List of Canadian television channels

Canada has adopted the NTSC and ATSC television transmission standards without any alterations. However, some unique local variations exist for DTH television because of transponder design variation in the Anik series of satellites.

National broadcast television networks

English

• CBC Television, a national public network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts in English, French and in Aboriginal languages in the territories and northern regions of Québec and Labrador.
  • CBC North, a publicly owned television system run by the CBC operating in the territories, northern Quebec and Labrador, airing the complete CBC Television schedule with a few exemptions to local programming.
• City, a privately owned television network with stations in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. It is owned by Rogers Communications broadcasting in English.
• CTV Television Network, a national private network (except for Newfoundland & Labrador and the territories) owned by Bell Media broadcasting in English.
  • CTV Atlantic, a privately owned network of stations airing the complete CTV network schedule within Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island owned by Bell Media.
  • CTV Northern Ontario, a privately owned network of stations airing the complete CTV network schedule within Northern Ontario owned by Bell Media.
• Global Television Network, a national private network (except for Newfoundland & Labrador and the territories) owned by Shaw Media broadcasting in English.

French

• Ici Radio-Canada Télé, a national public network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasting in French.
• TVA, a privately owned television network, based in Quebec but available across Canada on cable, broadcasting in French. TVA is owned by Quebecor Media.

Multilingual

• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, a broadcast television network with television stations in the three territories and cable network carried nationwide on cable and satellite. Programming focuses on Aboriginals. It operates in English, French and various Aboriginal languages.

Regional broadcast television systems

English

• CTV Two, a privately owned television system with stations in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Atlantic Canada. It is owned by Bell Media.
• Great West Television, a privately owned group of stations affiliated with CBC Television and City in British Columbia.
• Yes TV, a group of three stations in Ontario and Alberta owned by Crossroads Christian Communications.

French

• V, a privately owned television system based in Quebec broadcasting in French. V is owned by Remstar Corporation.

Multilingual

• CFHD-DT, a privately owned multicultural station based in Montreal, using the on-air brand ICI (International Channel).
• Omni Television, a group of five privately owned multicultural television stations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia owned by Rogers Communications.

Defunct regional broadcast television systems

• A-Channel, owned by Craig Media.
• Baton Broadcast System, or BBS, owned by Baton Broadcasting.
• E!, owned by Canwest.
• Joytv, a privately owned television system based in British Columbia and Manitoba and was owned by ZoomerMedia.
• Northern Television, similar in fashion to Great West Television, also in BC. Shared by two northern BC CBC Television affiliates.

Regional broadcast television stations

English

• CHCH, using the on-air brand CHCH - a privately owned television station in Hamilton owned by Channel Zero which airs local news & movies.
• CHEK, using the on-air brand CHEK - a privately owned television station in Victoria owned by CHEK Media Group.
• CHNU, using the on-air brand Joytv - a privately owned religious television station in Vancouver owned by ZoomerMedia.
• CIIIT, using the on-air brand Hope TV - a privately owned religious television station in Winnipeg owned by ZoomerMedia.
• CJIL, using the on-air brand The Miracle Channel - a privately owned Christian television station in Lethbridge, Alberta owned by The Miracle Channel Association.
• CJON, using the on-air brand NTV - a privately owned television station in Newfoundland & Labrador owned by Stirling Communications International.

Community broadcast television stations

English

• CFEG-TV, Abbotsford, British Columbia.
• CFSO-TV, Cardston, Alberta.
• CFTS-TV, Teslin, Yukon.
• CFTV-DT, Leamington, Ontario.
• CH5248, Neepawa, Manitoba.
• CHCO-TV, St. Andrews, New Brunswick.
• CHET-TV, Chetwynd, British Columbia.
• CHOB-TV, Hobbema, Alberta.
• CHVC-TV, Valemount, British Columbia.
• CIHC-TV, Hay River, Northwest Territories.
• CIRE-TV, High Prairie, Alberta.
• CKER-TV, Kahnawake, Quebec
• VX9AMK, (using the on-air brand Star Ray TV), Toronto, Ontario.

French

• CHNE-TV, Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
• CHMG-TV, Quebec City, Quebec.

Multilingual

• CIMC-TV, Arichat, Nova Scotia (English and French).

Educational television stations

English

• City Saskatchewan, a privately owned channel in Saskatchewan owned by Rogers Communications. Broadcasts a mix of educational, children's, and entertainment programs. Not available over-the-air, only available through cable throughout the province.
• CTV Two Alberta, a privately owned channel in Alberta owned by Bell Media. Airs a mix of educational and entertainment programming. Not available over-the-air (though two stations relayed its programming over-the-air under the former Access branding until they were shut down in August 2011), only available through cable throughout the province.
• Knowledge Network, a publicly owned educational station in British Columbia owned by the government of British Columbia. Limited availability over-the-air, but is available on cable throughout the province.
• TVOntario, a publicly owned educational station in Ontario owned by the government of Ontario. Available over-the-air and on cable throughout the province. (CICA Toronto)

French

• CFTU-DT, an educational station in Quebec owned by a private consortium known as CANAL, consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. Broadcasts educational programming in Montreal over-the-air, but is available on cable throughout the rest of the province. (CFTU Montreal)
• Télé-Québec, a publicly owned educational station in Quebec owned by the government of Québec. Available over-the-air and on cable throughout the province. (CIVM Montreal)
• TFO, a publicly owned educational station in Ontario owned by the government of Ontario. Available over-the-air and on cable throughout the province, as well as in New Brunswick and Manitoba. (CHLF Toronto/Hawkesbury)

Analogue specialty television channels

English

• Bravo
• Business News Network
• CBC News Network
• CMT
• CP24
• CPAC (English feed)
• CTV News Channel
• Discovery Channel
• DTour
• E!
• Food Network
• HGTV
• History
• M3
• MTV
• Much
• OLN
• Oprah Winfrey Network
• Showcase
• Slice
• Space
• Sportsnet
  • Sportsnet East
  • Sportsnet Ontario
  • Sportsnet Pacific
  • Sportsnet West
• Sportsnet 360
• Teletoon
• The Comedy Network
• The Weather Network
• Treehouse TV
• TSN
  • TSN2
  • TSN3
  • TSN4
  • TSN5
• VisionTV
• W Network
• YTV

French

• Canal D
• Canal Vie
• CPAC (French feed)
• Évasion
• Historia
• Ici ARTV
• Ici RDI
• LCN
• MétéoMédia
• MusiMax
• MusiquePlus
• RDS
  • RDS2
• Séries+
• Télétoon
• TV5 Québec Canada
  • Unis
• Vrak
• Z

Multicultural

• ATN Star Plus
• Fairchild TV
• Odyssey
• Talentvision
• Telelatino

Tele-shopping channels (unlicensed)

English

• BuyNOW TV
• DealsTV
• The Shopping Channel

Provincial parliamentary channels

English

• Hansard TV (British Columbia)
• House of Assembly Channel (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Television Service
• Legislative Television (Nova Scotia)
• Ontario Parliament Network
• Saskatchewan Legislative Network

French

• Canal de l'Assemblée nationale (Quebec)

Premium television services

English

• Encore Avenue (Two multiplex channels)
  • Encore Avenue 2
• Family Channel (Two multiplex channels)
  • Family Jr.
• Movie Central (Four multiplex channels)
  • HBO Canada (West)
  • Movie Central 2
  • Movie Central 3
• Super Channel (Four multiplex channels)
  • Super Channel 2
  • Super Channel 3
  • Super Channel 4
• The Movie Network (Five multiplex channels)
  • HBO Canada (East)
  • MExcess
  • MFest
  • MFun!
• The Movie Network Encore (Two multiplex channels)
  • The Movie Network Encore 2

French

• Cinépop
• Super Écran (Four multiplex channels)
  • Super Écran 2
  • Super Écran 3
  • Super Écran 4

Multicultural

• ATN Aastha TV
• ATN Bangla

Pay-per-view services

English

• SaskTel PPV
• Shaw PPV
• Sportsnet PPV
• Viewers Choice
• Vu!

French

• Canal Indigo
• TALC
• Vu!

Audio and/or text-only services

• AMI-audio (English)
• Broadcast News (English)
• Canal M (French)
• Real Estate Channel (English)
• Stingray Music (operates both English and French channels)

Digital specialty television channels

English

• ABC Spark
• Action
• AMI-TV
• Animal Planet
• AOV Adult Movie Channel
• ATN Cricket Plus
• ATN DD Sports
• Aux
• BBC Canada
• BBC Kids
• beIN Sports
• Bloomberg TV Canada
• BookTelevision
• Cartoon Network
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Network
• Comedy Gold
• Cosmopolitan TV
• Cottage Life
• Crime + Investigation
• Daystar Canada
• DejaView
• Discovery Science
• Discovery Velocity
• Disney Channel
• Disney XD
• Disney Junior
• DIY Network
• Documentary
• ESPN Classic
• EuroWorld Sport
• Exxxtasy TV
• Family CHRGD
• Fashion Television
• Feva TV
• Fight Network
• FNTSY Sports Network
• FX
• FXX
• Fyi
• G4
• GameTV
• Global News: BC 1
• Gusto TV
• H2
• HIFI
• Hollywood Suite 70s Movies
• Hollywood Suite 80s Movies
• Hollywood Suite 90s Movies
• Hollywood Suite 00s Movies
• HPItv (Five multiplex channels)
  • HPItv Canada
  • HPItv International
  • HPItv Odds
  • HPItv West
• ichannel
• IDNR-TV
• IFC
• Investigation Discovery
• Juicebox
• Leafs TV
• Lifetime
• Love Nature
• Makeful
• Maleflixxx Television
• MAVTV Canada (launch TBD)
• MovieTime
• MuchLoud
• MuchRetro
• MuchVibe
• MTV2
• Nat Geo Wild
• National Geographic Channel
• NBA TV Canada
• Nickelodeon
• One
• OutTV
• Penthouse TV
• Playmen TV
• PokerVision Network (expected Spring 2016)
• radX
• Red Hot TV
• Rewind
• Salt + Light Television
• Silver Screen Classics
• Skinemax HD
• Smithsonian Channel
• Sportsnet One
  • Sportsnet Flames
  • Sportsnet Oilers
  • Sportsnet Vancouver Hockey
• Sportsnet World
• Stingray Ambiance
• Sundance Channel
• TEN Cricket
• Terror TV (launch TBD)
• The Biography Channel
• The Cult Movie Network
• The Pet Network
• The Rural Channel
• Travel + Escape
• Vertical TV
• Vivid TV Canada
• W Movies
• Wild TV
• World Fishing Network
• World Sports TV (Launch TBD)
• WWE Network
• XXX Action Clips Channel

French

• addikTV
• AMI-télé
• Argent
• Avis de Recherche
• Canal D/Investigation
• Casa
• Disney La Chaîne
• Ici Explora
• MOI&cie
• Prise 2
• RDS Info
• Télémagino
• TVA Sports
  • TVA Sports 2
• Vivid TV Canada
• Yoopa
• Zeste

Multicultural

High-definition specialty television channels and pay-per-view services

Defunct cable speciality channels

• AIM Pay-Tv Corp. (February 1983 - c.Summer 1984)
• bpm:tv (September 7, 2001 - June 1, 2015)
• Breakaway PPV (unknown - 2010)
  • Canucks TV
  • Flames PPV
  • Oilers PPV
• CBC Parliamentary Television Network (September 1979 - October 1992)
• C Channel (February 1983 - June 1983)
• Canadian Forces Radio and Television (unknown — April 2014)
• CityNews Channel (May 30, 2011 - June 30, 2013)
• CoolTV (September 2003 - July 2008)
• Discovery Kids (September 2001 - November 2009)
• Dusk (September 2001 - March 2012)
• Edge TV (September 2001 - July 2003)
• Fine Living (September 2004 - October 2009)
• Fox Sports World Canada (September 2001 - May 2012)
• Global Reality Channel (July 2010 - November 2012)
• GolTV (November 1, 2005 - August 31, 2015)
• HSTN (August 2002 - October 2002)
• Leonardo World (June 2005 - September 2007)
• Max Trax (unknown — October 2009)
• MEGA Cosmos (2007 - 2012) Channel owned by Ethnic Channels Group (unaffiliated with the existing MEGA Cosmos channel in Canada)
• MSNBC Canada (September 2001 - December 2004)
• NHL Network (October 4, 2001 - August 31, 2015)
• Niagara News TV (February 2011 - April 2011)
• NTV Canada (January 6, 2006 - November 2015)
• Persian Vision (unknown — January 2011)
• Radiotélévision des Forces canadiennes
• RTVi+ (November 2004 - November 2009)
• Sens TV (pay-per-view service) (unknown - 2008)
• ShopTV Canada (1996 - 2013)
• Shopping TVA (1998 - 2012)
• Sun News Network (April 18, 2011 - February 13, 2015)
• TATV (1982 - September 2008)
• Teletoon Retro (October 1, 2007 - September 1, 2015)
• Télétoon Rétro (September 4, 2008 - September 1, 2015)
• The Ecology Channel
• The Life Channel (October 1985 - November 1986)
• Tonis (June 16, 2004 - February 2009)
• TVFQ 99 (September 1979 - August 1988), replaced by TV5
• TXT-TV (March 2010 - December 2011)
• UTV Movies (December 2011 - December 2012)
• Video Italia (June 2005 - September 2007)
• WTSN (September 2001 - September 2003)
• X-Treme Sports (September 2001 - October 2008)

See also

• List of television stations in Canada by call sign
• List of Canadian television networks
• List of Canadian specialty channels
• Category A services
• Category B services
• Category C services
• List of foreign television channels available in Canada
• List of United States stations available in Canada
• Digital television in Canada
• Multichannel television in Canada
• List of Canadian stations available in the United States
• List of television stations in North America by media market

References

Canadian television stations National Canada Provincial or territorial Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon