List of Canadian television channels


Television in Canada has many individual stations, networks, and systems.

National broadcast television networks

English

French

Multilingual

  • Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, the first national Indigenous broadcaster in the world. Broadcasts in the three territories and cable network carried nationwide on cable and satellite. Programming focuses on Indigenous Peoples. It operates in English, French and various Aboriginal languages.

Regional broadcast television systems

English

French

  • Noovo, a privately owned television system based in Quebec owned by Bell Media.

Multilingual

  • CFHD-DT, a privately owned multicultural station based in Montreal, using the on-air brand ICI .
  • OMNI, a group of five privately owned multicultural television stations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia owned by Rogers Media.

Defunct regional broadcast television systems

Regional broadcast television stations

English

Community broadcast television stations

English

French

Multilingual

Educational television stations

English

  • Citytv 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 2 Alberta, a privately owned channel in Alberta owned by Bell Media. Airs a mix of educational and entertainment programming. Not available over-the-air, 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.
  • TVO, a publicly owned educational station in Ontario owned by the government of Ontario. Available over-the-air and on cable throughout the province.

French

  • CFTU-DT, an educational station in Quebec owned by a private consortium known as Savoir Media, 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.
  • 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.
  • TFO, a publicly owned educational station in Ontario owned by the government of Ontario. Available on cable throughout the province, as well as in New Brunswick and Manitoba.

Analogue cable specialty television channels

English

French

Multicultural

Teleshopping channels (exempt)

English

Provincial parliamentary channels

English

French

Premium television services

English

French

Multicultural

Pay-per-view services

English

French

Audio and/or text-only services

Digital specialty television channels

English

French

Multicultural

Defunct Canadian specialty channels