# 1997 in Canadian television

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

## Events

| Date | Event |
| February 27 | Renowned children's TV series Theodore Tugboat begins its first ever airing in Malaysia on TV2. |
| March 9 | CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join the Global system. |
| March 9 | 18th Genie Awards. |
| March 9 | Juno Awards of 1997. |
| June 6 | 1997 Gemini Awards. |
| July 2 | The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad. |
| August 18 | Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network. |
| September 6 | Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks. |
| September 8 | A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, LCN, and Télétoon. |
| September 15 | Canadian children's educational animated series Caillou begins its screening on Canadian television starting off with a French dub on the French language cartoon channel Télétoon. |
| October 17 | A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, Home & Garden Television, Outdoor Life Network, Prime, Teletoon, and Space: The Imagination Station. |
| October 17 | Caillou starts airing in English for the very first time when the series airs on Teletoon, a newly launched English language channel dedicated to cartoons. |
| November 1 | Treehouse, a preschool oriented channel, launches in Canada. Unlike parent network YTV, it does not air commercials during programming. |

### Debuts

| Show | Station | Premiere Date |
| Le Femme Nikita | CTV | January 13 |
| Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle | CBC Television | February |
| 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 | September 7 |
| Caillou | Télétoon | September 15 |
| The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police | YTV | October 3 |
| Pippi Longstocking | Teletoon | October 17 |
| Ned's Newt | 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 |
| The Angry Beavers | YTV | December 26 |
| Riverdale | CBC Television | Unknown |

### Changes of network affiliation

| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
| Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch | YTV | Treehouse TV |
| Caillou | Télétoon | Teletoon |

### Ending this year

| Show | Station | Cancelled |
| It's Alive! | YTV | January 1 |
| Fred Penner | CBC Television | January 1 |
| North of 60 | CBC Television | December 18 |
| Ready or Not | Global | August 11 |
| Jake and the Kid | Global | August 16 |

## Television shows
### 1950s

* Country Canada (1954–2007)
* Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
* The National (1954–present).

### 1960s

* CTV National News (1961–present)
* Land and Sea (1964–present)
* Man Alive (1967–2000)
* The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
* Question Period (1967–present, news program)
* W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)

### 1970s

* Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
* the fifth estate (1975–present, newsmagazine program)
* Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
* 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

### 1980s

* Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988–1999)
* CityLine (1987–present, news program)
* Fashion File (1989–2009)
* Just For Laughs (1988–present)
* Midday (1985–2000)
* On the Road Again (1987–2007)
* Venture (1985–2007)

### 1990s

* Black Harbour (1996–1999)
* Comics! (1993–1999)
* Due South (1994–1999)
* Life and Times (1996–2007)
* The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
* Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008)
* The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
* The Rez (1996–1998)
* This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993–present)
* Traders (1996–2000)
* Wind at My Back (1996–2000)
* Witness (1992–2004)

## Television stations
### Debuts

| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/References |
| July 10 | Maskwacis, Alberta | CHOB-TV | 43 | Independent | |
| August 18 | Quebec City, Quebec | CBVE-TV | 18 | CBC Television (O&O) | Full-time repeater of CBMT/Montréal after its original transmitter became the Quebec City area's Global station |
| September 8 | Montréal, Quebec | CJNT-TV | 62 | Independent | |
| September 18 | Edmonton, Alberta | CKEM-TV | 51 | A-Channel | |
| September 20 | Calgary, Alberta | CKAL-TV | 5 | A-Channel | |
| September 22 | Vancouver, British Columbia | CIVT-TV | 32 | Independent | |
| October 17 | Toronto, Ontario | Space: The Imagination Station (now CTV Sci-Fi Channel) | | CHUM Limited | |
| Unknown | Toronto, Ontario | Star Ray TV (Pirate TV station) | 15 | Independent | |

### 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 |
| Unknown | Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario | CHWI-TV | 16 | Independent | NewNet | |