# 2025 in Canadian television

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

| Date | Event | Source |
| 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. | |

### February

| Date | Event | Source |
| 10 | Sid Seixeiro and Meredith Shaw simultaneously depart as hosts of Citytv's Breakfast Television. | |

### March

| Date | Event | Source |
| 17 | Dina Pugliese returns as host of Citytv's Breakfast Television after departing the program in 2023, alongside new co-host Tim Bolen. | |

## Programs
### Programs debuting in 2025

| Start date | Show | Channel |
| January 6 | Saint-Pierre | CBC Television |
| January 7 | North of North | CBC Television |
| February 10 | Novelette Is Trying | OUTtv |
| February 18 | Hanomansing Tonight | CBC News Network |
| February 25 | Small Achievable Goals | CBC Television |
| TBA | Bad Trips | Crave |
| TBA | Beer Budget Reno | Home |
| TBA | Big Burger Battle | Flavour |
| TBA | Building Baeumler | Home |
| TBA | Drag Brunch Saved My Life | Crave |
| TBA | Life Is Messy | Home |
| TBA | Locals Welcome | CBC Television |
| TBA | My Pet Ate What? | CTV Wild |
| TBA | One Day We'll All Be Dead | Crave |
| TBA | Pamela's Cooking with Love | Flavour |
| TBA | Queen of the Castle | CTV Life |
| TBA | Rentovation | Home |
| TBA | Revival | CTV Sci-Fi |
| TBA | Shipwreck Kings | Discovery |
| TBA | Snotty Nose Rez Kids | CBC Television |
| TBA | Sounds Black | History |
| TBA | Super Team Canada | Crave |
| TBA | Yukon Rescue | History |

### Specials

| Start date | Show | Channel |
| March 30 | Juno Awards of 2025 | CBC |
| November 16 | 112th Grey Cup | CTV, TSN |
| Dates TBA | 13th Canadian Screen Awards | CBC |
| Dates TBA | 2025 Canadian Country Music Awards | CTV |
| Dates TBA | 27th Quebec Cinema Awards | Noovo |

## Networks and services
### Network launches

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
| Discovery | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| Food Network | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| HGTV | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| Investigation Discovery | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| Magnolia Network | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |

### Network rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes |
| Animal Planet | CTV Wild Channel | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Discovery Channel (original) | USA Network | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Discovery Science | CTV Nature Channel | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Discovery Velocity | CTV Speed Channel | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Investigation Discovery (original) | Oxygen True Crime | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |