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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;20, 2024 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Registration&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CENOVUS ENERGY INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">98-0642460</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4100, 225 &#150; 6 Avenue S.W. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Calgary, Alberta, Canada </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>T2P 1N2 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">403-766-2000</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plans) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CT Corporation System </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>28 Liberty St. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York,
  NY 10005 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-894-8940</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>COPIES TO: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gary Molnar</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cenovus Energy Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4100,
  225 6 Avenue S.W.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Calgary, Alberta, Canada</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>T2P 1N2</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">403-766-2000</FONT></FONT></B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Christopher J. Cummings</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton&nbsp;&amp; Garrison LLP</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1285 Avenue of the Americas</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, NY</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10019<BR>Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-373-3434</FONT></FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-accelerated&nbsp;filer,</FONT> a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting
  company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by 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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act .&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Item&#8201;1.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Plan Information.</I></B><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;will</FONT> be sent or
  given to participants in each of the Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees and the Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) of Cenovus Energy Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
  under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,&nbsp;such</FONT> documents are not being filed with the Commission, but each such document constitutes, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a prospectus that
  meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Item</I></B><B></B><B><I>&#8201;</I></B><B></B><B><I>2.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</I></B><B>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant will furnish without charge to each person to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a
  copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is
  incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in each Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also furnish without charge to any person to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, all other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b) under the Securities Act. Requests should be directed to the Corporate Secretary of Cenovus Energy Inc. at 4100, 225 6 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1N2, telephone: <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">403-766-2000.</FONT></FONT> </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;3.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with or furnished to the Commission are incorporated herein by reference: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Registrant&#146;s annual report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001475260/000147526024000006/cve-20231231_d2.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;15, 2024 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34513).</FONT> </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Registrant&#146;s reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000117625624000008/cenovusenergy6knomrd.htm">February&nbsp;5,
   2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000004/form6-kfeb152024q42023.htm">February 15, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524037465/d764270d6k.htm">February&nbsp;
  15, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524078945/d575568d6k.htm">March&nbsp;
  27, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524078952/d769254d6k.htm">March 27, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524078958/d691700d6k.htm">March 27, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524078962/d814042d6k.htm">March
   27, 2024</A> <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000008/form6-kq12024.htm">May&nbsp;1, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524127859/d732686d6k.htm">May&nbsp;
  2, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000010/form6-kjune202024nr.htm">June&nbsp;21, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000014/form6-kaug12024q22024.htm">August&nbsp;
  1, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001475260/000147526024000022/cve-20240930_d2.htm">October&nbsp;
  31, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000024/form6-knovember72024nr.htm">November&nbsp;
  7, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000029/form6-knovember252024nr.htm">November&nbsp;
  25, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000147526024000031/form6-kdecember122024nr.htm">December&nbsp;12, 2024</A>. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. The description of the common shares set forth in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312523270516/d519401df10.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-10</FONT></A> filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), as amended, on November&nbsp;3, 2023 (Commission File
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-275322),</FONT> and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part thereof
  from the date of filing of such documents. Also, the Registrant may incorporate by reference its future reports on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;by</FONT> stating in
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">those&nbsp;Form&nbsp;6-Ks&nbsp;that</FONT> they are being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;4.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Description of Securities. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;5.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;6.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;124 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the &#147;CBCA&#148;), the Registrant may indemnify a present or former
  director or officer of the Registrant or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
  including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that
  association with the Registrant or other entity. The Registrant may not indemnify an individual unless the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests
  of the other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant&#146;s request and in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
  individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual&#146;s conduct was lawful. The indemnification may be made in connection with a derivative action only with court approval. The aforementioned individuals are entitled to
  indemnification from the Registrant as a matter of </P>
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  right if they were not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought to have done. The Registrant may advance
  moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of an aforementioned proceeding; however, the individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions set out above. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Registrant provide that, subject to the limitations contained in the CBCA, but
  without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify any person under the CBCA or otherwise, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or another individual who acts
  or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
  reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Registrant or other entity, if the individual acted
  honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant&#146;s
  request, and in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual&#146;s conduct was lawful. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Registrant provide that the Registrant may, subject to the limitations contained in
  the CBCA, purchase, maintain, or participate in insurance for the benefit of a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant, or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a
  director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, as the Board may from time to time determine.<B>&nbsp;</B> </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;7.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;8.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Exhibits. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exhibits listed under the caption &#147;Exhibits Index&#148; of this Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. </P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>Item&#8201;9.</I></B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Undertakings. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)(1)&#8195;To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
  of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
  with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
  effective registration statement; </P>
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  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided,
  however, that,</I>&nbsp;paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
  Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&#8195;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
  be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&#8195;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold
  at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&#8195;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&#8195;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
  officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex41.htm">Articles of the Registrant, as Amended. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex42.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of the Registrant, as Amended. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex43.htm">Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex44.htm">Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.5</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000119312524127859/d732686dex993.htm">Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated May&nbsp;
  1, 2024 by and between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services Inc., as rights agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on May&nbsp;2, 2024. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.6</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000095014221000003/eh200122594_ex9903.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Emptive</FONT> Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.&agrave;.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January&nbsp;4, 2021. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.7</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000095014221000003/eh200122594_ex9904.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Emptive</FONT> Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and L.F. Investments S.&agrave;.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January&nbsp;4, 2021. </A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
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  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.8</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000095014221000003/eh200122594_ex9905.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.&agrave;.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January&nbsp;4, 2021. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.9</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1475260/000095014221000003/eh200122594_ex9906.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and L.F. Investments S.&agrave;.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January&nbsp;4, 2021. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex231.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex232.htm">Consent of McDaniel&nbsp;&amp; Associates Consultants Ltd. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dex233.htm">Consent of GLJ Ltd. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Part II). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129382dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table. </A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
  that it meets all of the requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;and</FONT> has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on the 20th day of December, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>CENOVUS ENERGY INC.</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Karamjit S. Sandhar</P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jonathan M. McKenzie, Karamjit S. Sandhar and Gary Molnar as such person&#146;s true and
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  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  things requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
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  instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated effective December&nbsp;20, 2024: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jonathan M. McKenzie</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Claude Mongeau</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Lead Independent Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Claude Mongeau</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Stephen E. Bradley</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Stephen E. Bradley</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Keith M. Casey</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Keith M. Casey</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Michael J. Crothers</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Michael J. Crothers</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ James D. Girgulis</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">James D. Girgulis</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Melanie A. Little</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Melanie A. Little</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Richard J. Marcogliese</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Frank J. Sixt</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Frank J. Sixt</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration
  Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Cenovus Energy Inc. in the United States, on the 20th day of December, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2024
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CENOVUS ENERGY INC.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Canada
  98-0642460
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  4100, 225 – 6 Avenue S.W.
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  T2P 1N2
  Canada
  Tel:
  403-766-2000
  (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
  Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees
  Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees
  (Full title of the plans)
  CT Corporation System
  28 Liberty St.
  New York,
  NY 10005
  212-894-8940
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  COPIES TO:
  Gary Molnar
  Cenovus Energy Inc.
  4100,
  225 6 Avenue S.W.
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  T2P 1N2
  Canada
  Tel:
  403-766-2000
  Christopher J. Cummings
  Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  1285 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY
  10019
  Tel:
  212-373-3434
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant 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 "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting
  company" and "emerging growth company" in
  Rule 12b-2 of
  the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by 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 the Securities Act . ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of
  Form S-8 will
  be sent or
  given to participants in each of the Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees and the Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees (collectively, the "Plans") of Cenovus Energy Inc. (the "Registrant"), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
  under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to
  Form S-8, such
  documents are not being filed with the Commission, but each such document constitutes, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a prospectus that
  meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  Item
  2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  .
  The Registrant will furnish without charge to each person to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a
  copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is
  incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in each Section 10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also furnish without charge to any person to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, all other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Requests should be directed to the Corporate Secretary of Cenovus Energy Inc. at 4100, 225 6 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1N2, telephone:
  403-766-2000.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed with or furnished to the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
  1. The Registrant's annual report on
  Form
  40-F
  filed with the Commission on February 15, 2024 (Commission File
  No. 001-34513).
  2. The Registrant's reports on Form
  6-K
  furnished to the Commission on
  February 5,
   2024
  ,
  February 15, 2024
  ,
  February 
  15, 2024
  ,
  March 
  27, 2024
  ,
  March 27, 2024
  ,
  March 27, 2024
  ,
  March
   27, 2024
  May 1, 2024
  ,
  May 
  2, 2024
  ,
  June 21, 2024
  ,
  August 
  1, 2024
  ,
  October 
  31, 2024
  ,
  November 
  7, 2024
  ,
  November 
  25, 2024
  and
  December 12, 2024
  .
  3. The description of the common shares set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  F-10
  filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended, on November 3, 2023 (Commission File
  No. 333-275322),
  and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part thereof
  from the date of filing of such documents. Also, the Registrant may incorporate by reference its future reports on
  Form 6-K by
  stating in
  those Form 6-Ks that
  they are being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not Applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not Applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Under Section 124 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "CBCA"), the Registrant may indemnify a present or former
  director or officer of the Registrant or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
  including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that
  association with the Registrant or other entity. The Registrant may not indemnify an individual unless the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests
  of the other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant's request and in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
  individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful. The indemnification may be made in connection with a derivative action only with court approval. The aforementioned individuals are entitled to
  indemnification from the Registrant as a matter of
  right if they were not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought to have done. The Registrant may advance
  moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of an aforementioned proceeding; however, the individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions set out above.
  The
  by-laws
  of the Registrant provide that, subject to the limitations contained in the CBCA, but
  without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify any person under the CBCA or otherwise, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or another individual who acts
  or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
  reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Registrant or other entity, if the individual acted
  honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant's
  request, and in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful.
  The
  by-laws
  of the Registrant provide that the Registrant may, subject to the limitations contained in
  the CBCA, purchase, maintain, or participate in insurance for the benefit of a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant, or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a
  director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, as the Board may from time to time determine.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not Applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  The exhibits listed under the caption "Exhibits Index" of this Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein.
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  The Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (a)(1) To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
  of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
  with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
  effective registration statement;
  (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided,
  however, that,
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
  Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
  be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold
  at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
  officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  4.1
  Articles of the Registrant, as Amended.
  4.2
  By-laws
  of the Registrant, as Amended.
  4.3
  Performance Share Unit Plan for Employees.
  4.4
  Restricted Share Unit Plan for Employees.
  4.5
  Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated May 
  1, 2024 by and between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services Inc., as rights agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on May 2, 2024.
  4.6
  Pre-Emptive
  Rights Agreement, dated January 
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.à.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2021.
  4.7
  Pre-Emptive
  Rights Agreement, dated January 
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and L.F. Investments S.à.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2021.
  4.8
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.à.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2021.
  4.9
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 
  1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and L.F. Investments S.à.r.l., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Report of Foreign Issuer filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2021.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd.
  23.3
  Consent of GLJ Ltd.
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Part II).
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  Filing Fee Table.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
  that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
  Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on the 20th day of December, 2024.
  CENOVUS ENERGY INC.
  By:
  /s/ Karamjit S. Sandhar
  Name:
  Karamjit S. Sandhar
  Title:
  Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jonathan M. McKenzie, Karamjit S. Sandhar and Gary Molnar as such person's true and
  lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
  capacities (until revoked in writing), to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and the other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  things requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one
  instrument.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated effective December 20, 2024:
  Signature
  Title
  /s/ Jonathan M. McKenzie
  President & Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  Jonathan M. McKenzie
  /s/ Karamjit S. Sandhar
  Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer
  Karamjit S. Sandhar
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Alexander J. Pourbaix
  Executive Chair of the Board of Directors
  Alexander J. Pourbaix
  /s/ Claude Mongeau
  Lead Independent Director
  Claude Mongeau
  /s/ Stephen E. Bradley
  Director
  Stephen E. Bradley
  /s/ Keith M. Casey
  Director
  Keith M. Casey
  /s/ Michael J. Crothers
  Director
  Michael J. Crothers
  /s/ James D. Girgulis
  Director
  James D. Girgulis
  /s/ Jane E. Kinney
  Director
  Jane E. Kinney
  /s/ Eva L. Kwok
  Director
  Eva L. Kwok
  /s/ Melanie A. Little
  Director
  Melanie A. Little
  /s/ Richard J. Marcogliese
  Director
  Richard J. Marcogliese
  /s/ Frank J. Sixt
  Director
  Frank J. Sixt
  /s/ Rhonda I. Zygocki
  Director
  Rhonda I. Zygocki
  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration
  Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Cenovus Energy Inc. in the United States, on the 20th day of December, 2024.
  CENOVUS ENERGY US LLC
  By:
  /s/ Eric R. Zimpfer
  Name:
  Eric R. Zimpfer
  Title:
  President