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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001279569-17-000659
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170331

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:		17731047

	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       March 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>

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annual reports under cover Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F.</P>

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in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

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in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</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
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</P>

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in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b) under
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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 March 31, 2017 - Oncolytics Biotech&reg; Inc.'s REOLYSIN&reg; Provides Statistically Significant Improvement in Overall Survival
in Canadian Cancer Trials Group Sponsored Randomized Phase 2 Study in Metastatic Breast Cancer</FONT></TD></TR>
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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>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0">(Registrant)</P></TD></TR>
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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;
          March 31, 2017</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Kirk Look</FONT></TD></TR>
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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.'s REOLYSIN&reg; Provides
Statistically Significant Improvement in Overall Survival in Canadian Cancer Trials Group Sponsored Randomized Phase 2 Study in
Metastatic Breast Cancer</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 4.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Statistically significant improvement in median overall
survival from 10.4 months in the control arm to 17.4 months in the test arm; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 4.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">First time that an immuno-oncology viral-agent has
demonstrated a statistically significant median overall survival advantage in a randomized clinical study; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 4.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">A registration study is now being designed in metastatic
breast cancer with overall survival as the primary endpoint.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CALGARY, March 31, 2017 /CNW/ -&nbsp;Oncolytics Biotech<SUP>&reg;</SUP>
Inc. (Oncolytics or the Company) (TSX:ONC) (OTCQX:ONCYF) today announced the presentation of positive overall survival data from
an open-label, randomized, Phase 2 study designed by the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG, formerly known as the National Cancer
Institute of Canada - NCIC).&nbsp;The 74-patient study, powered to 90 percent, assesses the therapeutic combination of intravenously-administered
REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;&nbsp;</SUP>given in combination with paclitaxel versus paclitaxel alone in patients with advanced or metastatic
breast cancer.&nbsp; Data from the study (IND 213), will be presented during the American Academy of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual
Meeting, April 1-5, in Washington, DC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">The abstract reports that in the intention-to-treat (ITT)
patient population there was an improvement in median OS (secondary endpoint) from 10.4 months on the control arm to 17.4 months
on the test arm (Hazard ratio 0.65, 80% CI 0.46-0.91, p=0.1), meeting the pre-specified significance level for the 90 percent powered
study. Consistent with REOLYSIN acting as an immune therapy agent, there was no meaningful improvement in either progression free
survival (the primary endpoint), or response rate (secondary endpoint). The Company is now planning a registration study in metastatic
breast cancer with overall survival as the primary endpoint.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;This is the first&nbsp;controlled, randomized study
where the systemic administration of an immuno-oncology viral agent&nbsp;(REOLYSIN),&nbsp;was well tolerated and had a significant
impact on the overall survival of relapsed metastatic breast cancer patients when used in combination with paclitaxel,&quot; said
Dr. Karen Gelmon, Head, Investigational Drug Program, Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia
Cancer Agency.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;There is an emerging pattern, from this and other studies
with REOLYSIN, where patients obtain significant benefit in overall survival, despite limited impact on response rates and/or progression-free
survival,&quot; said Dr. Andres Gutierrez, Chief Medical Officer of Oncolytics. &quot;This is a well-established pattern for other
immunotherapies, like checkpoint inhibitors, which have been approved on an overall survival primary endpoint in melanoma, NSCLC
and head and neck cancers.&nbsp; These phase 2 data also support the established mode of activity of REOLYSIN where selective cell
lysis of permissive cancer cells is followed by an anti-tumor immune response, which may be responsible for the meaningful survival
benefit for patients. Taking into account the specific findings from this study, we continue to believe that REOLYSIN is not solely
an oncolytic agent, but has key attributes of an immuno-oncology agent as well.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">The abstract, authored by Bernstein <I>et al</I>, &quot;A
randomized (RCT) phase II study of oncolytic reovirus (pelareorep) plus standard weekly paclitaxel (P) as therapy for metastatic
breast cancer (mBC)&quot; is now available on the AACR website. CCTG will be making a poster presentation, #8466, at the AACR Annual
Meeting, on Tuesday Apr 4, 2017 from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, in Washington, DC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">Oncolytics would like to thank the patients that participated
in this study, the CCTG and all the physicians and nurses involved.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0"><B>About Breast Cancer</B><BR>
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 255,180 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in the United States and 41,070
deaths from the disease in 2017.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0"><B>About Oncolytics Biotech Inc.</B><BR>
Oncolytics is a biotechnology company developing REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, an immuno-oncology viral-agent, as a potential treatment
for a variety of tumor types. The compound induces selective tumor lysis and promotes an inflamed tumor phenotype through innate
and adaptive immune responses to treat a variety of cancers. Oncolytics' clinical development program emphasizes three pillars:
chemotherapy combinations to trigger selective tumor lysis; immuno-therapy combinations to produce adaptive immune responses; and
immune modulator (IMiD) combinations to facilitate innate immune responses.&nbsp; Oncolytics is currently planning its first registration
study in breast cancer, as well as studies in combination with checkpoint inhibitors and IMID/targeted therapies in solid and hematological
malignancies.&nbsp; For further information about Oncolytics, please visit:&nbsp;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 Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, including the Company's expectations related to the Phase 2 clinical trial in
breast cancer, future trials in this indication, and the Company's belief as to the potential of REOLYSIN as a cancer therapeutic,
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. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the availability of funds and resources
to pursue research and development projects, the efficacy of REOLYSIN &nbsp;as a cancer treatment, the tolerability of REOLYSIN
outside a controlled test, the success and timely completion of clinical studies and trials, the Company's ability to successfully
commercialize REOLYSIN, uncertainties related to the research, development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, changes in technology,
general changes to the economic environment 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. Investors should consider statements that include the words &quot;believes&quot;, &quot;expects&quot;,
&quot;anticipates&quot;, &quot;intends&quot;, &quot;estimates&quot;, &quot;plans&quot;, &quot;projects&quot;, &quot;should&quot;,
or other expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends, to be uncertain and forward-looking. Investors
are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking
statements, 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>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2017/31/c4482.html</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> Oncolytics Investor &amp; Media Contact:
Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Michael Moore, Vice President, Investor Relations &amp; Corporate Communications, 858-886-7813, mmoore@oncolytics.ca;
AXON Media Contact: Marian Cutler, 914-701-0100 ext. 5361, mcutler@axon-com.com</P>

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

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