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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001279569-17-000094
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170119
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170119

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ONCOLYTICS BIOTECH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001129928
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-31062
		FILM NUMBER:		17534928

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1167 KENSINGTON CRES NW SUITE 210
		STREET 2:		CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA T2N 1X7
		CITY:			ALBERTA CANADA
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4036707380

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		210 - 1167 KENSINGTON CRES NW
		CITY:			CALGARY
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T2N 1X7
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">For the month of       January 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Suite&nbsp;210, 1167 Kensington Crescent NW</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1X7</B></P>

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the submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private
issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant&rsquo;s &ldquo;home country&rdquo;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&rsquo;s
securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed
to the registrant&rsquo;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form&nbsp;6-K
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">News
Release Dated  January 19, 2017 - Oncolytics Biotech&reg; Inc. Appoints Dr. Matt Coffey to the Role of President and CEO</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0"><B>Oncolytics Biotech Inc.</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;
          January 19, 2017</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">By:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt"><B>Oncolytics Biotech&reg; Inc. Appoints Dr. Matt Coffey
to the Role of President and CEO</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CALGARY, Jan. 19, 2017 /CNW/ - Oncolytics Biotech<SUP>&reg;</SUP>
Inc. (&quot;Oncolytics&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;) (TSX: ONC) (OTCQX: ONCYF) today announced that Matt Coffey PhD, MBA, has
been appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Coffey had been serving as the
Company's Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since early November 2016.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;Dr. Coffey has transitioned seamlessly into his new
role and, together with the expanded senior management team, has rapidly crafted plans to advance a range of clinical and operational
initiatives,&quot; said Wayne Pisano, Chairman of Oncolytics' Board of Directors. &quot;After careful consideration and review,
taking into account his extensive knowledge of REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, tenure with the Company, and efforts to date, the Board
has determined that Dr. Coffey is ideally positioned to lead Oncolytics' ongoing efforts to move a first in class immuno-oncology
viral agent through late-stage clinical testing.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">A co-founder of the Company, Dr. Coffey completed his doctorate
degree in oncology at the University of Calgary with a focus on the oncolytic capabilities of the reovirus. The results of his
research have been published in various respected scientific journals, including <I>Science</I>, <I>Human Gene Therapy</I>, and
<I>The EMBO Journal</I>. Dr. Coffey has held progressively senior roles with Oncolytics including, Chief Operating Officer since
December 2008, Chief Scientific Officer, Vice-President of Product Development and Chief Financial Officer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0"><B>About Oncolytics Biotech Inc.</B><BR>
Oncolytics is a Calgary-based biotechnology company focused on the development of oncolytic viruses as potential cancer therapeutics.&nbsp;Oncolytics'
clinical program includes a variety of later-stage, randomized human trials in various indications using REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP>,
its proprietary formulation of the human reovirus. For further information about Oncolytics, please visit: www.oncolyticsbiotech.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0"><I>This press release contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and forward-looking
information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in
this press release that address activities, events or developments that Oncolytics expects or anticipates will or may occur in
the future, including the impact on Oncolytics and its clinical program of the change in senior management of Oncolytics, and other
such matters are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
which could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to the statistical sufficiency of patient enrollment
numbers in separate patient groups, the availability of funds and resources to pursue research and development projects, the efficacy
of REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP></I>&nbsp;<I>as a cancer treatment, the tolerability of REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP></I>&nbsp;<I>outside
a controlled test, the success and timely completion of clinical studies and trials, the Company's ability to successfully commercialize
REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, uncertainties related to the research and development of pharmaceuticals and uncertainties related to
the regulatory process. Investors should consult the Company's quarterly and annual filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities
commissions for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.
The Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information, except as required by
applicable laws.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">SOURCE Oncolytics Biotech Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">%CIK: 0001129928</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>For further information:</B> NATIONAL Equicom, Nick Hurst, 320
Front Street W, Suite 1600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3B6, Tel: 416.586.1942, nhurst@national.ca; NATIONAL Equicom, Michael Moore,
San Diego, CA, Tel: 858.886.7813, mmoore@national.ca</P>

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