diff --git a/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.cpp b/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.cpp
index 713629f..059b5ca 100644
--- a/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.cpp
+++ b/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.cpp
@@ -198,25 +198,26 @@
     return ss.str();
 }
 
-using DumpElementFunction = void (*)(const armnn::ConstTensor& tensor,
+template <typename TensorType>
+using DumpElementFunction = void (*)(const TensorType& tensor,
                                      unsigned int elementIndex,
                                      std::ofstream& fileStream);
 
 namespace
 {
-template <typename ElementType, typename PrintableType = ElementType>
-void DumpTensorElement(const armnn::ConstTensor& tensor, unsigned int elementIndex, std::ofstream& fileStream)
+template <typename TensorType, typename ElementType, typename PrintableType = ElementType>
+void DumpTensorElement(const TensorType& tensor, unsigned int elementIndex, std::ofstream& fileStream)
 {
     const ElementType* elements = reinterpret_cast<const ElementType*>(tensor.GetMemoryArea());
     fileStream << static_cast<PrintableType>(elements[elementIndex]) << " ";
 }
 
 } // namespace
-
+template <typename TensorType>
 void DumpTensor(const std::string& dumpDir,
                 const std::string& requestName,
                 const std::string& tensorName,
-                const armnn::ConstTensor& tensor)
+                const TensorType& tensor)
 {
     // The dump directory must exist in advance.
     fs::path dumpPath = dumpDir;
@@ -231,38 +232,38 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    DumpElementFunction dumpElementFunction = nullptr;
+    DumpElementFunction<TensorType> dumpElementFunction = nullptr;
 
     switch (tensor.GetDataType())
     {
         case armnn::DataType::Float32:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<float>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, float>;
             break;
         }
         case armnn::DataType::QAsymmU8:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<uint8_t, uint32_t>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, uint8_t, uint32_t>;
             break;
         }
         case armnn::DataType::Signed32:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<int32_t>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, int32_t>;
             break;
         }
         case armnn::DataType::Float16:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<armnn::Half>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, armnn::Half>;
             break;
         }
         case armnn::DataType::QAsymmS8:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<int8_t, int32_t>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, int8_t, int32_t>;
             break;
         }
         case armnn::DataType::Boolean:
         {
-            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<bool>;
+            dumpElementFunction = &DumpTensorElement<TensorType, bool>;
             break;
         }
         default:
@@ -336,6 +337,16 @@
     }
 }
 
+template void DumpTensor<armnn::ConstTensor>(const std::string& dumpDir,
+                                             const std::string& requestName,
+                                             const std::string& tensorName,
+                                             const armnn::ConstTensor& tensor);
+
+template void DumpTensor<armnn::Tensor>(const std::string& dumpDir,
+                                        const std::string& requestName,
+                                        const std::string& tensorName,
+                                        const armnn::Tensor& tensor);
+
 void DumpJsonProfilingIfRequired(bool gpuProfilingEnabled,
                                  const std::string& dumpDir,
                                  armnn::NetworkId networkId,
diff --git a/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.hpp b/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.hpp
index a509684..b94fd5e 100644
--- a/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.hpp
+++ b/shim/sl/canonical/CanonicalUtils.hpp
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@
 
 std::string GetModelSummary(const Model& model);
 
+template <typename TensorType>
 void DumpTensor(const std::string& dumpDir,
                 const std::string& requestName,
                 const std::string& tensorName,
-                const armnn::ConstTensor& tensor);
+                const TensorType& tensor);
 
 void DumpJsonProfilingIfRequired(bool gpuProfilingEnabled,
                                  const std::string& dumpDir,