2020 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2020. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Deaths
- January 17 - Thérèse Dion, television personality
- January 20 - Kit Hood, television editor
- February 5 - Diane Cailhier, filmmaker and director
- March 7 - Earl Pomerantz, screenwriter
- April 3 - Logan Williams, 16, actor, fentanyl overdose.
- April 5 - Shirley Douglas, actress and activist
- April 7 - Ghyslain Tremblay, actor and comedian
- April 11 - Paul Haddad, actor
- April 19 - Claude Lafortune, television presenter
- May 7 - Joyce Davidson, 89, Canadian television presenter, COVID-19.
- May 10 - Martin Pasko, 65, Canadian-born American comic book writer and screenwriter.
- May 12 - Renée Claude, 80, Canadian actress and singer, COVID-19.
- May 16 - Monique Mercure, 89, Canadian actress, cancer.
- May 18 - Michelle Rossignol, 80, Canadian actress.
- May 22 - André Cartier, 74, Canadian actor.
- July 5 - Nick Cordero, actor
- November 8 - Alex Trebek, newsman and game show host