Best Canadian Comedy TV Shows
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Best Canadian Comedy TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: Carter (2018), Kim's Convenience (2016), Slings and Arrows (2003), Baroness von Sketch Show (2016), Nirvanna the Band the Show (2016), Schitt's Creek (2015), North of North (2025), Mr. D (2012), Son of a Critch (2022), Children Ruin Everything (2022), Screen Rant Pitch Meetings (2017), Jann (2019), Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007), Sensitive Skin (2014), The Rick Mercer Report (2004), The Jon Dore Television Show (2007), The Trades (2024), 18 to Life (2010), Pure Pwnage (2010), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
Style:
witty, detective, crime drama, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amateur detective, tv star, police investigation, policewoman, new job, childhood friend, actor, investigation, small town, buddy cop, getting home, role playing ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to set up shop near Regent Park and ...
Style:
sitcom, sweet, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
society, love, rivalry, friendship, brother sister relationship, friend, family relations, parents and children, adaptation, love and romance, youth, school ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, north america, ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. The program stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns.
The blackly comic series ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, hilarious, realistic ...
Plot:
backstage, actor's life, lifestyle, workplace, workplace romance, nervous breakdown, sketch, afterlife, aging, colleague, mentor, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
This all-female comedy satirizes modern life's everyday concerns, from the pretentiousness of ordering a fancy coffee to office and sexual politics.
Style:
sketch comedy, satirical, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, sketch, everyday life, social commentary, humour, joke, stand up comedian, comedian, female protagonist, all female cast, irreverent, modern life ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Two lifelong best friends and roommates are planning the greatest musical act in the history of the modern world.
Style:
funny, sitcom, captivating, semi serious, ironic ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, friendship, irony, comedian, humour, follow your dream, roommate, daydreamer, obsession, deadpan, slacker ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, ironic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, gay, lgbtq, motel, couple relations, gay relationship, riches to rags, real life father and son playing father and son, class differences, siblings living together, businessman, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Inuk woman wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous and extremely public exit from her marriage. It won't be easy in a small Arctic town where everybody knows your business.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, melancholic, lighthearted
Plot:
arctic, small town, cultural conflict, social realism, resilience, gender roles, identity, empowerment, community, gossip, identity crisis, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
canada, north america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Gerry Dee's real-life experiences as a high school teacher before he switched to comedy full-time, MR. D is a story about a charming, under-qualified teacher trying to fake his way through a teaching job, just like he often fakes his ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
high school, workplace, workplace situations, teachers and students, high school life, teacher, school, fish out of water, personal growth, perseverance, young adult, families ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.
Style:
heartfelt, family comedy, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, parent child relationship, satire, problem, social problems, socially awkward, friendship, small town, high school life, intimate, slice of life, autobiography ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.
Style:
sitcom, satirical, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, toddlers, family friendly
Plot:
family life, parenting, children, parents, family relations, marriage, kids and family, satire, parents and children, male female relationship, relationships, urban ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 6 min.
TV show
Story:
Although they have the best intentions, a movie executive and a screenwriter make terrible decisions while planning popular films.
Style:
parody, semi serious, ironic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, movie business, comedian, hollywood, irony, joke, humour, ridicule, irreverent, creative process, office, deadpan ...
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636
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
In Jann, Jann Arden plays a fictionalized, self-deprecating version of herself: a singer songwriter of a “certain age” in severe denial of the harsh reality that her former music career is slowly (okay rapidly) fading away. But it’s not just ...
Style:
satirical, light, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, songwriter, music industry, showbiz, actress playing herself, glory, humour, rising to stardom, price of fame, female protagonist, personal growth, identity crisis ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom that aired on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan. The series was selected and showcased at the 2009 Dawn ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, touching, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
small town, culture clash, muslim, couples, family relations, parents and children, clergy, battle of the sexes, religions or cults, social relations, fall in love, interracial relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Hang out with Ricky, Julian and Bubbles in Ricky's kitchen, smoking, drinking and talking about whatever the hell pops up in their fucked up brains.
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, drug use, marijuana, trailer park, joke, humour, small town, friendship, alcoholism, working class, party, anti hero ...
Place:
nova scotia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, couples, couple relations, dark humor, aging, female protagonist, introspection, marriage, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.
Style:
humorous, witty, parody, biting, talky ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, politics, journalism, media satire, celebrity culture, state affairs, society, social satire, live performance, celebrity, political satire, interview ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Jon Dore Television Show is a mockumentary-style sitcom, based on an idea by Jon Dore and John Brunton. The show stars Canadian actor and comedian Jon Dore, of recent Canadian Idol co-host fame. The Comedy Network ordered 13 half hour episodes ...
Style:
mockumentary, sitcom, offbeat, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
adult humor, irreverent, social satire, deadpan, sketch, urban, pun, bestiality, toilet humor, television, family relations, psychiatrist ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
In a blue-collar community where the high stress of working in a refinery is balanced by the comedic high-wire antics of its plant workers, The Trades centres around pipefitter Todd and his sister and roommate, Audrey, who follows in her big ...
Style:
sitcom, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
blue collar, oil rig, workplace situations, satire, coworker, oil company, job, workplace, oil refinery, oil industry, oil, small town ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010, on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
young adult, newlyweds, couples, couple relations, newlywed, young lovers, neighbor, youth, parents and children, love and romance, family disapproval, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pure Pwnage was an Internet-distributed, mockumentary series from ROFLMAO Productions. The fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy, a Canadian and self-proclaimed "pro gamer". In 2010, an adaptation of the ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, mockumentary, light, feel good ...
Plot:
socially awkward, slacker, living with parents, media, irresponsible, loser, geek, video game, friendship, silly humor, wannabe, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, adult animation, anime, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
friendship, optimism, underwater, fast food, talking animal, imaginary, best friend, asexual, absurdism, disorder, escapades, boat ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
On June 18, 2018 the federal government announced the creation of a 6th major division of the United States Armed Forces. The Goal of the new branch is "to defend satellites from attack" and "perform other space-related tasks." ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sitcom, light, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, military, rocket launching, space race, father daughter relationship, warlord, space mission, political intrigue, humour, space marine, space station, coworker relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, colorado, north america, china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: ...
Style:
funny, sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, countryside, protection, punk, worker, society, closeted gay, hockey, drinking, gay, male protagonist, bisexual ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Inuk mother wants to build a fresh future, but in her small Arctic community where everyone knows each other's business, it won't be easy.
Style:
poignant, emotional, atmospheric, tension, lighthearted
Plot:
arctic, small town, motherhood, resilience, social realism, intimate, identity, young mother, family drama, gossip, isolation, coming of age ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
north america, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Run the Burbs follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
Style:
feel good, multicultural, captivating, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
slice of life, family values, suburban life, family life, family relations, eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, satire, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Ethan, a 31-year-old single man, moves in with his 90-year-old grandfather and the pair quickly realize that they have a lot to learn from each other.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
grandfather, grandfather grandson relationship, roommate, grandson, family relations, relationships, satire, social satire, generation, living together, life lesson, heartwarming ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
This fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy, a Canadian and self-proclaimed "pro gamer".
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, not serious, realistic, gaming ...
Plot:
family relations, lifestyle, filmmaking, geek, siblings relations, wannabe, computers and web, living with parents, silly humor, media, internet culture, socially awkward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
It's been a few years, and there's still not a lot going on in Dog River, 40 kilometres from nowhere. But that's all about to change.
Style:
sitcom, adult animation, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
small town, gas station, social relations, workplace, workplace situations, lifestyle, humour, small town life, society, satire, village life, deadpan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer has had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local ...
Style:
dark comedy, offbeat, twisted
Plot:
heist, female protagonist, small town life, revenge, female empowerment, organized crime, mobster, satire, scheming, anti establishment, moral ambiguity, autumn ...
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Ian McKay and his best friend Shinky are two young punks searching for their great destinies in the back alleys of Calgary Alberta, circa 1980. Together, these friends will face down cowboys and oilmen, hockey goons and movie snobs, odd-jobbers and ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom, offbeat ...
Plot:
rebellion, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, friends, misfit, society, rebelliousness, social misfits, buddies, youth, eccentric family, family life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
canada
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