# 2015 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2015. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

## Events
### Notable events
#### January

| Date | Event |
| 8 | Global News suspends Leslie Roberts, the anchor and executive editor of its local newscasts on flagship station CIII-DT, after a Toronto Star investigation reveals that he is also a silent partner in a public relations firm which was regularly placing its clients on his own programs. |
| 26 | CTV suspends all scheduled broadcasts of the new season of its sitcom Spun Out, after cast member J. P. Manoux is arrested on charges of voyeurism. |

#### February

| Date | Event |
| 13 | The Quebecor Media-owned news channel Sun News Network ceases broadcasting. |

#### March

| Date | Event |
| 1 | The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards airs on CBC. |

#### April

| Date | Event |
| 12 | Kevin Bazinet wins the third season of La Voix.I |
| 16 | Broadcaster Corus Entertainment announced that it had reached an agreement with the Disney–ABC Television Group to acquire long-term, Canadian multi-platform rights to distribute Disney Channel's programming library and associated brands. As a result, Canadian versions of Disney Channel in English and French would launch on September 1, 2015. |

#### May

| Date | Event |
| 12 | Sarah Hanlon wins season 3 of Big Brother Canada. |
| 20 | Corus Entertainment announces that its three CBC Television affiliate stations in Ontario — CHEX-DT in Peterborough, CHEX-TV-2 in Oshawa and CKWS-DT in Kingston — will switch their affiliation to CTV effective August 31. Legally, the affiliation deal is described by Corus as a "program supply agreement" (the term "affiliation" has specific legal implications under CRTC rules), as Corus maintains editorial control over the stations' programming and the ability to sell local advertising, and is not delegating responsibility for CTV programs aired by the stations to Bell Media, CTV's parent company. |

#### June

| Date | Event |
| 1 | After 15 years, Cogeco officially signs Bpm:tv off the air. |
| 9 | The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation fires Evan Solomon, the host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network and The House on CBC Radio One, after the Toronto Star publishes conflict of interest allegations that Solomon was using his journalistic connections for personal benefit by running a private art sales brokerage business for clients including past interview guests on his CBC shows. |

#### December

| Date | Event |
| 11 | CHCH-DT announces that due to the bankruptcy of its production entity, Channel 11 L.P., created by Channel Zero, which in turned stemmed from the loss of federal subsidy and an inability to draw "national advertising revenue" to a local station, the station's news department would experience major cutbacks; the station's daytime rolling news blocks and all weekend newscasts were immediately canceled. The station's morning newscast (Morning Live) and its 6:00 and 11:00 evening newscasts will continue. |

## Television programs
### Programs debuting in 2015

| Start Date | Show | Channel |
| January 3 | Guilt Free Zone | APTN |
| January 7 | The Book of Negroes | CBC Television |
| January 9 | Sports on Fire | HBO Canada |
| January 8 | The Expandables | HGTV |
| January 8 | Sunnyside | City |
| January 13 | Schitt's Creek | CBC Television |
| January 21 | Young Drunk Punk | City CBC Television |
| February 2 | Songs of Freedom | Vision TV |
| February 18 | X Company | CBC |
| March 17 | Game of Homes | W |
| May 4 | Game On | YTV |
| May 12 | Masters of Flip | W |
| May 21 | Between | City |
| June 23 | Fool Canada | CBC Television |
| June 23 | Still Standing | CBC Television |
| July 4 | Panda Pop: The Animated Series | College |
| August 31 | Chef in Your Ear | The Food Network |
| September 1 | First Dates Canada | Slice |
| October 2 | Crash Gallery | CBC Television |
| October 4 | Exhibitionists | CBC Television |
| October 4 | Keeping Canada Alive | CBC Television |
| October 5 | This Life | CBC Television |
| October 14 | The Romeo Section | CBC Television |
| November 6 | Interrupt This Program | CBC Television |
| November 8 | Blood and Water | OMNI |
| Date unknown | Le nouveau show | ARTV, Ici Radio-Canada Télé |

### Changes of network affiliation

| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
| Fugget About It | Teletoon at Night | Adult Swim |

### Programs ending in 2015

| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status |
| January 5 | Johnny Spencer | College | 2008 | Cancelled |
| January 29 | Detentionaire | Teletoon | 2011 | Ended |
| May 25 | Grojband | Teletoon | 2013 | Canceled |
| July 11 | Packages from Planet X | Teletoon | 2014 | Canceled |
| July 16 | Steven and Chris | CBC | 2008 | Canceled |
| July 29 | Rookie Blue | Global Television Network | 2010 | Ended |

## Television stations
### Stations changing network affiliation

| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation |
| August 31 | Peterborough, Ontario | CHEX-DT | 12.1 | CBC | CTV, Global (secondary) |
| August 31 | Kingston, Ontario | CKWS-DT | 11.1 | CBC | CTV, Global (secondary) |
| August 31 | Oshawa, Ontario | CHEX-TV-2 | 22 (analog) | CBC | CTV, Global (secondary) |

### Network conversions and rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Conversion date | Notes |
| Bite | Makeful | August 24 | |
| Teletoon Retro | Cartoon Network and Disney Channel | September 1 | |
| Disney Junior | Family Jr. | September 18 | DHX Media was acquiring the Disney rights to Corus Entertainment. |
| Disney XD | CHRGD | October 9 | |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 17 | Don Harron | 90 | Canadian actor, writer, and radio personality, best known for appearances as Charlie Farquharson on Hee Haw and other programs. |
| April 15 | Jonathan Crombie | 48 | Best known as Gilbert Blythe in the Anne of Green Gables television movies. |
| April 23 | Lois Lilienstein | 78 | Musical performer who starred on The Elephant Show and Skinnamarink TV as a member of children's trio Sharon, Lois & Bram. |
| August 4 | Chris Hyndman | 49 | Interior designer, talk show host (Designer Guys, Steven and Chris) |
| November 20 | Jim Perry | 82 | American-born game show host (Canadian shows included Definition, Headline Hunters, Miss Canada pageant) |