2025 in Canadian television
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{{CanadaTV year|2025}}
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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=
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| Date
! Event ! Source |
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| 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. | {{cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/rogers-outlines-plans-to-launch-new-channels/|title=Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels|first=Connie|last=Thiessen|work=Broadcast Dialogue|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=August 29, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-10-17 |title=Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/bell-to-bring-usa-network-oxygen-true-crime-to-canada/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}} |
=February=
=March=
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| Date
! Event ! Source |
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| 17
|Dina Pugliese returns as host of Citytv's Breakfast Television after departing the program in 2023, alongside new co-host Tim Bolen. |Raju Mudhar, [https://www.thestar.com/breakfast-television-reveals-its-new-hosts/article_0502c3c6-0103-11f0-b9d8-57c4e73b670b.html "Breakfast Television reveals its new hosts"]. Toronto Star, March 17, 2025. |
=May=
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! Event ! Source |
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| 13
| Stingray Group announces the closure of its twinstick stations in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, CKSA and CITL, effective immediately, citing “challenging economic conditions.” |
=June=
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| Date
! Event ! Source |
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| 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. |
| 4
|Longtime CBC News Network morning anchor Heather Hiscox announces her retirement, effective November 6. |
Programs
=Programs debuting in 2025=
=Programs ending in 2025=
=Specials=
Networks and services
{{see also|2024 Canadian specialty television realignment}}
= Network launches =
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! Network ! Type ! Launch date ! Notes |
| Discovery
|rowspan=5| Cable and satellite |rowspan=5| January 1 |rowspan=5 style="max-width: 400px;"| New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| Food Network |
| HGTV |
| Investigation Discovery |
| Magnolia Network |
= Network rebrandings =
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! Old network name ! New network name ! Type ! Conversion date ! Notes |
| Animal Planet
|rowspan=5| Cable/satellite |rowspan=5| January 1 |rowspan=5 style="max-width: 355px;"| Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Discovery Channel (original) |
| Discovery Science |
| Discovery Velocity |
| Investigation Discovery (original) |
=Station closures=
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! Market ! Station ! Affiliation ! Closure date ! Notes |
| rowspan=2 | Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan
| CKSA-DT | Citytv |rowspan=2 | May 13 |
| CITL-DT
| CTV |
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
| CHAT-TV | Citytv | June 3 |
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2025-01-01,2025-12-31&countries=ca&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2025 Canadian television series] at IMDb
{{Years in TV by country|2025}}