1969 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1969. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events

Date	Event
May 2	CKCW-TV Moncton switches networks from CBC to CTV.
	Telesat is founded in Ottawa.
June 20	Don Messer's Jubilee is cancelled. The cancellation is so controversial it is brought up in the House of Commons.
September 13	CKCK-TV and CHRE-TV in Regina switch networks as CKCK goes to CTV while CHRE (bought by the CBC and renamed CBKRT, now CBKT-DT) switches to CBC
October 4	The 1969 Canadian Film Awards. [1]

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Strategy	CBC Television	April 1
It's Our Stuff		June 30
Strange Paradise		October 20

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Magistrate's Court	CTV	January 20
Perry's Probe
Rocket Robin Hood	Broadcast syndication
Quentin Durgens, M.P.	CBC Television	February 4
Don Messer's Jubilee		June 20
Strategy		October 7
Toby		Unknown

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada (1954–2007)
• CBC News Magazine (1952–1981)
• Chez Hélène (1959–1973)
• Circle 8 Ranch (1955–1978)
• The Friendly Giant (1958–1985)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
• The National (1954–present)
• Front Page Challenge (1957–1995)
• Wayne and Shuster Show (1958–1989)

1960s

• Audubon Wildlife Theatre (1968–1974)
• CTV National News (1961–present)
• Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date (1963–1975)
• The Galloping Gourmet (1968–1972)
• Land and Sea (1964–present)
• Man Alive (1967–2000)
• Mr. Dressup (1967–1996)
• Music Hop (1962–1972)
• The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
• People in Conflict (1962–1970)
• The Pierre Berton Show (1962–1973)
• The Pig and Whistle (1967–1977)
• Question Period (1967–present, news program)
• Reach for the Top (1961–1985)
• Singalong Jubilee (1961–1974)
• Take 30 (1962–1983)
• Telescope (1963–1973)
• The Tommy Hunter Show (1965–1992)
• University of the Air (1966–1983)
• W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)

Television stations

Debuts

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
August 22	Inuvik, Northwest Territories	CHAK-TV	6	CBC Television
September 21	Saint John, New Brunswick	CKLT-TV	9	CTV	Satellite of CKCW/Moncton
Unknown	Montreal, Quebec	Concordia University Television	(cable-only)	Educational-access independent	Oldest student-run television station in Canada

Network affiliation changes

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Source
May 2	Moncton, New Brunswick	CKCW-TV	29	CBC Television	CTV Television Network
September 13	Regina, Saskatchewan	CKCK-TV	2
		CHRE-TV	4	CTV	CBC

See also

• 1969 in Canada
• List of Canadian films

References

1. "Award-nominee starring in CBC feature". Star-Phoenix. 4 October 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

External links

• List of 1969 Canadian television series at IMDb