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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001279569-17-000965
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170508
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170508

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:		17821314

	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       May  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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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 May 8, 2017 - Oncolytics Biotech&reg; Inc. Announces FDA Fast Track Designation for REOLYSIN&reg; in Metastatic Breast Cancer</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>
        <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;
          May 8, 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="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt"><B>Oncolytics Biotech&reg; Inc. Announces FDA Fast Track
Designation for REOLYSIN&reg; in Metastatic Breast Cancer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CALGARY, May 8, 2017 /CNW/ - Oncolytics Biotech<SUP>&reg;</SUP>
Inc. (Oncolytics or the Company) (TSX:ONC) (OTCQX:ONCYF) announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
has granted Fast Track designation for REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, the Company's proprietary immuno-oncology viral agent, for the
treatment of metastatic breast cancer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">&quot;Fast Track designation represents an important step
for our clinical development plan, which is squarely focused on a registration pathway in metastatic breast cancer and advancing
REOLYSIN to regulatory review as quickly as possible,&quot; said Dr. Matt Coffey, President and CEO of Oncolytics Biotech. &quot;Our
goal is to conduct an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA as soon as is practical and obtain scientific guidance. We are eager
to leverage this designation and use the opportunity for more frequent dialogue with the FDA, as well as the potential for an expedited
review process, to support the future development of REOLYSIN.&quot;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">In April 2017, data from an open-label, randomized, phase
2 study assessing the therapeutic combination of intravenously-administered REOLYSIN&nbsp;given in combination with the chemotherapy
agent paclitaxel versus paclitaxel alone, in patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer (IND 213) was presented at the
American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting. The combined treatment demonstrated a statistically significant increase
in median overall survival. Based on Oncolytics' evolving understanding of REOLYSIN's mechanism of action, along with the positive
overall survival data generated to date, the Company is pursuing metastatic breast cancer as its primary focus for late-stage clinical
testing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">The FDA's Fast Track process is designed to facilitate the
development, and expedite the review of drugs that treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. Fast Track designation
supports more frequent dialogue with the FDA on a company's drug development plan, data requirements and clinical trial design.
It also, in certain situations, enables the FDA to take action on a new drug or biologics license application more rapidly than
under the standard review process.</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, 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 and the presentation related thereto
contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking
statements, including the Company's belief as to the potential of REOLYSIN<SUP>&reg;</SUP> as a cancer therapeutic; the Company's
expectations as to the success of its research and development programs in 2017 and beyond, the Company's planned operations, the
value of the additional patents and intellectual property; the Company's expectations related to the applications of the patented
technology; the Company's expectations as to adequacy of its existing capital resources; the design, timing, success of planned
clinical trial programs; and other statements related to anticipated developments in the Company's business and technologies 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 as a cancer treatment, the success and timely completion of clinical
studies and trials, the Company's ability to successfully commercialize REOLYSIN, uncertainties related to the research and development
of pharmaceuticals, uncertainties related to the regulatory process and general changes to the economic environment. 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 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">View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2017/08/c2012.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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0">CNW 07:00e 08-MAY-17</P>



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