Best Canadian Action TV Shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Canadian Action TV Shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, epic and atmospheric. Plot: danger, live action, supernatural, imaginary, superhero, heroes, woman with a gun, rivalry, escapades and good versus evil. Genre: Action, Drama and Sci-Fi. Country: Canada, USA and Ireland.
Best Canadian Action TV Shows
Best Canadian Action TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: Continuum (2012), The Umbrella Academy (2019), Orphan Black (2013), Wynonna Earp (2016), Battlestar Galactica (2004), Legion (2017), Sanctuary (2008), Vikings (2013), Lost Girl (2010), Killjoys (2015), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Covert Affairs (2010), Stargate Atlantis (2004), Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011), The Adventures of Sinbad (1996), Andromeda (2000), Flashpoint (2008), Torchwood (2006), The Last of Us (2023), Shoresy (2022).

List of Best TV Shows

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 7.6
 63K
Continuum (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to ...
Style: captivating, exciting, detective, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, heroine, getting home, policewoman, terrorist group, time jump, existence paradox, changing the past or future, sent to the past, alternate timeline, computer genius ...
Time: future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
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The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Style: exciting, tense, anime, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: superhero, time travel, heroes, apocalypse, time traveler, danger, fight, fantasy world, team, alternate history, academy, life is a bitch ...
Time: future, year 1989, 80s, year 1963, 60s ...
Place: usa
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 8.3
 116K
Orphan Black (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, mind bending, exciting, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, strong female character, female protagonist, shooting, family relations, uncover truth, lesbianism, danger, heroine, suicide, supernatural, killings ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, new york
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 7.4
 25K
Wynonna Earp (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the IDW Comic, Wynonna Earp follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities, and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she's the only thing that can bring the paranormal to ...
Style: captivating, exciting, enigmatic, deep, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, supernatural, lesbian, paranormal, save the world, family relations, lesbian relationship, gunslinger, demon, sibling relationship, sister sister relationship, blood ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, space opera, space and aliens, space wars, cyborgs, space battle, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, extinction, human in outer space, military ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: space western
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 8.2
 97K
Legion (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1316 min.
TV show
Story: David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the ...
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, saga, exciting, spiritual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: superhero, mental illness, telepathy, supernatural power, telekinesis, superhuman, mutant, schizophrenia, memory, x men, mental institution, time travel ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: usa
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 7.3
 23K
Sanctuary (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals - a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. ...
Style: atmospheric, exciting, stylized, thrilling, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, secret organization, werewolf, vampire, experiment, female scientist, research, magic, scientist, mutant, transformation, fate of humanity ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s
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 8.5
 576K
Vikings (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, heroic, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: viking, battles, king, warrior, medieval, sword fight, sword and shield, legends and myths, norse mythology, historical character, war, adventurer ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 9th century, 7th century ...
Place: scandinavia, chicago, ireland, europe, iceland
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 7.6
 33K
Lost Girl (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style: sexy, exciting, serious, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, succubus, supernatural ability, werewolf, danger, private detective, evil force, seduction, imaginary, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 7.2
 23K
Killjoys (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
Style: exciting, captivating, semi serious, tense, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: outer space, imaginary, space and aliens, space travel, danger, space opera, bounty hunter, space, space mission, distant planet, spaceship, escapades ...
Time: future
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 8.4
 101K
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, time travel, space and aliens, parallel universe, alien planet, alien race, parallel world, save the world, ancient mystery, space opera, space, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, near future, 21st century
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 7.3
 31K
Covert Affairs (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, double life, blind man, cia, blindness, female protagonist, secret agent, blind character, female spy, cia agent, undercover, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, virginia
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Stargate Atlantis (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, action adventure, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, spacecraft, danger, alien planet, space adventure, ancient mystery, good versus evil, parallel world, space wars ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: space western
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011)
Genre: Short, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung are obsessed with reigning over various realms (parallel universes) and the winners of Mortal Kombat competitions are granted supreme control over these worlds. The Earthrealm (Earth) is an unconscious participant in this ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, fight for supremacy, danger, rivalry, championship, opponent, master warrior, wing chun, kung fu, superhero, street fighter ...
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The Adventures of Sinbad (1996)
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name, and revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, stylized, light, epic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: sword fight, sinbad, good versus evil, escapades, sword and sorcery, travel, medieval, ocean, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, danger, mediterranean ...
Place: middle east, iraq
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 6.6
 15K
Andromeda (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, spacecraft, space battle, artificial intelligence, space wars, intergalactic, space, spaceship, androids and robots, military ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 19K
Flashpoint (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: swat, police, rescue, law enforcement, hostage negotiator, policewoman, race against time, saving a life, danger, confined, threat, team ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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 7.7
 43K
Torchwood (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, detective, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: supernatural, gay, paranormal investigation, investigation, doctor who, lgbt, alien, save the world, creature, homosexual, heroic mission, time travel ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: wales, europe, united kingdom, england
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 8.7
 504K
The Last of Us (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Style: exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, scary, psychological ...
Plot: epidemic, post apocalypse, apocalypse, infection, survival, pandemic, survival horror, end of the world, survivor, zombie violence, violence, danger ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: usa
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 8.5
 8K
Shoresy (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan favourite character, Shoresy, joins the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again.
Style: disturbing, semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, athlete's life, ambitious man, athlete and trainer, sport team, professional sports, satire, ambition, hockey, sexy woman
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The Last Chapter (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: The Triple Sixers are the largest biker gang in Canada, but they don't have one important territory—Ontario, to give them a monopoly on the illegal drug market. Bob Durelle has been chosen to expand The Triple Sixers into Ontario, but his ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, tense, exciting, serious
Plot: motorcycle gang, biker, biker gang, motorcyclist, police officer, police, police surveillance, gang, motorcycle, outlaw
Place: ontario canada, canada
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 7.7
 18K
Rookie Blue (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, sentimental, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, rookie, workplace romance, lesbian, female police officer, cop, workplace situations, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, shooting, relationship vs career ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily ...
Style: stylized, humorous, exciting, serious, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: superhero, high school, teenage superhero, double life, fighting crime, secret identity, save the world, good versus evil, heroic mission, teenage life, escapades, child in peril ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
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 7.5
 137K
Smallville (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark ...
Style: suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, captivating, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot: superhero, super powers, double life, secret identity, good versus evil, superhuman powers, superman, friendship, heroes, danger, teenage love, high school ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: kansas
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 7.5
 19K
Deadly Class (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties may prove fatal.
Style: atmospheric, sadistic, brutal, bloody, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: boarding school, danger, youth, death, smoking, disciple, teenager, murder, training, murderer, school, private school ...
Time: 80s
Place: san francisco
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La Femme Nikita (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, secret life, government agency, double agent, love, disguise, femme fatale, female assassin, female killer, kickass women, spy, cover up ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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 7.1
 970
The Border (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice ...
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: national security, law enforcement, terrorism, border, abduction, fighting crime, society, politics, border patrol, spy, immigrant, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 10K
Helstrom (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
Style: suspense, dark, suspenseful, semi serious, anime
Plot: supernatural power, superhero, demon, supernatural, brother sister relationship, psychokinesis, mother daughter relationship, guardian, satanic cult, terror, obsessive quest, supernatural ability ...
Place: portland oregon, san francisco
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My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ethan, Benny and fledgling vampire Sarah battle zombies, demons and the other supernatural beasties that regularly threaten their school.
Style: exciting, scary, semi serious, humorous, gothic ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy
Plot: vampire, supernatural, youth, nanny, friends, fish out of water, good versus evil, superhuman powers, teenage life, disorder, buddies, unlikely partners ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada
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Big Wolf on Campus (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tommy is bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip a week before the start of his senior year. After becoming a werewolf, he fights against supernatural entities to keep his hometown of Pleasantville safe.
Style: gothic, exciting, humorous, captivating, spectacular ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: werewolf, transformation, high school, best friend, dangerous animal, human becomes animal, double life, love, goth, save the day, teenager, monster ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
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