1979 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1979. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Television shows
1950s
- Country Canada
- CBC News Magazine
- The Friendly Giant
- Hockey Night in Canada
- The National
- Front Page Challenge
- ''Wayne and Shuster Show''
1960s
- CTV National News
- Land and Sea
- Man Alive
- Mr. Dressup
- The Nature of Things
- Question Period
- Reach for the Top
- Take 30
- The Tommy Hunter Show
- University of the Air
- ''W-FIVE''
1970s
- The Beachcombers
- Canada AM
- Canadian Express
- Celebrity Cooks
- City Lights
- Definition
- the fifth estate
- Grand Old Country
- Headline Hunters
- King of Kensington
- Let's Go
- Live It Up!
- The Mad Dash
- Marketplace
- Ombudsman
- Parlez-moi
- Polka Dot Door
- Second City Television
- This Land
- V.I.P.
- The Watson Report
- ''100 Huntley Street''
TV movies
- Cementhead
- Certain Practices
- Every Person Is Guilty
- Homecoming
- Je me souviens / Don't Forget Me
- One of Our Own
- ''The Wordsmith''