# 2021 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2021. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

## Events
### March

| Date | Event | Source |
| 11 | Following its acquisition of the French-language V network, now branded as Noovo, in 2020, Bell Media announces the relaunch of dedicated news division Noovo Info. The network has had only a barebones news presence since former owner Remstar imposed major staffing cutbacks in 2008; under Bell Media's new plan, the network's news division will relaunch a twice-daily newscast titled Le Fil on March 29. | |

### June

| Date | Event | Source |
| 16 | The journalism division of the CBC — News, Current Affairs, and Local — are to turn off commenting on their Facebook posts for four weeks. The move was in response to written attacks on staff, and moderation levels described as "not sustainable." | |

## Programs
### Programs debuting in 2021

| Start date | Show | Channel |
| January 5 | Humour Resources | CBC Television |
| January 6 | Sans rancune | TVA |
| January 10 | Big Brother Célébrités | Noovo |
| January 13 | Entre deux draps | Noovo |
| January 15 | Anyone's Game | CBC Television |
| February 4 | Project Bakeover | Food Network |
| February 7 | Holmes Family Effect | CTV |
| February 13 | Gespe'gewa'gi: The Last Land | APTN |
| February 18 | Rock Solid Builds | HGTV |
| February 23 | Pretty Hard Cases | CBC Television |
| February 26 | Arctic Vets | CBC Television |
| March 4 | For Heaven's Sake | CBC Gem |
| March 6 | This Is Pop | CTV |
| March 22 | Shine True | OutTV |
| March 29 | Le Fil | Noovo |
| April 30 | Cam Boy | OutTV |
| May 7 | Way Over Me (Sortez-moi de moi) | Crave, Super Écran |
| May 8 | Yukon Harvest | APTN |
| May 17 | Gabby's Farm | TVOntario |
| June 1 | Querencia | APTN Lumi |
| July 16 | SurrealEstate | CTV Sci-Fi Channel |
| August 25 | Motel Makeover | Netflix |
| August 27 | Undisrupted | CBC Gem |
| September 6 | Mary Makes It Easy | CTV Life Channel |
| September 9 | Race Against the Tide | CBC Television |
| September 10 | Unsettled | APTN |
| September 13 | Qui sait chanter? | Noovo |
| September 14 | Moonshine | CBC Television |
| September 14 | Strays | CBC Television |
| September 15 | Virage | Noovo |
| September 17 | Family Law | Global |
| September 18 | Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go | Treehouse TV |
| September 19 | Chanteurs masqués | TVA |
| October 11 | Roast Battle Canada | CTV Comedy Channel |
| October 12 | British Columbia: An Untold History | Knowledge |
| October 20 | Vollies | TV1 |
| October 25 | Call Me Mother | OutTV |
| October 29 | Overlord and the Underwoods | CBC Gem |
| November 9 | Sort Of | CBC Television |
| November 22 | The Missus Downstairs | TV1 |
| December 9 | 1 Queen 5 Queers | Crave |
| Unknown date | Happy House of Frightenstein | Family Jr. |
| Unknown date | Pink Is In | TV1 |

### Programs ending in 2021

| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status |
| February 8 | Les Pays d'en haut | Ici Radio-Canada Télé | 2016 | Ended |
| March 8 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | CBC Television | 2017 | Canceled |
| March 18 | Burden of Truth | CBC Television | 2018 | Ended |
| April 13 | Kim's Convenience | CBC Television | 2016 | Ended |
| November 1 | Corner Gas Animated | CTV Comedy Channel | 2018 | Ended |

### Television films and specials

| Airdate | Show | Channel |
| April | Faith Heist | Super Channel |
| April 30 | Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur | Super Channel |
| May 25 | The Face of Anonymous | TVOntario |
| June 6 | Juno Awards of 2021 | CBC Television |
| July 5 | Fresh Water | Crave |
| August 1 | FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special | CBC Gem |
| September 18 | 2021 TIFF Tribute Awards | CTV |
| September 30 | We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation | CBC Television |
| November 7 | 43rd Félix Awards | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |

## Networks and services
### Network launches

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
| Uvagut TV | Cable and satellite | January 18 | An Inuktut language channel. Translates as "Our TV." |

### Network conversions and rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes |
| HIFI | BBC First | | March 16 | |

### Network closures

| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes |
| BookTelevision | | February 21 | |
| Fashion Television | | February 21 | |

### Station closures

| Market | Station | Affiliation | Closure date | Notes |
| Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec | CKRT-DT | Ici Radio-Canada Télé | August 31 | |

## Deaths

* May 26 – Paul Soles, actor and television personality (The Marvel Super Heroes, Spider-Man) (born 1930)
* July 24 – Alfie Scopp, English-born actor (Tales of the Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) (born 1919).
* September 14 - Norm Macdonald, comedian and actor better known for his work in American television (born 1959)