		STREET 2:		1177 WEST HASTINGS ST
		CITY:			VANCOVER BRITISH COL
		STATE:			A1
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-06-02</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001582313</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XENE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000938801</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HOLLER FRANK A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BURNABY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A1</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>V5G 4W8</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.38</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-06-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-06-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>3500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3500</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">One-third of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the one year anniversary of the grant date, one-third of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the two year anniversary of the grant date, and the balance of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the three year anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joanne Smartt, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person
of Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), hereby constitutes and appoints each of the responsible attorneys and
paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, Professional Corporation, and each of Emmanuelle Vallee, Sherry Aulin, Joanne
Smartt and Huda Shami of the Company, the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">complete and execute Forms ID, 3,4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact
shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
undersigned&rsquo;s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem
appropriate.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as
amended).</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3<SUP>rd</SUP> day of December, 2015.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">Signature: <U>/s/ Frank
Holler&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank Holler</P>

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