2001 in Canadian television

This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2001.

List of years in Canadian television

Events
DateEvent
January 5A 3 way tie occurs for only the second time on Uh Oh!.
January 21CBC discontinues broadcasting its analog signal via satellite.[1]
January 2921st Genie Awards
February 9The Uh Oh! space gets landed on 6 times in a row in the first round of Uh Oh!.
March 4Juno Awards of 2001.
August 15Discovery Civilization Channel, IFC, and National Geographic Channel launches in Canada.
September 1CHAN changes affiliation from CTV to Global. This change was part of the 2001 Vancouver TV realignment.
ARTV is launched in Canada.
September 3Discovery Kids is launched in Canada.
September 4Launch of Country Canada.
September 7A number of new Specialty channel's were all launched between Category 1 and Category 2 channels including Animal Planet, BBC Canada, BBC Kids, Book Television, The Biography Channel, Country Canada, Court TV Canada, CTV Travel, The Documentary Channel, Drive-In Classics, ESPN Classic, FashionTelevisionChannel, Fox Sports World Canada, ichannel, mentv, LoneStar, MSNBC Canada, Mystery TV, MuchLOUD, MuchVibe, One: the Body, Mind & Spirit channel, PrideVision TV, Raptors NBA TV, SCREAM, SexTV: The Channel, Showcase Action, Showcase Diva, TV Land Canada, and X-Treme Sports.
September 11Television viewers around the world witness the September 11 attacks on the United States and the destruction of the World Trade Center. Television networks in Canada interrupt regular programming to break the news. CBC Television coverage of the attacks is simulcast in the U.S. on the Home Shopping Network.
October 4NHL Network is launched in Canada.
October 12Canadian sports network TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN's though the N isn't slashed.
October 292001 Gemini Awards.
November 5BBC Kids launches in Canada
November 7Canada rolls out dozens of new digital cable channels (see List of Canadian digital television channels for complete list).

Debuts
ShowStationPremiere Date
Edgemont CBC Television January 4
How It's Made Discovery January 6
Blue Murder Global January 10
The Associates CTV January 16
Wee 3 Treehouse TV January 30
Trailer Park Boys Showcase April 22
Paradise Falls June 25
Global National Global September 3
What's With Andy Teletoon September 22
Mutant X Global October 6
Degrassi: The Next Generation CTV October 14
Blackfly Global TBA

Ending this year
ShowStationCancelled
La Femme Nikita CTV March 4
Wind at My Back CBC Television April 1
ReBoot YTV November 30

Changes of network affiliation
ShowMoved FromMoved To
Bob the Builder YTV Treehouse TV
PB Bear and Friends TVOntario SCN
Dinosaur Detectives BBC Kids
Thomas and Friends
William's Wish Wellingtons

Television shows

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2000s
  • Andromeda (2000–2005, Canadian/American co-production)

TV movies
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Networks and services

Network launches
Network Type Launch date Notes
Leafs Nation Network Cable and satellite September 7 Known as Leafs TV (2001–17), the channel is dedicated to the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and its AHL affiliate Toronto Marlies. This channel is available in all of Ontario except for the Ottawa Valley area
House of Assembly Channel Cable and satellite November 17 The broadcaster of Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

Television stations

Debuts
Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
September 15 Vancouver, British Columbia CHNU-TV 66 Independent [2]
October 4 CIVI-TV 53 NewNet [3]

Network affiliation changes
See also: 2001 Vancouver TV realignment
Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References
September 1 Bellingham, Washington
(Vancouver, British Columbia)		 KVOS-TV 12 Independent (primary)
Citytv (secondary)		 Independent (full-time) CKVU-TV became a full-time Citytv affiliate as a result of the 2001 Vancouver TV realignment.
Vancouver, British Columbia CKVU-TV 10 Independent Citytv[4]

References
  1. https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=e8jLVpqp8tw
  2. “CHNU-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. “CIVI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. “CKVU-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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