1991 in Canadian television

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List of years in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1991.

Events

Date Event
March 3 12th Genie Awards.
Juno Awards of 1991.
March 26
The Den
.
June 6 The long running music video series for children
YTV
.
September 2 Popular British children's stop motion animated series
YTV
on the same week airing on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
September 3 The hit children's series that introduces
YTV
, thus making it the very first television channel to air the American spin-off of Thomas in Canada.
December 7 A Bunch of Munsch premieres on CTV with the first special, "Thomas' Snowsuit" and "50 Below Zero". based on the children's books by the American–Canadian children's author Robert Munsch.
December 19 Australian children's television series Johnson and Friends begins its first ever airing on Canadian television. The series will start its first television broadcasting transmission on Knowledge Network in British Columbia.

Debuts

Show Station Premiere Date
Scales of Justice CBC Television January 6
Wil Cwac Cwac Knowledge Network January 12
Hillside YTV February 3
Fly by Night CBC Television April 4
Hit List
YTV
June 6
Eureeka's Castle Knowledge Network September 2
The Zone
YTV
Postman Pat
Charlie Chalk September 3
Shining Time Station
Northwood CBC Television September 11
Acting Crazy Global September 30
Bookmice
TVOntario
October 1
African Skies
Family
October 11
A Bunch of Munsch CTV December 7
Johnson and Friends Knowledge Network December 19
The Red Green Show Global/CBC Television Unknown

Changes of network affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
Eureeka's Castle Knowledge Network
TVOntario
Fireman Sam

Ending this year

Show Station Cancelled
Degrassi High CBC Television January 28
My Secret Identity CTV May 25
The Comedy Mill
CHCH-TV
Unknown

Television shows

1950s

1960s

1970s

  • Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
  • newsmagazine
    program)
  • Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
  • 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

1980s

1990s

TV movies

Television stations

Debuts

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
March 11 Victoria, British Columbia Hansard TV (cable-only)
Independent
Launched as the broadcaster of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, available province-wide
Unknown Halifax, Nova Scotia Legislative Television (cable-only) Government-access
Independent
A province-wide broadcaster of the
Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) (cable-only) A province-wide educational independent television service

Closures

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes
January 1 Sydney, Nova Scotia CBIT-TV 5 CBC (O&O) Became a rebroadcaster of CBHT-TV/Halifax, permanent shut down on July 31, 2012.
February 22
Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
CBNLT 13 CBC (O&O) Became a
rebroadcaster of St. John's-based CBNT-TV
, permanent shut down on July 31, 2012.
October 8
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
CFLA-TV 8
Unknown
Schefferville, Quebec
CFKL-TV 7
Radio-Canada
Became CBSET-1, a rebroadcaster of
Montreal; permanent shut down on July 31, 2012
.

See also

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