2025 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2025. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Upcoming events

January

Date	Event	Source
1	Rogers Sports & Media's new agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to Bell Media or Corus Entertainment launched under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through Citytv+. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell rebranded, two adopting new brands licensed from NBCUniversal.	[1][2]

February

Date	Event	Source
10	Sid Seixeiro and Meredith Shaw simultaneously depart as hosts of Citytv's Breakfast Television.	[3]

March

Date	Event	Source
17	Dina Pugliese returns as host of Citytv's Breakfast Television after departing the program in 2023, alongside new co-host Tim Bolen.	[4]

May

Date	Event	Source
13	Stingray Group announces the closure of its twinstick stations in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, CKSA and CITL, effective immediately, citing “challenging economic conditions.”	[5]

June

Date	Event	Source
3	Pattison Media announces the closure of Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV after 68 years, citing shrinking support for local TV and ongoing losses making it impossible to continue TV operations in the city.	[6]
4	Longtime CBC News Network morning anchor Heather Hiscox announces her retirement, effective November 6.	[7]

July

Date	Event	Source
10	Corus Entertainment announces the closure of ABC Spark, Disney Jr., Disney XD, La Chaîne Disney, and Nickelodeon on September 1 due to financial pressure within Corus.	[8]

Programs

Programs debuting in 2025

Start date	Show	Channel	Source
January 6	Saint-Pierre	CBC Television	[9]
January 7	North of North
February 1	Sounds Black	History	[10]
February 10	Novelette Is Trying	OUTtv	[11]
February 18	Hanomansing Tonight	CBC News Network	[12]
February 25	Small Achievable Goals	CBC Television	[9]
April 21	Big Burger Battle	Flavour
May 2	Drag Brunch Saved My Life	Crave	[13]
May 15	Game Changers	AMI-tv	[14]
May 26	We Were Broncos	AMI-tv	[15]
June 12	Revival	CTV Sci-Fi	[16]
TBA	Bad Trips	Crave	[17]
	Beer Budget Reno	Home	[18]
	Building Baeumler	Home
	Life Is Messy	Home
	Locals Welcome	CBC Television	[19]
	My Pet Ate What?	CTV Wild	[20]
	One Day We'll All Be Dead	Crave	[21]
	Pamela's Cooking with Love	Flavour	[18]
	Queen of the Castle	CTV Life	[20]
	Rentovation	Home	[18]
	Shipwreck Kings	Discovery	[20]
	Sounds Black	History	[22]
	Super Team Canada	Crave	[23]
	Yukon Rescue	History	[22]

Programs ending in 2025

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Status	Source
February 27	Children Ruin Everything	CTV	2022	Ended	[24]
June 27	The Agenda	TVO	2006	Ended	[25]

Specials

Start date	Show	Channel	Source
March 30	Juno Awards of 2025	CBC	[26]
June 1	13th Canadian Screen Awards	CBC	[27]
November 16	112th Grey Cup	CTV, TSN
Dates TBA	2025 Canadian Country Music Awards	CTV
	27th Quebec Cinema Awards	Noovo

Networks and services

See also: 2024 Canadian specialty television realignment

Network launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes
Discovery	Cable and satellite	January 1	New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Magnolia Network

Network rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion date	Notes
Animal Planet	CTV Wild Channel	Cable/satellite	January 1	Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers.
Discovery Channel (original)	USA Network
Discovery Science	CTV Nature Channel
Discovery Velocity	CTV Speed Channel
Investigation Discovery (original)	Oxygen True Crime

Station closures

Market	Station	Affiliation	Closure date	Notes
Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan	CKSA-DT	Citytv	May 13	[5]
	CITL-DT	CTV
Medicine Hat, Alberta	CHAT-TV	Citytv	June 3	[6]

Network closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes
ABC Spark	Cable/satellite	September 1	[8]
Disney Jr.
Disney XD
La Chaîne Disney
Nickelodeon

See also

• List of Canadian films of 2025

Notes