1981 in Canadian television

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada
• 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
• Celebrity Cooks
• City Lights
• Definition
• the fifth estate
• The Great Detective
• Headline Hunters
• Let's Go
• The Littlest Hobo
• Live It Up!
• The Mad Dash
• Marketplace
• Polka Dot Door
• Read All About It!
• Second City Television
• Smith & Smith
• This Land
• You Can't Do That on Television
• V.I.P.
• ''100 Huntley Street''

1980s

• The Alan Thicke Show
• Bizarre
• ''Home Fires''

TV movies

• A Far Cry from Home
• Cop
• Final Edition
• The Olden Days Coat
• The Plouffe Family
• The Running Man
• Snowbird
• ''You've Come a Long Way, Katie''