Cenovus Energy (CVE) 6-K Current report (foreign)

Exhibit 99.3

Notice of Annual Meeting and Notice of Availability of Meeting Materials

You are receiving this notice as a registered shareholder of Cenovus Energy Inc. (“Cenovus” or the “Corporation”). Cenovus has decided to use notice and access to deliver materials to shareholders in connection with its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As such, the Corporation is providing you with electronic access to its Management Information Circular dated March 1, 2019 (the “Management Information Circular”) and the Corporation’s 2018 Annual Report (which includes its audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and related management’s discussion and analysis), instead of mailing paper copies, as permitted by Canadian securities regulators. You will receive a form of proxy with this notice so you can vote your shares.

Notice and access is a more environmentally friendly and cost effective way to deliver the Management Information Circular and 2018 Annual Report (collectively, the “Meeting Materials”), as it will help reduce paper use and will also reduce the cost of printing and mailing materials to shareholders.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Cenovus will be held:

When:	April 24, 2019	Where:	The Metropolitan Conference Centre
	1:00 p.m. (Calgary time)		Metropolitan Ballroom
			333 – 4 Avenue S.W.
			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

for the following purposes, as further described in the “Business of the Meeting” section of the Management Information Circular and other applicable sections listed below:

1. To receive the consolidated financial statements of Cenovus, together with the auditors’ report thereon, for the year ended December 31, 2018.

2. To appoint auditors of the Corporation.

3. To elect directors of the Corporation.

4. To approve anon-binding advisory resolution on the Corporation’s approach to executive compensation. See also the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of the Management Information Circular.

5. To consider the shareholder proposal as further described in Schedule A to the Management Information Circular.

6. To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.

How to Request a Paper Copy of the Meeting Materials

Registered shareholders may request to receive a paper copy of the Meeting Materials by mail at no cost for up to one year from the date the Meeting Materials were filed on SEDAR. Requests for paper copies may be made using your control number as it appears on your enclosed form of proxy.

To request a paper copy of the Meeting Materials before the meeting date, please call the number below and follow the instructions:

Toll free, within North America:	1-866-962-0498
Outside of North America:	1-514-982-8716

To request a paper copyafter the meeting date, please call1-403-766-7711

If you do request a paper copy of the Meeting Materials, please note that you will not receive another form of proxy; please retain your current form of proxy for voting purposes.

To ensure you receive the paper copy of the Meeting Materials in advance of the voting deadline and meeting date, we estimate that your request must be received no later than5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, April 8, 2019.

Cenovus will only provide paper copies of the Meeting Materials to shareholders who have standing instructions to receive, or for whom Cenovus has otherwise received a request to provide, paper copies of materials.

Voting

PLEASE NOTE – YOU CANNOT VOTE BY RETURNING THIS NOTICE.To vote your shares you must vote using the methods reflected on your enclosed form of proxy. Computersharemust receive your completedform ofproxy no later than 1:00 p.m. Calgary time on April 22, 2019 or, in the case of any adjournment or postponement of the meeting, not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays) before the time of the adjourned or postponed meeting.

PLEASE REVIEW THE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULARPRIOR TO VOTING

The Meeting Materials and other relevant materials are available at:

www.cenovus.com/annual-meeting-materialsor www.sedar.com

If you have any questions about notice and access, please call (toll free)1-866-964-0492