The giant resonance region from 10 MeV< E_x<55 MeV in ¹¹⁰Cd and ¹¹⁶Cd has been studied with inelastic scattering of 240 MeV α particles at small angles including 0°.  In¹¹⁰ Cd(¹¹⁶Cd,  88 + 21 − 13% (104 + 23− 13%) of the E0, 70 + 23 − 18% ( 92 ± 19% ) of the E1, 89 + 25 − 15% (104 + 21 − 12% ) of the E2, and 85 + 20− 15% ( 71 ± 17% ) of the E3 energy-weighted sum rule were identified.