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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-12-12</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001108320</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SMTC CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SMTX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001384383</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Wasserman Frederick Gerald</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4 NOBADEER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PENNINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08534</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-12-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2018-12-12</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5420</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>61278</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported transaction involved the reporting person's receipt of a grant of 5,420 shares of restricted stock under SMTC Corp's 2010 Incentive Plan. The reporting person has reported prior awards of restricted stock units in Table II of Form 4.  The total reported in Column 5 includes the 5,420 newly awarded shares of restricted stock, 12,500 previously reported restricted stock units, and 47,358 shares of common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Frederick Wasserman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
