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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-19-018310
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS AM
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190917
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190917

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001314052
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731]
		IRS NUMBER:				208365999
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS AM
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-207600
		FILM NUMBER:		191097723

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		51 W 52ND STREET,
		STREET 2:		7TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019-6163
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-689-3939

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		51 W 52ND STREET,
		STREET 2:		7TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019-6163

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Thrifty Printing Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050111
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 17, 2019</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-207600</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-3/A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Post-Effective Amendment No. 4)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>98-0608404</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>51 West 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 7<SUP>th</SUP>
Floor</B><BR>
<B>New York, NY 10019-6163</B><BR>
<B>Telephone: 1-844-689-3939</B><BR>
<I>(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices)</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Christopher Missling, PhD</B><BR>
<B>Chief Executive Officer</B><BR>
<B>51 West 52<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 7<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</B><BR>
<B>New York, NY 10019-6163</B><BR>
<B>Telephone: 1-844-689-3939</B><BR>
<I>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Clayton E. Parker, Esq.<BR>
John C. Scarborough, Jr., Esq.<BR>
K&amp;L Gates LLP<BR>
200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3900<BR>
Miami, Florida 33131-2399<BR>
Telephone: (305) 539-3300<BR>
Facsimile: (305) 358-7095</B></P>

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Public:</B> This post&minus;effective amendment no. 4 deregisters those securities that remain unsold hereunder as of the effective
date hereof.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If the only securities being registered on
this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If any of the securities being registered on
this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 (&ldquo;<U>Securities
Act</U>&rdquo;), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following
box. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If this Form is filed to register additional
securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If this Form is a post-effective amendment
filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. &#9744;</P>

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to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If this Form is a post-effective amendment
to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes
of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

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is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting
company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</B></P>

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No. 4 (this &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;),
filed by Anavex Life Sciences Corp., a Nevada corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement No. 333-207600, initially filed on October 23, 2015, amended on August 11, 2016 and August 31, 2016 and declared effective on September 6, 2016, utilizing a &ldquo;shelf&rdquo; registration process to offer and sell in one or more offerings from time to time up to a total dollar amount of $100,000,000 in securities and to register an aggregate of 6,754,609 shares sold by the Selling Securityholder listed therein in one or more transactions.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As of the date hereof,
the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertakings
made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the
securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Company hereby removes
from registration by means of this Amendment, all of such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of New York, New York on September 17, 2019. No other person is required to sign this Amendment in
reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/ Christopher Missling, PhD</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Christopher Missling, PhD</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Principal Executive Officer and</FONT></TD></TR>
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