Best Canadian Crime TV Shows

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Best Canadian Crime TV Shows
Best Canadian Crime TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: Bad Blood (2017), Cardinal (2017), Flashpoint (2008), 19-2 (2011), Coroner (2019), The Killing (2011), Motive (2013), Endgame (2011), Slasher (2016), The Murders (2019), Criminal Minds (2005), The Bletchley Circle (2012), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Republic of Doyle (2010), King (2011), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Tribal (2020), The Listener (2009), Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017), Private Eyes (2016).

List of Best TV Shows

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 7.5
 10K
Bad Blood (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Style: suspense, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: mafia, crime family, criminal underworld, mob boss, gangster, organized crime, mafioso, criminal, family relations, lifestyle, group of criminals, criminal's revenge ...
Place: montreal, quebec, canada
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 7.8
 12K
Cardinal (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise ...
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, psychopath, murder mystery, murder investigation, police corruption, police detective, police investigation, partners in crime, psycho killer, sadist, uncover truth ...
Time: future
Place: canada, ontario canada
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 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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 8.6
 2K
19-2 (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Officer Nick Beroff, 17 years of service for Montreal's police, is not happy to be stuck with Ben Chartier, newly transferred from S.Q (provincial police), as a partner, but after the tragic event that occurs in the first scene of the pilot, he ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, sincere, serious, detective ...
Plot: workplace, police investigation, partners against crime, reluctant partners, police, partner, organized crime, boss, policewoman, marital problem, suspicion, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec, canada
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 6.8
 5K
Coroner (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: coroner, murder investigation, medical examiner, investigation, death, crime investigation, murder, police detective, female protagonist, partner, serial killer, killing spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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 8.3
 122K
The Killing (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style: psychological, gloomy, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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 7.4
 6K
Motive (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, realistic ...
Plot: murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, sergeant, murder, law enforcement, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, vancouver
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 7.5
 4K
Endgame (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Endgame is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network on Monday, March 14, 2011. The series is developed and produced by Thunderbird Films. The series follows former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan, a ...
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: chess, investigation, talented, fear, prodigy, law enforcement, hotel, eccentricity, murder mystery, maid, mental illness, hotshot ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: russia, vancouver
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 6.7
 17K
Slasher (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of ...
Style: slasher, tense, anthology, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, serial killer, friendship, survival, teenager, pursuit, blood, forest, fight, supernatural, woman with a gun ...
Place: usa
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 5.6
 747
The Murders (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: murder investigation, rookie, death, investigation, police detective, partners against crime, police investigation, who done it, law enforcement, partner, friendship, murder ...
Place: vancouver
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 8.1
 217K
Criminal Minds (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU ...
Style: psychological, exciting, serious, rough, detective ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: fbi, investigation, serial killer, team, law enforcement, crime investigation, murder, danger, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
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The Bletchley Circle (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 314 min.
TV show
Story: The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in ...
Style: tense, detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: crime investigation, investigation, amateur detective, world war two, riddles and clues, code breaking, serial killer, danger, murder, trial, innocence, suspicion ...
Time: 1950s, post world war two, 50s, 20th century
Place: england, london
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Da Vinci's Inquest (1998)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, coroner, law enforcement, righting the wronged, fighting crime, forensics, murder, mysterious death, nypd, crime investigation, medical, morgue ...
Place: canada, vancouver
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Republic of Doyle (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland which debuted 6 January 2010 on CBC Television. The show stars Seán McGinley and Allan Hawco as Malachy and Jake Doyle, a father and son who ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, detective
Plot: investigation, small town, policewoman, family relations, couples, family business, parents and children, ex couple relations, social relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, detective agency, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: newfoundland, canada
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 6.9
 1K
King (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, female detective, police detective, female police detective, law enforcement, who done it, honest law enforcer, investigation, police investigation, task force, fighting crime, leadership ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Style: atmospheric, clever, detective, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, who done it, murder investigation, victorian england, morgue ...
Time: edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, america
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 5.8
 444
Tribal (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The department of Federal Justice attempts to save political face under the mask of inclusion and collaboration as they take control of the Tribal Police Force that governs the four Indian Reserves that surround the city. Interim Tribal Chief ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak, stylized ...
Plot: murder investigation, police detective, law enforcement, suspicion, police corruption, corrupt cop, investigator, law enforcer, police investigation, partner, profanity, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 6.8
 8K
The Listener (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, supernatural ability, supernatural, telepathy, psychic power, supernatural power, uncover truth, psychic, danger, paramedic, save the day, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her ...
Style: captivating, exciting, light, tense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: female detective, private detective, investigation, uncover truth, twists and turns, pursuit, interwar period, feminist, strength, women, police, intelligence agency ...
Time: 1920s, future, 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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 7.3
 6K
Private Eyes (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
Style: captivating, detective, semi serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, male female relationship, private detective, private investigator, murder mystery, crime investigation, partners against crime, twists and turns, murder investigation, fighting crime, partner, crime solving ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: ontario canada, canada, toronto ontario canada
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 6.9
 2K
Cracked (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Psych Crimes Unit, a unique team of police detectives and mental health professionals, is tasked with solving bizarre and chilling crimes that cross the boundary between law enforcement and psychological disturbance.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological, serious ...
Plot: forensics, mental disorder, mental illness, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, partner, mentally unstable, criminal psychologist, psychologist, workplace, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, conspiracy, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, male protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 6.9
 640
Cold Squad (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by ...
Style: detective, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police detective, investigation, murder investigation, nypd, coroner, strong female presence, partner, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
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 7.2
 14K
Three Pines (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, enigmatic ...
Plot: murder mystery, homicide detective, murder investigation, inspector, murder, detective inspector, undercover, past, police inspector, killings, police detective, forensics ...
Place: quebec, canada
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 6.9
 49K
CSI: NY (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists ...
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, crime investigation, partners against crime, danger, medical examiner, workplace, murder investigation, police detective, forensic evidence, riddles and clues, murder ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, greece
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 8.1
 3K
19-2 (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The day-to-day life of two unwilling partners of the Montreal Police Department, Officers Nick Barron and Ben Chartier. These two beat cops patrol the urban sprawl of downtown's 19th district, in cruiser No. 2. 19-2 is about the tensions and ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, detective, captivating ...
Plot: law enforcement, partners against crime, police, workplace, partner, misfit partners, mistrust, workplace situations, realism, police detective, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal
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 7.5
 420
Night Heat (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network. CBS aired the ...
Style: detective
Plot: tough cop, police, informant, police detective, reporter, police investigation, police station, police partner, murder, buddy cop, night, irish american
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 7.2
 16K
Tin Star (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil ...
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: revenge motive, rocky mountains, danger, family relations, threat, life is a bitch, murder, justice, small town sheriff, abduction, death, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, canada
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 8.6
 247K
The X-Files (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style: captivating, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens
Plot: ufo, supernatural, investigation, fbi, conspiracy, paranormal investigation, alien, top secret, paranormal activity, alien contact, space and aliens, female fbi agent ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
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 7.6
 37K
Alias Grace (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: female prisoner, psychiatrist, female assassin, female murderer, murder investigation, maid, life is a bitch, women, women in society, feminist, amnesia, historical figure ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, year 2017, 1850s
Place: canada
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