1997 in Canadian television

This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1997.

List of years in Canadian television

Events
DateEvent
March 9CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join Global.
18th Genie Awards.
Juno Awards of 1997.
June 61997 Gemini Awards.
July 2The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad.[1]
August 18Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
September 6Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
September 8A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, Le Canal Nouvelles, Télétoon.
October 17A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, HGTV, OLN, Prime, Teletoon and Réseau Priscilla.
November 1Treehouse TV debuted in Canada.

Debuts
ShowStationPremiere Date
Le Femme Nikita CTV January 13
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle CBC Television February
Ned's Newt Teletoon February 7
The Hunger The Movie Network July 20
Uh Oh! YTV August 22
EP Daily CityTV September 1
Animal Crackers Teletoon September 7
Popular Mechanics for Kids Global
Off the Record with Michael Landsberg TSN September 8
Scanning the Movies Bravo! Canada September
Pippi Longstocking Teletoon October 17
Freaky Stories YTV October 24
Skinnamarink TV CBC Television October 27
Franklin Family November 3
Open Mike with Mike Bullard The Comedy Network/CBC Television November 24
Riverdale CBC Television Unknown

Ending this year
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It's Alive! YTV January 1
Fred Penner CBC Television
North of 60 December 18
Ready or Not Global Unknown

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Television stations

Debuts
Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
July 10 Maskwacis, Alberta CHOB-TV 43 Independent [2]
September 8 Montreal, Quebec CJNT-TV 62 Independent [3]
September 18 Edmonton, Alberta CKEM-TV 51 A-Channel [4]
September 20 Calgary, Alberta CKAL-TV 5 [5]
September 22 Vancouver, British Columbia CIVT-TV 32 Independent [6]
Unknown Toronto, Ontario Star Ray TV
(Pirate TV station)		 15 Independent [7]

Network affiliation changes
Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References
August 18 Quebec City, Quebec CKMI-TV 20 CBC Global This station moved to Montreal in 2009, but still retaining the original Quebec City transmitter[8]
Unknown Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario CHWI-TV 16 Independent NewNet [9]
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See also

References
  1. Edwards, Ian (September 22, 1997). "On set: Cold Squad". Playback. Brunico Communications.
  2. “CHOB-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. “CJNT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. “CKEM-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. “CKAL-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. “CIVT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. “VX9AMK STAR RAY Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  8. “CKMI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  9. “CHWI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.


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