Exhibit 23.1

	KPMG LLP	Telephone	(604) 691-3000
	Chartered Professional Accountants	Fax	(604) 691-3031
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	Canada

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 9, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Arbutus Biopharma Corporation as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts and Transfer Agent” in the prospectus.

Chartered Professional Accountants

January 12, 2017

Vancouver, Canada

KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG

network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative

(“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.