Best Canadian TV shows
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Best Canadian TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Orphan Black (2013), Fringe (2008), Supernatural (2005), The Expanse (2015), The Dresden Files (2007), Anne with an E (2017), The Tudors (2007), Dark Matter (2015), Schitt's Creek (2015), Rookie Blue (2010), The Listener (2009), Pure (2017), The X-Files (1993), The Umbrella Academy (2019), The Killing (2011), Midnight Mass (2021), Heartland (2007), Vikings (2013), Continuum (2012), Rush (2014).
List of Best TV Shows
113K
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:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, killings, strong female character, female protagonist, family relations, uncover truth, lesbianism, heroine, suicide, supernatural, lesbian relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, new york
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246K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, fbi, special agents, alternate dimension, parallel universe, alternate reality, experiment, top secret, paranormal activity ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
harvard university, usa, massachusetts, canada
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453K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, vampire, ghost, paranormal, demon, supernatural ability, supernatural power, demon hunter, mission, peril, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 1958, 90s, 80s, 70s, year 1997 ...
Place:
usa, arizona
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158K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, human in outer space, space, spacecraft, space opera, space station, investigation, conspiracy, alien life-form, space wars, space colony, space exploration ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 23rd century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, spooky, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, magic, investigation, magical, private detective, wizards, paranormal activity, wizards and magicians, investigator, victim, supernatural ability, police ...
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
Style:
compassionate, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
orphan, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, small town, child's point of view, school, family relations, parents and children, children's home, society, mischievous children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
intrigue, tudors, historical character, power struggle, royalty, love triangle, king, royal family, heir, queen, british royal family, couple relations ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, ambiguous ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, space, memory loss, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, distant planet, amnesia, survival, androids, spacecraft, friendship ...
Time:
future
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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:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, ironic, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, motel, lgbtq, riches to rags, family relations, class differences, eccentric family, parents and children, life turned upside down, siblings living together, cafe, friendship ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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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, sincere ...
Plot:
rookie, policewoman, workplace romance, workplace situations, police, police officer, fighting crime, law enforcement, peril, honest law enforcer, relationship vs career, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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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, emotional, suspenseful
Plot:
supernatural ability, investigation, supernatural, telepathy, supernatural power, uncover truth, psychic power, psychic, paramedic, haunted by the past, save the day, super powers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant ?
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers. But Noah's actions trigger an ultimatum from "Menno mob" leader Eli Voss.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
religion, pastor, mafia, war on drugs, criminal gang, organized crime, mob boss, fighting crime, drug dealer, mafioso, police officer, bandit ...
Place:
canada
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231K
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, atmospheric, mind bending, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
supernatural, ufo, investigation, conspiracy, fbi, paranormal investigation, top secret, alien abduction, alien contact, alien, partners, paranormal activity ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, washington d.c.
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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, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero, time travel, heroes, team, apocalypse, time traveler, fight, academy, fantasy world, life is a bitch, death, super strength ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1989, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
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115K
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, serious, gloomy, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police detective, strong female lead, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, police investigation, female protagonist, crime investigation, female detective, policewoman, strong female character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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121K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 450 min.
TV show
Story:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
Style:
mystical, scary, dark, mysterious, enigmatic ...
Plot:
vampire, community, supernatural, secret, island, supernatural horror, priest, paranormal, suspense, catholicism, ex convict, mysterious man ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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18K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, animal life, siblings relations, workplace, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york
Is relevant ?
545K
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:
atmospheric, exciting, heroic, captivating, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
warrior, viking, battles, king, legends and myths, norse mythology, historical character, leader, sword fight, sword and shield, war, adventurer ...
Time:
middle ages, 7th century, 9th century, 8th century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, iceland
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62K
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:
exciting, captivating, spooky, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, computer genius, changing the past or future, time machine, heroine, getting home, alternate timeline, policewoman, terrorist group, existence paradox, sent to the past, time jump ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
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6K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. William Rush is not your average on-call doctor. He's not attached to any hospital, he's highly discreet no matter what the ailment as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium and the doctor can party with the best of them. He ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, tense, entertaining
Plot:
surgery, doctor, workplace, patient, doctors and patients, moral dilemma, old love, power relations, treatment, lifesaver, medical, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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229K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alien, save the day, journey, companion, sent to the future, space travel, space and aliens, good versus evil, self sacrifice, save the world ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing, medical drama
Plot:
hospital, emergency room, medicine, medical, doctor, surgery, intelligence, syrian refugee, brother sister relationship, doctors and patients, cure, medical profession ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be ...
Style:
captivating, tense, mind bending, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot:
apocalypse, society, small town, investigation, small town life, beast, trapped, missing person, murder, cryogenics, confined, suspended animation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, idaho
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32K
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, supernatural ability, succubus, female protagonist, werewolf, victim, love triangle, private detective, seduction, evil force, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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22K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, harsh, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
native american, trafficking, rivalry, intrigue, suspense, competitor, showdown, fight for supremacy, medieval, rivals, combat, struggle for survival ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, 1790s, georgian era
Place:
canada
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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, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, special agents, team, murder, forensics, profiler, investigator, intelligence, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
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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, suspenseful, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space, space wars, space and aliens, androids and robots, cyborgs, alien planet, extinction, human in outer space, military, heroes, space battle ...
Time:
future
Is relevant ?
258K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, leadership, human existence, youth, nuclear holocaust, space station, rivalry, survivor, society, friendship ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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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, tense, light, funny
Plot:
female detective, private detective, investigation, chase, uncover truth, twists and turns, interwar period, murder, police, women, intelligence agency, true crime ...
Time:
1920s, future
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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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, stylized, sad, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, workplace, forensics, murder investigation, twists and turns, unconventional method, who done it, mind game ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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