Digital television in Canada
Encyclopedia
Digital television in Canada (more specifically, digital terrestrial television in Canada or digital
over-the-air television (OTA) in Canada
) is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States
. Because Canada and the U.S. use the same standard and frequencies for channels, people near the Canada – United States border can watch digital television
programming from television station
s in either country where available. The ATSC standards are also used in Mexico
, parts of Central America
, and South Korea
.
Jurisdiction over over-the-air broadcasting in Canada is primarily regulated by Industry Canada
and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Industry Canada has jurisdiction over the allotment of over-the-air spectrum and the CRTC has jurisdiction over the allotment of licences broadcast.
The CRTC has imposed in 28 mandatory markets, a digital transition deadline of August 31, 2011, with the exception of some CBC transmitters given a temporary one year extension to remain in analog.
In anticipation of the transition, Industry Canada has already stopped issuing licenses within Canada for new television transmitters broadcasting in analog.
Engineering firm Spectrum Expert Inc. estimated a total cost to Canadian broadcasters of $
378-425 million dollars to convert all 738 Canadian full-power television transmitters to DTV on their newly-assigned channels; if the 1238 low-power transmitters were converted, costs would increase further. Some of the highest costs were for existing full-power VHF rebroadcast transmitters that would have to be replaced by new UHF facilities in locations far from broadcast studios. As a worst case, CTV
-owned
CJOH-TV-6 and CJOH-TV-8 were estimated at a conversion cost of over four million dollars each. While CTV had threatened to shut down a long list of these full-power rebroadcasters on August 31, 2009, the transmitters are still on the air.
Several broadcasters, including the CBC, have argued that there is no viable business case for a comprehensive digital conversion strategy in Canada. Converting a transmitter to digital has up front capital equipment costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which can in more extreme cases reach over a million dollars, though some cost recovery in energy costs is possible due to lower transmission power required to cover an area as compared to analog, if the same channel is used. At CRTC hearings in 2007 on the future direction of regulatory policy for television, broadcasters proposed a number of strategies, including funding digital conversion by eliminating restrictions on the amount of advertising that television broadcasters are permitted to air, allowing terrestrial broadcasters to charge cable viewers a subscription fee (retransmission consent
) similar to that already charged by cable specialty channel
s, permitting licence fees similar to those that fund the BBC
in the United Kingdom
, or eliminating terrestrial television broadcasting entirely and moving to an exclusively cable-based distribution model.
The CRTC ultimately decided to relax restrictions on advertising, gradually removing all limits to the number of advertisements per hour of broadcast programming, as the funding mechanism. However, a CRTC statement issued in June 2008 indicated that as of that date, only 22 digital transmitters had been fully installed across the entire country, and expressed the regulator's concern that Canada's television broadcasters were not adequately preparing for the shift to digital broadcasting.
The US financial crisis and subsequent 2008 recession adverserly impacted advertising sales, the primary source of revenue for most broadcasters. Inadequate revenue in combination with debt incurred from purchasing other media companies caused Canwest, owner of the Global Television Network
, to file for bankruptcy protection and to be subsequently purchased by Shaw Communications
. Some Global Television Network
and CTV
stations in smaller markets were closed or sold. Seeking further sources of revenue, the television broadcasters including CTV
launched an aggressive and somewhat successful campaign to re-open debate for introducing value for signal
from cable and satellite television providers) debate in 2009.
On August 6, 2010, CBC/Radio-Canada announced in a press release that only its existing digital stations, along with both Alberta
CBC Television
originating stations plus all Télévision de Radio-Canada
(SRC) originating stations in Quebec City
and Moncton, would be DTV-ready in time for the August 2011 deadline. The remaining CBC/SRC originating O&O
's were to be converted a year later in August 2012, subject to CRTC approval. In December 2010, CBC/Radio-Canada updated the information on its website to state that its was striving to convert originating O&O
by August 31, 2011. CBC has stated that it does not intend on transitioning any of its full-power repeaters to digital, despite in some cases being in markets (such as Kitchener
, London
and Saskatoon) required to convert by August 31, 2011. While many CBC affiliate stations are in small one-station markets not required to digitise, Corus Entertainment
intends to voluntarily upgrade CHEX-TV
's main Peterborough
signal to HDTV at the end of 2011 and Rivière-du-Loup "triple-stick" affiliate Télé Inter-Rives
(Radio-Canada/TVA/V) is working to comply with its mandatory 2011 digital deadline.
In many instances, stations transitioning to digital will continue utilizing the same channel, antenna or other facilities for their new digital transmitters after the end of transition. To save costs, with the exception of some stations in the largest markets, stations are choosing to flash cut from analog to digital at the transition deadline rather than spending on the infrastructure and energy costs needed to broadcast the station in analog and digital at the same time. In some cases, stations like CHEX-TV
12 Peterborough
(which is in a one-station market, not required to convert) have planned upgrades in such a manner as to provide an HDTV signal to cable subscribers well before the 2011 transition while delaying the start of over-the-air DTV broadcasts in order to re-use an existing analogue channel in 2011.
The CRTC has expressed concern that "if all broadcasters wait until the last moment to proceed to the transition, there could be a shortage of professional engineers and competent technicians capable of assuming the development of new plans and the installation of new systems and structures".
There are no requirements for new televisions sold in Canada to include digital tuners (as they must in the US market), nor are there any labelling requirements for analogue-only receivers; some new televisions may be unable to tune a digital signal without an external ATSC tuner
. , an estimated 900000 Canadians currently relying on antennas stand to lose all OTA TV reception in 2011, as they are not ready for the digital transition. While a new HDTV receiver connected to a terrestrial television antenna will receive OTA digital television, Canadian regulations do not require cable television
operators to carry these free local HDTV signals in unencrypted digital format on their systems.
' coverage of the Heritage Classic, an outdoor NHL
game. CBC ultimately launched a high definition feed of their eastern flagship CBLT in 2005, later launching feeds in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal. As of 2008, other digital stations on-air include the CBC
and Radio-Canada
stations in Toronto
and Montreal
, as well as CTV's
CFTO and CIVT, and Quebecor Media's independent station CKXT.
The first Canadian broadcaster to have delivered a digital-only terrestrial TV signal of any type, CKXT-TV (in Ottawa
and London
), signed on its pair of digital-only transmitters in 2008. These are both rebroadcasters of the same Toronto
station with no local programme origination; the main Toronto station continues to transmit in both analogue and digital format. The first stations to complete the digital transition (on their main signals) are Trois-Rivières
, Quebec
's CFKM-DT, followed by CISA-DT in Lethbridge, Alberta
.
Although digital television broadcasts have commenced in just 11 of Canada's largest markets, most — although not all — Canadian television stations have digital channel assignments pre-allocated. This does not signify that the stations have applied for nor that they have received broadcasting permits for these channels. In some cases, allocated channels are listed to Canada-US border communities with frequencies that overlap proposed US emergency services; affected stations can be expected to require either new allocations or a flash-cut
on an existing analogue channel.
Broadcasting digital terrestrial signals instead of in analog offers numerous advantages to the viewer, such as the following: support for high definition (HD) picture, support for 5 speaker surround sound, support for information on the current and the next few programs shown the channel, support for sub-channels
, and support for mobile devices (i.e. ATSC-M/H
). Canadian broadcasters have implemented many of the listed features to varying extents, though unlike in US, there are no known broadcasters in Canada using sub-channels to show multiple stations on the same channel nor are there any transmitters broadcasting TV signals intended for mobile devices.
On July 6, 2009, the CRTC issued a decision that limited the required digital conversion to mandatory markets meeting any of the following criteria:
On March 14, 2011, the CRTC removed territorial capitals as mandatory markets on the basis that these are small and remote markets, and that only 1 of the 6 transmitters in these markets were planned to be converted to digital, while the remainder of the transmitters would be shut down rather than converted.
Mandatory markets with a transmitter that does not transition to digital by the deadline will lose the over-the-air signal for the corresponding station permanently or until a digital transmitter is brought on-the-air for that station in that area.
On March 18, 2011, the CRTC mandated a requirement that television stations must broadcast public service announcements regarding the digital over-the-air television transition from May 1, 2011 until August 31, 2011. Stations must broadcast these ads 6 times a day, and increase this to 8 times a day starting August 1, 2011 or one month before the digital transition date for that station, whichever is sooner. Also by May 1, 2011, broadcasters must post on their websites about the broadcasters' specific plans for digital transition.
On August 18, 2011, the CRTC issued a decision that allows CBC's mandatory market rebroadcasting transmitters in analog remain on-air until August 31, 2012. Before that deadline, CBC's license renewal process will take place and CBC's digital transition plans will be examined as part of that process. The requirement remains for any of corporation's full power transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 to either relocate to channels 2 to 51 or become low power transmitters. In some cases, CBC has opted reduce the power of existing transmitters to low power transmitters, which will result in signal loss for some viewers.
List of Mandatory Markets (as of March 14, 2011)
In addition, full-power transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 in non-mandatory markets are required to vacate those channels by August 31, 2011 and are permitted to move to another channel in analog or digital, as part of a spectrum re-allocation. There are 17 of such transmitters across Canada:
Note 2: This list currently contains transmitters that were required to make a change by August 31, 2011, either because they are in mandatory markets or they are operating at full power in channels 52 to 69. Transmitters operating in full power on channels 52-69 had to either become low power or move to a channel in the 2 to 51 range. In some smaller markets, some transmitters transitioned to digital or shut down, but those are not required to do so. Details on affected smaller markets can be found at the Canadian Government's digital transition website.
Note 3: The farthest right column is only an indicator that the permanent digital channel is being used, not whether the transmitter is broadcasting at the licensed signal strength.
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
over-the-air television (OTA) in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Because Canada and the U.S. use the same standard and frequencies for channels, people near the Canada – United States border can watch digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
programming from television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
s in either country where available. The ATSC standards are also used in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, parts of Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
.
Jurisdiction over over-the-air broadcasting in Canada is primarily regulated by Industry Canada
Industry Canada
Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada....
and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Industry Canada has jurisdiction over the allotment of over-the-air spectrum and the CRTC has jurisdiction over the allotment of licences broadcast.
The CRTC has imposed in 28 mandatory markets, a digital transition deadline of August 31, 2011, with the exception of some CBC transmitters given a temporary one year extension to remain in analog.
In anticipation of the transition, Industry Canada has already stopped issuing licenses within Canada for new television transmitters broadcasting in analog.
History
The digital television transition in Canada and the United States will result in spectrum on channels 52 to 69 being re-allocated for other purposes. The United States government already auctioned most of this spectrum and Canada is planning on doing the same. The United States government, using some proceeds of the spectrum action, funded an education campaign in advance of the transition, provided subsidies to many broadcasters in support of transitioning to digital, and provided subsidies to consumers for digital to analog converter boxes. In contrast, the Canadian government has no plans to provide any similar funding in support of the digital television transition. The Canadian government's most visible efforts to support the public in the transition to digital over-the-air television has been in the form of a website entitled Canada's Transition to Digital Television (DTV).Engineering firm Spectrum Expert Inc. estimated a total cost to Canadian broadcasters of $
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
378-425 million dollars to convert all 738 Canadian full-power television transmitters to DTV on their newly-assigned channels; if the 1238 low-power transmitters were converted, costs would increase further. Some of the highest costs were for existing full-power VHF rebroadcast transmitters that would have to be replaced by new UHF facilities in locations far from broadcast studios. As a worst case, CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
-owned
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
CJOH-TV-6 and CJOH-TV-8 were estimated at a conversion cost of over four million dollars each. While CTV had threatened to shut down a long list of these full-power rebroadcasters on August 31, 2009, the transmitters are still on the air.
Several broadcasters, including the CBC, have argued that there is no viable business case for a comprehensive digital conversion strategy in Canada. Converting a transmitter to digital has up front capital equipment costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which can in more extreme cases reach over a million dollars, though some cost recovery in energy costs is possible due to lower transmission power required to cover an area as compared to analog, if the same channel is used. At CRTC hearings in 2007 on the future direction of regulatory policy for television, broadcasters proposed a number of strategies, including funding digital conversion by eliminating restrictions on the amount of advertising that television broadcasters are permitted to air, allowing terrestrial broadcasters to charge cable viewers a subscription fee (retransmission consent
Retransmission consent
Retransmission consent is an option granted to US television stations as part of the law that granted such stations the option to elect must-carry rights. Under retransmission consent, a full-power US television station may elect to negotiate with a cable system operator for carriage of its...
) similar to that already charged by cable specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
s, permitting licence fees similar to those that fund the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, or eliminating terrestrial television broadcasting entirely and moving to an exclusively cable-based distribution model.
The CRTC ultimately decided to relax restrictions on advertising, gradually removing all limits to the number of advertisements per hour of broadcast programming, as the funding mechanism. However, a CRTC statement issued in June 2008 indicated that as of that date, only 22 digital transmitters had been fully installed across the entire country, and expressed the regulator's concern that Canada's television broadcasters were not adequately preparing for the shift to digital broadcasting.
The US financial crisis and subsequent 2008 recession adverserly impacted advertising sales, the primary source of revenue for most broadcasters. Inadequate revenue in combination with debt incurred from purchasing other media companies caused Canwest, owner of the Global Television Network
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
, to file for bankruptcy protection and to be subsequently purchased by Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
. Some Global Television Network
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
and CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
stations in smaller markets were closed or sold. Seeking further sources of revenue, the television broadcasters including CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
launched an aggressive and somewhat successful campaign to re-open debate for introducing value for signal
Retransmission consent
Retransmission consent is an option granted to US television stations as part of the law that granted such stations the option to elect must-carry rights. Under retransmission consent, a full-power US television station may elect to negotiate with a cable system operator for carriage of its...
from cable and satellite television providers) debate in 2009.
On August 6, 2010, CBC/Radio-Canada announced in a press release that only its existing digital stations, along with both Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
originating stations plus all Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
(SRC) originating stations in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
and Moncton, would be DTV-ready in time for the August 2011 deadline. The remaining CBC/SRC originating O&O
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
's were to be converted a year later in August 2012, subject to CRTC approval. In December 2010, CBC/Radio-Canada updated the information on its website to state that its was striving to convert originating O&O
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
by August 31, 2011. CBC has stated that it does not intend on transitioning any of its full-power repeaters to digital, despite in some cases being in markets (such as Kitchener
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
, London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
and Saskatoon) required to convert by August 31, 2011. While many CBC affiliate stations are in small one-station markets not required to digitise, Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...
intends to voluntarily upgrade CHEX-TV
CHEX-TV
CHEX-TV is a television station in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and an affiliate of the CBC Television network. It began broadcasting on March 26, 1955, with an NHL ice hockey game. The station broadcasts over-the-air on channel 12.- History :...
's main Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
signal to HDTV at the end of 2011 and Rivière-du-Loup "triple-stick" affiliate Télé Inter-Rives
Télé Inter-Rives
Télé Inter-Rives is a broadcasting company based in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The company operates three stations in Rivière-du-Loup in a rare "triple-stick" :* CKRT 7/5/13...
(Radio-Canada/TVA/V) is working to comply with its mandatory 2011 digital deadline.
In many instances, stations transitioning to digital will continue utilizing the same channel, antenna or other facilities for their new digital transmitters after the end of transition. To save costs, with the exception of some stations in the largest markets, stations are choosing to flash cut from analog to digital at the transition deadline rather than spending on the infrastructure and energy costs needed to broadcast the station in analog and digital at the same time. In some cases, stations like CHEX-TV
CHEX-TV
CHEX-TV is a television station in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and an affiliate of the CBC Television network. It began broadcasting on March 26, 1955, with an NHL ice hockey game. The station broadcasts over-the-air on channel 12.- History :...
12 Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
(which is in a one-station market, not required to convert) have planned upgrades in such a manner as to provide an HDTV signal to cable subscribers well before the 2011 transition while delaying the start of over-the-air DTV broadcasts in order to re-use an existing analogue channel in 2011.
The CRTC has expressed concern that "if all broadcasters wait until the last moment to proceed to the transition, there could be a shortage of professional engineers and competent technicians capable of assuming the development of new plans and the installation of new systems and structures".
There are no requirements for new televisions sold in Canada to include digital tuners (as they must in the US market), nor are there any labelling requirements for analogue-only receivers; some new televisions may be unable to tune a digital signal without an external ATSC tuner
ATSC tuner
An ATSC tuner, often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television television channels transmitted by television stations in North America, parts of Central America and South Korea that use ATSC standards...
. , an estimated 900000 Canadians currently relying on antennas stand to lose all OTA TV reception in 2011, as they are not ready for the digital transition. While a new HDTV receiver connected to a terrestrial television antenna will receive OTA digital television, Canadian regulations do not require cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
operators to carry these free local HDTV signals in unencrypted digital format on their systems.
Deployment
CITY-TV was the first Canadian station to provide digital terrestrial service, first broadcasting in January 2003, and going full-time in March 2003. The first HD broadcast in Canada was CBC SportsCBC Sports
CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, with some additional broadcasts on bold, CBC.ca, and occasionally CBC Radio One...
' coverage of the Heritage Classic, an outdoor NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
game. CBC ultimately launched a high definition feed of their eastern flagship CBLT in 2005, later launching feeds in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Montreal. As of 2008, other digital stations on-air include the CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
and Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
stations in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, as well as CTV's
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
CFTO and CIVT, and Quebecor Media's independent station CKXT.
The first Canadian broadcaster to have delivered a digital-only terrestrial TV signal of any type, CKXT-TV (in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
), signed on its pair of digital-only transmitters in 2008. These are both rebroadcasters of the same Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
station with no local programme origination; the main Toronto station continues to transmit in both analogue and digital format. The first stations to complete the digital transition (on their main signals) are Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
's CFKM-DT, followed by CISA-DT in Lethbridge, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
.
Although digital television broadcasts have commenced in just 11 of Canada's largest markets, most — although not all — Canadian television stations have digital channel assignments pre-allocated. This does not signify that the stations have applied for nor that they have received broadcasting permits for these channels. In some cases, allocated channels are listed to Canada-US border communities with frequencies that overlap proposed US emergency services; affected stations can be expected to require either new allocations or a flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
on an existing analogue channel.
Broadcasting digital terrestrial signals instead of in analog offers numerous advantages to the viewer, such as the following: support for high definition (HD) picture, support for 5 speaker surround sound, support for information on the current and the next few programs shown the channel, support for sub-channels
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, and support for mobile devices (i.e. ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H is a standard in the USA for mobile digital TV, that allows TV broadcasts to be received by mobile devices.....
). Canadian broadcasters have implemented many of the listed features to varying extents, though unlike in US, there are no known broadcasters in Canada using sub-channels to show multiple stations on the same channel nor are there any transmitters broadcasting TV signals intended for mobile devices.
Mandatory Markets for Over-Air Transition to Digital
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) initially decided not to enforce a single date for ending analog broadcasts, opting to let market forces decide when the switchover will occur. It subsequently reversed its position, on May 17, 2007, setting an analogue shutoff date of August 31, 2011, just over two years after the American transition date of June 12, 2009. Note that the transition deadline only concerns over-the-air signals and does not impact other televisions reception methods in Canada such as over the internet (already digital), cable (some analog, some digital), or satellite (already digital).On July 6, 2009, the CRTC issued a decision that limited the required digital conversion to mandatory markets meeting any of the following criteria:
- the National Capital Region, provincial capitals, and territorial capitals
- markets served by multiple originating stations (including CBC stations)
- markets with populations greater than 300,000.
On March 14, 2011, the CRTC removed territorial capitals as mandatory markets on the basis that these are small and remote markets, and that only 1 of the 6 transmitters in these markets were planned to be converted to digital, while the remainder of the transmitters would be shut down rather than converted.
Mandatory markets with a transmitter that does not transition to digital by the deadline will lose the over-the-air signal for the corresponding station permanently or until a digital transmitter is brought on-the-air for that station in that area.
On March 18, 2011, the CRTC mandated a requirement that television stations must broadcast public service announcements regarding the digital over-the-air television transition from May 1, 2011 until August 31, 2011. Stations must broadcast these ads 6 times a day, and increase this to 8 times a day starting August 1, 2011 or one month before the digital transition date for that station, whichever is sooner. Also by May 1, 2011, broadcasters must post on their websites about the broadcasters' specific plans for digital transition.
On August 18, 2011, the CRTC issued a decision that allows CBC's mandatory market rebroadcasting transmitters in analog remain on-air until August 31, 2012. Before that deadline, CBC's license renewal process will take place and CBC's digital transition plans will be examined as part of that process. The requirement remains for any of corporation's full power transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 to either relocate to channels 2 to 51 or become low power transmitters. In some cases, CBC has opted reduce the power of existing transmitters to low power transmitters, which will result in signal loss for some viewers.
List of Mandatory Markets (as of March 14, 2011)
| Province | Mandatory Markets | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Lloydminster | |
| BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Vancouver, Victoria | |
| MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
Winnipeg | |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton | |
| NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
St. John's | |
| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Halifax | |
| PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
Charlottetown | |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Barrie, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Ottawa-Gatineau, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Windsor | Barrie and Hamilton are included in the Toronto market since their stations compete in the Toronto market |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Montreal, Quebec City, Rivière-du-Loup, Rouyn-Noranda/Val-d'Or, Saguenay, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières | |
| SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Regina, Saskatoon |
In addition, full-power transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 in non-mandatory markets are required to vacate those channels by August 31, 2011 and are permitted to move to another channel in analog or digital, as part of a spectrum re-allocation. There are 17 of such transmitters across Canada:
- 5 transmitters (3 TVO, 1 CTVCFTO-TVCFTO-DT, broadcast on channel 9 and cable 8, is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Currently branded as CTV Toronto, it is the flagship station of the CTV Television Network, and was one of the charter members of the network when it was launched in 1961. It...
, 1 CBC-affiliateCKWS-TVCKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston, Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg and from Perth to Oswego, New York in the United States....
) are being transitioned to digital as part of the change in channel. - 8 transmitters, all owned by CBC, are to remain in analogue, but either on a different channel or at reduced transmission power to re-classify as a low power transmitter.
- 4 transmitters will go darkDark (broadcasting)In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
(1 Miracle Channel, 1 Global, 1 CBC, 1 SRC), though in the case of the Global transmitter, signal will be maintained by another transmitter that will have its signal range expanded.
Plans of major networks to transition to digital
Note that the list below does not take into account plans of network affiliate stations.| Network | Language | All transmitters in mandatory markets planned to go digital by August 31, 2011 deadline | DTV URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBC CBC Television CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are... / SRC Télévision de Radio-Canada Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT... |
English / French | No | Link | Converted only the digital transmitter in the home market of each originating station (i.e. location where each station is physically located), representing 25 transmitters in mandatory markets and 2 transmitters (Yellowknife, NT and Rimouski, QC) in non-mandatory markets. CBC/SRC initially announced a long list of transmitter closures, so as not to convert any of its rebroadcasters in mandatory markets to digital. There are 23 rebroadcasting transmitters (11 CBC and 12 SRC) operated by CBC in 18 mandatory markets. CBC/SRC rebroadcasters have been temporarily allowed to continue in analogue (but, in several markets, at greatly reduced signal powers). CBC/R-C has obtained a one-year extension (to August 31, 2012) to convert in some markets such as London, Ontario London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... which are mandatory but which lack a CBC originating station. No proposals have been made for digital subchannel Digital subchannel In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual... s (in theory, a possible means to provide SRC in communities where CBC has converted, or vice-versa, as a subchannel on the same digital transmitter). |
| Citytv Citytv Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division... |
English | Yes | Link | |
| CTV CTV television network CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival... / CTV Two |
English | Yes (except CTV Two Alberta, formerly Access) | Link | CTV states that it is "not in a position to invest in Access’ digital transition at this time, nor is such an investment required given Access’ licence status as a satellite-to-cable undertaking." Access' transmitters are in Calgary and Edmonton. |
| Global Global Television Network Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division... |
English | Yes | Link | Plans on converting all transmitters in non-mandatory markets to digital by 2016. |
| Omni OMNI Television Omni Television, corporately styled as OMNI Television, is a Canadian television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. It consists of the company's conventional television stations in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta which are licensed as multicultural stations... |
English / Multi-language | Yes | Link | |
| TVO TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
English | Yes | Link | Flash cut to digital on August 16 and August 18, 2011, providing HDTV in major markets on existing channels. Also transitioned its three full power analogue transmitters outside mandatory markets which formerly broadcast within out-of-core channel range UHF 52 to 69 (moving them to lower, digital channels but with no HDTV and no PSIP on-screen guide or ID). TVO's analogue and digital transmitter network is only located within Ontario, with the exception of one transmitter for Ottawa (digital UHF 24) based on Ryan Tower Ryan Tower Ryan Tower is a tall guyed mast on the Clifford Slope of Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Erected in 1968, its top is above sea level, making it the highest point in the Ottawa/Gatineau area and an easy-to-spot landmark.... . Camp Fortune, Quebec. |
| TVA TVA (TV network) TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media... |
French | Yes | Link | |
| Télé-Québec Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... |
French | Yes | Link | Intends on converting all transmitters to digital including within non-mandatory markets by early September 2011. Transmitter network only located within Quebec. |
| V | French | Yes | Website has no apparent webpage or website for DTV, instead linking to Canadian Government website with information that is not up to date regarding this network. |
Status of Digital Television Transition
Note: Market is where the transmitters are identified as being located, not where the signals can be received. Some transmitters may broadcast at sufficient power to be picked up in other nearby markets.| Province | Market | Mandatory Market | Transmitter | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Burmis Burmis, Alberta Burmis is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta in Pincher Creek MD, located on Highway 3, southwest of Lethbridge.... |
No | CJIL-TV-2 (Ind) | Shut Down |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Yes | CBRFT (SRC) CBXFT CBXFT-DT is Radio-Canada's television station serving Franco-Albertans in Edmonton and some parts of Alberta.The station also has rebroadcast transmitters in Bonnyville, Falher, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Hinton, Red Deer, Jean Côté, Lac la Biche, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Peace River.The... CBRT-DT (CBC) CFCN-DT (CTV) CIAN-TV (CTV Two) CICT-DT (Global) CJCO-DT (Omni) CKAL-DT (Citytv) CKCS-DT (CTS) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air Shut Down On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
CTV owns Access. The station is now only available through cable or satellite. |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
Yes | CBXFT-DT (SRC) CBXT-DT (CBC) CFRN-DT (CTV) CITV-DT (Global) CJAL-TV (CTV Two) CJEO-DT (Omni) CKEM-DT (Citytv) CKES-DT (CTS) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air Shut Down On-Air On-Air On-Air |
CTV owns Access. The station is now only available through cable or satellite. |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Forestburg Forestburg, Alberta - External links :*... |
No | CBXT-12 (CBC) | Reduced Analog Power |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. To stay on the same channel in analog at reduced transmission power, becoming a low power transmitter. |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Lethbridge Lethbridge Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's... |
Yes | CBRT-6 (CBC) CBXFT-3 (SRC) CFCN-DT-5 (CTV) CISA-DT (Global) CJIL-DT (Ind) CKAL-DT-1 (Citytv) |
Not planned to go digital Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
|
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Lloydminster Lloydminster Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan... |
Yes | CITL-DT (CTV) CKSA-DT (CBC) |
On-Air On-Air |
On August 31, 2011, CITL-TV shut down its analog re-transmitters in Bonnyville, AB; Wainwright, AB; and Provost, AB. At the same time, CKSA is shutting down its analog transmitters in Wainwright, AB and Provost, AB. There is no regulatory requirement for those transmitters to shut down or to convert to digital. |
| BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Spillimacheen Spillimacheen, British Columbia Spillimacheen is an unincorporated settlement in the Columbia Valley of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Spillimacheen and Columbia Rivers, upstream from and southeast of the town of Golden.-References:... |
No | CBUBT-6 (CBC) | Shut Down |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. |
| BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
Yes | CBUFT-DT (SRC) CBUT-DT (CBC) CHAN-DT (Global) CKVU-DT (Citytv) CHNM-DT (Omni) CHNU-DT (Joytv) CIVI-DT-2 (CTV Two) CIVT-DT (CTV) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
CKVU-TV broadcasted in analog with one transmitter serving Vancouver and Victoria. This transmitter was replaced with two digital transmitters, one for Vancouver and one for Victoria. |
| BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
Yes | CHEK-DT (Ind) CHNM-DT-1 (Omni) CHNU-DT (Joytv) CIVI-DT (CTV Two) CKVU-DT-2 (Citytv) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
CKVU-TV broadcasted in analog with one transmitter serving Vancouver and Victoria. This transmitter was replaced with two digital transmitters, one for Vancouver and one for Victoria. |
| MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
Yes | CBWFT (SRC) CBWFT CBWFT is Radio-Canada's French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is broadcast locally on channel 3 cable 10, and on Bell TV channel 118.-History:... CBWT (CBC) CBWT CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009.... CHMI-DT (Citytv) CIIT-DT (Joytv) CKND-DT (Global) CKY-DT (CTV) |
Transmitter approved by CRTC Transmitter approved by CRTC On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
CBWFT CBWFT CBWFT is Radio-Canada's French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is broadcast locally on channel 3 cable 10, and on Bell TV channel 118.-History:... 's and CBWT CBWT CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009.... 's conversion to digital has been delayed due to the antenna tower needing to be reinforced. |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Fredericton | Yes | CBAFT-10 (SRC) CBAT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT-1 (Global) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air |
Prior to August 31, 2011, the analog transmitter CBAT-TV CBAT-TV CBAT-TV is the CBC's television station in New Brunswick. The station's main studios are located in Fredericton. It broadcasts terrestrially on VHF channel 4 from its main transmitter on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and serves the province via a network of relay... covered both Saint John and Fredericton. The CBC has received permission to change CBAT's city of license to Fredericton and to add a digital transmitter to serve only Fredericton. The CBC has also received permission to the existing analog transmitter, but at a lower power to serve Saint John. |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Moncton | Yes | CBAFT-DT (SRC) CBAT-TV-2 (CBC) CIHF-DT-3 (Global) CKCW-DT (CTV) |
On-Air Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air |
|
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Saint John Saint John, New Brunswick City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043... |
Yes | CBAFT-1 (SRC) CBAT-TV (CBC) CIHF-DT-2 (Global) CKLT-DT (CTV) |
Not planned to go digital Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air |
Prior to August 31, 2011, the analog transmitter CBAT-TV CBAT-TV CBAT-TV is the CBC's television station in New Brunswick. The station's main studios are located in Fredericton. It broadcasts terrestrially on VHF channel 4 from its main transmitter on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and serves the province via a network of relay... covered both Saint John and Fredericton. The CBC has received permission to change CBAT's city of license to Fredericton and to add a digital transmitter to serve only Fredericton. The CBC has also received permission to the existing analog transmitter, but at a lower power to serve Saint John. |
| NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
Yes | CBFJ-TV (SRC) CBNT-DT (CBC) CJON-DT (Ind) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air |
|
| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Digby Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is a Canadian town in western Nova Scotia. It is the shiretown and largest population centre in Digby County.The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to the Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN,... |
No | CBHFT-6 (SRC) CBHT-7 (CBC) |
Reduced Analog Power Reduced Analog Power |
Full power analog stations occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Both to stay on their same channels in analog at reduced transmission power, becoming a low power transmitters. |
| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Halifax | Yes | CBHFT (SRC) CBHT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT (Global) CJCH-DT (CTV) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Truro Truro, Nova Scotia -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :... |
No | CBHT-8 (CBC) | Reduced Analog Power |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. To stay on the same channel in analog at reduced transmission power, becoming a low power transmitter. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Barrie Barrie Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district... |
Yes | CBLFT-11 (SRC) CBLT-TV-1 (CBC) CHCH-DT-3 (Ind) CIII-DT-7 (Global) CKVR-DT (CTV Two) |
Shut Down Shut Down On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Belleville Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region... |
No | CICO-DT-26 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
On-Air |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Broadcasting in digital on a channel lower than 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Brighton Brighton, Ontario Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Toronto and west of Kingston. It is intersected by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. It is on the West end of the Bay of Quinte on the entrance of the Murray Canal.... |
No | CKWS-DT-1 (CBC) CKWS-TV CKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston, Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg and from Perth to Oswego, New York in the United States.... |
On-Air |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Broadcasting in digital on a channel lower than 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Chatham Chatham–Kent Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city of... |
No | CBLN-TV-3 (CBC) CICO-DT-59 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
Changed Analog Channel On-Air |
Full power analog stations occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. CBC applied to the CRTC to broadcast within the 52 to 69 range, but at low power. TVO approved to broadcast in digital on a channel lower than 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Cloyne Cloyne, Ontario Cloyne is a small village in the township of Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 41 about by road north of Kaladar at the crossroads of Highway 41 with Ontario Highway 7, with the settlements of Bishop Corners and Northbrook in... |
No | CICO-DT-92 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
On-Air |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Broadcasting in digital on a channel lower than 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Fort Erie Fort Erie, Ontario Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York.... |
No | CIII-TV-55 (Global) | Shut down |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Station's Toronto transmitter will provide digital signal to area covered by this transmitter. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Foymount Foymount, Ontario Foymount is a small community situated in the township of Bonnechere Valley, Ontario, Canada, located on the Opeongo Road in Renfrew County, west of Eganville.Foymount is Ontario's highest populated point at above sea level.... |
No | CBOT-1 (CBC) | Changed Analog Channel |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Staying in analog, on a channel below channel 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe... |
Yes | CHCH-DT (Ind) CITS-DT (CTS) CKXT-DT-1 (Ind) |
On-Air On-Air Shut Down |
Quebecor Quebecor Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc... , owner of CKXT-DT, converted the station to a specialty news channel on April 18, 2011. In July 2011, Quebecor was challenged by the CRTC about the station being both over-the-air and as a specialty channel, prompting Quebecor respond later that month, that it would relinquish its over-the-air license effective October 31, 2011. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Kitchener Kitchener, Ontario The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census... |
Yes | CBLFT-8 (SRC) CBLN-TV-1 (CBC) CICO-DT-28 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT (Global) CKCO-DT (CTV) |
Reduced Analog Power Changed Analog Channel On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
London London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... |
Yes | CBLFT-9 (SRC) CBLN-TV (CBC) CFMT-DT-1 (Omni) CFPL-DT (CTV Two) CHCH-DT-2 (Ind) CICO-DT-18 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CITS-DT-2 (CTS) CITY-DT-2 (Citytv) CJMT-DT-1 (Omni) CKXT-DT-2 (Ind) |
Reduced Analog Power Changed Analog Channel On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air Shut Down |
CKXT was digital-only in London and Ottawa at the time of original construction (2008). Quebecor Quebecor Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc... , owner of CKXT-DT, converted the station to a specialty news channel on April 18, 2011. In July 2011, Quebecor was challenged by the CRTC about the station being both over-the-air and as a specialty channel, prompting Quebecor respond later that month, that it would relinquish its over-the-air license effective October 31, 2011. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... |
Yes | CBOFT-DT (SRC) CBOT-DT (CBC) CFGS-TV (V) CFMT-DT-2 (Omni) CHCH-DT-1 (Ind) CHOT-DT (TVA) CHRO-DT-43 (CTV Two) CICO-DT-24 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-6 (Global) CITS-DT-1 (CTS) CITY-DT-3 (Citytv) CIVO-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJMT-DT-2 (Omni) CJOH-DT (CTV) CKXT-DT-3 (Ind) |
On-Air On-Air Transmitter approved by CRTC On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air Shut down |
CFGS has received an extension until November 30, 2011. CKXT was digital-only in London and Ottawa at the time of original construction (2008). Quebecor Quebecor Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc... , owner of CKXT-DT, converted the station to a specialty news channel on April 18, 2011. In July 2011, Quebecor was challenged by the CRTC about the station being both over-the-air and as a specialty channel, prompting Quebecor respond later that month, that it would relinquish its over-the-air license effective October 31, 2011. The station's Ottawa transmitter was shut down on August 31, 2011, as it was allocated a post-transitional channel that would have required different antenna. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Peterborough Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks... |
No | CFTO-DT-54 (CTV) | On-Air |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Broadcasting in digital on a channel lower than 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Sarnia Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River.... |
No | CBLFT-17 (SRC) | Changed Analog Channel |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. Staying in analog, on a channel below channel 52. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Thunder Bay Thunder Bay -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario... |
Yes | CBLFT-18 (SRC) CHFD-DT (Global) CICO-DT-9 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CKPR-DT (CBC) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Yes | CBLFT-DT (SRC) CBLT-DT (CBC) CFMT-DT (Omni) CFTO-DT (CTV) CICA-DT (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-41 (Global) CITY-DT (Citytv) CJMT-DT (Omni) CKXT-DT (Ind) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air Shut Down |
Quebecor Quebecor Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc... , owner of CKXT-DT, converted the station to a specialty news channel on April 18, 2011. In July 2011, Quebecor was challenged by the CRTC about the station being both over-the-air and as a specialty channel, prompting Quebecor respond later that month, that it would relinquish its over-the-air license effective October 31, 2011. |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Windsor Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor... |
Yes | CBEFT (SRC) CBEFT CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:... CBET-DT (CBC) CHWI-DT (CTV Two) CHWI-DT-60 (CTV Two) CICO-DT-32 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-22 (Global) |
Changed analog channel On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885... |
Yes | CBAFT-5 (SRC) CBCT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT-14 (Global) CKCW-DT-1 (CTV) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Lac-Etchemin Lac-Etchemin, Quebec Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,088 as of 2009. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality... |
No | CBVT-4 (SRC) | Reduced Analog Power |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. To stay on the same channel in analog at reduced transmission power, becoming a low power transmitter. |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Yes | CBFT-DT (SRC) CBMT-DT (CBC) CFCF-DT (CTV) CFJP-DT (V) CFTM-DT (TVA) CFTU-TV (Ind) CFTU-TV CFTU-TV is a Canadian French language educational television station in the province of Quebec, owned by a private consortium known as CANAL, consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU currently uses the on-air brand, Canal Savoir... CIVM-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJNT-DT (Ind) CKMI-DT-1 (Global) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air Transmitter approved by CRTC On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
Yes | CBVE-TV (CBC) CBVT-DT (SRC) CFAP-DT (V) CFCM-DT (TVA) CIVQ-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKMI-DT (Global) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rimouski | No | CJBR-DT (SRC) |
On-Air |
Rimouski is not a mandatory market. CJBR was not required to convert to digital or change its transmitter in any way by August 31, 2011. |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rivière-du-Loup | Yes | CFTF-DT (V) CIMT-DT (TVA) CKRT-DT (SRC) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air |
Analog re-transmitters of CFTF-TV, CIMT-TV, CKRT-TV are all planned to be converted to digital by September 2011. Affected markets in Quebec include Baie-Comeau, Baie-St-Paul, Carleton-sur-Mer, Dégelis, Cabano, Forestville, Gaspé, Les Escoumins, St-Urbain, Sept-Iles, Rimouski, Trois-Pistoles. Affected markets in New Brunswick include Edmundston. Not all three stations are necessarily in the same markets. There is no regulatory requirement for those transmitters to shut down or convert to digital. |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rouyn-Noranda / Val-d'Or | Yes | CFEM-DT (TVA) CFEM-DT-1 (TVA) CFVS-DT (V) CFVS-DT-1 (V) CIVA-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CIVA-DT-1 (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJDG-DT (SRC) CKRN-DT (SRC) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Saguenay Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City.... |
Yes | CBJET (CBC) CFRS-DT (V) CIVV-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJPM-DT (TVA) CKTV-DT (SRC) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Sainte-Famille | No | CBVT-2 (SRC) | Shut Down |
Full power analog station occupying channel within 52 to 69 range. |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Sherbrooke | Yes | CBMT-3 (CBC) CFKS-DT (V) CHLT-DT (TVA) CIVS-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKMI-DT-2 (Global) CKSH-DT (SRC) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec... |
Yes | CBMT-1 (CBC) CFKM-DT (V) CHEM-DT (TVA) CIVC-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKTM-DT (SRC) |
Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... |
Yes | CBKFT-DT (SRC) CBKT-DT (CBC) CFRE-DT (Global) CKCK-DT (CTV) |
On-Air On-Air On-Air On-Air |
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| SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... |
Yes | CBKFT-1 (SRC) CBKST (CBC) CBKST CBKST is a television station owned by the CBC in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is a semi-satellite of CBKT in Regina and airs separate commercials.... CFQC-DT (CTV) CFSK-DT (Global) |
Not planned to go digital Not planned to go digital On-Air On-Air |
Transmitter Analog and Digital Channel Numbers
Note 1: Market is where the transmitters are identified as being located or the community of licence, not where the signals can be received. Some transmitters may broadcast at sufficient power to be picked up in other nearby markets. A tool is available on TV Fool to estimate availability of television signals and direction of the signals.Note 2: This list currently contains transmitters that were required to make a change by August 31, 2011, either because they are in mandatory markets or they are operating at full power in channels 52 to 69. Transmitters operating in full power on channels 52-69 had to either become low power or move to a channel in the 2 to 51 range. In some smaller markets, some transmitters transitioned to digital or shut down, but those are not required to do so. Details on affected smaller markets can be found at the Canadian Government's digital transition website.
Note 3: The farthest right column is only an indicator that the permanent digital channel is being used, not whether the transmitter is broadcasting at the licensed signal strength.
| Province | Market | Transmitter (BOLD = on-air in digital) |
Analog Channel | Virtual Digital Channel (displays on TVs as) | Digital Channel (actual channel) | Analog Changes Post-Transition SD: = Shuts Down LE: = License Expires LP = Low Power RP = Reduced Power FC: = Formerly Channel |
Start Date in Digital |
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| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Burmis Burmis, Alberta Burmis is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta in Pincher Creek MD, located on Highway 3, southwest of Lethbridge.... |
CJIL-TV-2 (Ind) | 55 | Shut Down | Not Applicable |
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| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
CBRFT (SRC) CBRT-DT (CBC) CFCN-DT (CTV) CIAN-TV (CTV Two) CICT-DT (Global) CJCO-DT (Omni) CKAL-DT (Citytv) CKCS-DT (CTS) |
16 9 4 13 2 38 5 32 |
9.1 4.1 2.1 38.1 5.1 32.1 |
21 29 41 38 49 32 |
LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Completed Completed Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
CBXFT-DT (SRC) CBXT-DT (CBC) CFRN-DT (CTV) CITV-DT (Global) CJAL-TV (CTV Two) CJEO-DT (Omni) CKEM-DT (Citytv) CKES-DT (CTS) |
11 5 3 13 9 56 51 45 |
11.1 5.1 3.1 13.1 56.1 17.1 30.1 |
47 42 12 13 44 17 30 |
Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Completed Completed Completed Completed Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed |
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Forestburg Forestburg, Alberta - External links :*... |
CBXT-12 (CBC) | 52 | LP | Not Applicable | ||
| AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Lethbridge Lethbridge Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's... |
CBRT-6 (CBC) CBXFT-3 (SRC) CFCN-DT-5 (CTV) CISA-DT (Global) CJIL-DT (Ind) CKAL-DT-1 (Citytv) |
10 23 13 7 17 2 |
13.1 7.1 17.1 2.1 |
13 7 17 46 |
LE: Aug 31, 2012 LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed |
AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Lloydminster Lloydminster Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan... |
CITL-DT (CTV) CKSA-DT (CBC) |
4 2 |
4.1 2.1 |
4 2 |
Shut Down Shut Down |
Completed Completed |
| BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Spillimacheen Spillimacheen, British Columbia Spillimacheen is an unincorporated settlement in the Columbia Valley of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Spillimacheen and Columbia Rivers, upstream from and southeast of the town of Golden.-References:... |
CBUBT-6 (CBC) | 69 | Shut Down | Not Applicable | ||
BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
CBUFT-DT (SRC) CBUT-DT (CBC) CHAN-DT (Global) CKVU-DT (Citytv) CHNM-DT(Omni) CHNU-DT (Joytv) CIVI-DT (CTV Two) CIVT-DT (CTV) |
26 2 8 10 42 66 17 32 |
26.1 2.1 8.1 10.1 42.1 66.1 17.1 32.1 |
26 43 22 33 20 47 17 32 |
Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed |
BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
CHEK-DT (Ind) CHNM-DT-1 (OMNI) CHNU-DT (Joytv) CIVI-DT (CTV Two) CKVU-DT-2 (Citytv) |
6 29 21 53 10 |
6.1 29.1 21.1 23.1 27.1 |
49 29 21 23 27 |
Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
CBWFT (SRC) CBWFT CBWFT is Radio-Canada's French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is broadcast locally on channel 3 cable 10, and on Bell TV channel 118.-History:... CBWT (CBC) CBWT CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009.... CHMI-DT (Citytv) CIIT-DT (Joytv) CKND-DT (Global) CKY-DT (CTV) |
3 6 13 35 9 7 |
3.1 6.1 13.1 35.1 9.1 7.1 |
51 27 13 35 40 7 |
SD: Nov 30, 2011 SD: Nov 30, 2011 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Nov 30, 2011 Nov 30, 2011 Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Fredericton | CBAFT-10 (SRC) CBAT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT-1 (Global) |
19 4 11 |
4.1 44.1 |
31 44 |
LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Completed Completed |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Moncton | CBAFT-DT (SRC) CBAT-DT-2 (CBC) CIHF-DT-3 (Global) CKCW-DT (CTV) |
11 7 27 2 |
11.1 27.1 2.1 |
11 27 29 |
Shut Down LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down |
Completed Not Applicable Completed Completed |
| NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
Saint John Saint John, New Brunswick City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043... |
CBAFT-1 (SRC) CBAT-TV (CBC) CIHF-DT-2 (Global) CKLT-DT (CTV) |
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| NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
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| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Digby Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is a Canadian town in western Nova Scotia. It is the shiretown and largest population centre in Digby County.The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to the Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN,... |
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| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Halifax | CBHFT (SRC) CBHT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT (Global) CJCH-DT (CTV) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
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| NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
Truro Truro, Nova Scotia -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :... |
CBHT-8 (CBC) | 55 | LP | Not Applicable | ||
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Barrie Barrie Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district... |
CBLFT-11 (SRC) CBLT-TV-1 (CBC) CHCH-DT-3 (Ind) CIII-DT-7 (Global) CKVR-DT (CTV Two) |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Belleville Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region... |
CICO-DT-53 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
53 | 53.1 | 26 | Shut Down | Completed |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Brighton Brighton, Ontario Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Toronto and west of Kingston. It is intersected by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. It is on the West end of the Bay of Quinte on the entrance of the Murray Canal.... |
CKWS-DT-1 (CBC) CKWS-TV CKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston, Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg and from Perth to Oswego, New York in the United States.... |
66 | 66.1 | 30 | Shut Down | Completed |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Chatham Chatham–Kent Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city of... |
CBLN-TV-3 (CBC) CICO-DT-59 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Cloyne Cloyne, Ontario Cloyne is a small village in the township of Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 41 about by road north of Kaladar at the crossroads of Highway 41 with Ontario Highway 7, with the settlements of Bishop Corners and Northbrook in... |
CICO-DT-92 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... |
55 | 55.1 | 44 | Shut Down | Completed |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Fort Erie Fort Erie, Ontario Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York.... |
CIII-TV-55 (Global) | 55 | 41.1 | 41 | Shut Down | Signal available from CIII-DT-41 Toronto |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Foymount Foymount, Ontario Foymount is a small community situated in the township of Bonnechere Valley, Ontario, Canada, located on the Opeongo Road in Renfrew County, west of Eganville.Foymount is Ontario's highest populated point at above sea level.... |
CBOT-1 (CBC) | 14 | FC 59 | Not Applicable | ||
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe... |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Kitchener Kitchener, Ontario The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census... |
CBLFT-8 (SRC) CBLN-TV-1 (CBC) CICO-DT-28 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT (Global) CKCO-DT (CTV) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 / LP LE: Aug 31, 2012 / RP / FC: 56 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
London London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... |
CBLFT-9 (SRC) CBLN-TV (CBC) CFMT-DT-1 (Omni) CFPL-DT (CTV Two) CHCH-DT-2 (Ind) CICO-DT-18 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CITS-DT-2 (CTS) CITY-DT-2 (Citytv) CJMT-DT-1 (Omni) CKXT-DT-2 (Ind) |
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69.1 10.1 51.1 18.1 14.1 31.1 20.1 19.1 |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 / LP LE: Aug 31, 2012 / RP / FC: 40 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Not Applicable |
Not Applicable Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Shut Down |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... |
CBOFT-DT (SRC) CBOT-DT (CBC) CFGS-TV (V) CFMT-DT-2 (Omni) CHCH-DT-1 (Ind) CHOT-DT (TVA) CHRO-DT-43 (CTV Two) CICO-DT-24 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-6 (Global) CITS-DT-1 (CTS) CITY-DT-3 (Citytv) CIVO-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJMT-DT-2 (Omni) CJOH-DT (CTV) CKXT-DT-3 (Ind) |
9 4 34 60 11 40 43 24 6 32 65 30 14 13 |
9.1 4.1 34.1 60.1 22.1 40.1 43.1 24.1 6.1 32.1 65.1 30.1 14.1 13.1 20.1 |
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Completed Completed Nov 30, 2011 Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Shut Down |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Peterborough Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks... |
CFTO-DT-54 (CTV) | 54 | 54.1 | 35 | Shut Down | Completed |
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Sarnia Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River.... |
CBLFT-17 (SRC) | 17 | FC: 68 | Not Applicable | ||
| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Thunder Bay Thunder Bay -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario... |
CBLFT-18 (SRC) CHFD-DT (Global) CICO-DT-9 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CKPR-DT (CBC) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
CBLFT-DT (SRC) CBLT-DT (CBC) CFMT-DT (Omni) CFTO-DT (CTV) CICA-DT (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-41 (Global) CITY-DT (Citytv) CJMT-DT (Omni) CKXT-DT (Ind) |
25 5 47 9 19 41 57 69 52 |
25.1 5.1 47.1 9.1 19.1 41.1 57.1 69.1 52.1 |
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| ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Windsor Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor... |
CBEFT (SRC) CBEFT CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:... CBET-DT (CBC) CHWI-DT (CTV Two) CHWI-DT-60 (CTV Two) CICO-DT-32 (TVO) TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario... CIII-DT-22 (Global) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 / FC: 54 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
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| PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885... |
CBAFT-5 (SRC) CBCT-DT (CBC) CIHF-DT-14 (Global) CKCW-DT-1 (CTV) |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Lac-Etchemin Lac-Etchemin, Quebec Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,088 as of 2009. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality... |
CBVT-4 (SRC) | 55 | LP | Not Applicable | ||
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
CBFT-DT (SRC) CBMT-DT (CBC) CFCF-DT (CTV) CFJP-DT (V) CFTM-DT (TVA) CFTU-TV (Ind) CFTU-TV CFTU-TV is a Canadian French language educational television station in the province of Quebec, owned by a private consortium known as CANAL, consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU currently uses the on-air brand, Canal Savoir... CIVM-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJNT-DT (Ind) CKMI-DT-1 (Global) |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
CBVE-TV (CBC) CBVT-DT (SRC) CFAP-DT (V) CFCM-DT (TVA) CIVQ-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKMI-DT (Global) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 / FC: 5 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Switch channels Dec 2011 Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rimouski | CJBR-DT (SRC) |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rivière-du-Loup | CFTF-DT (V) CIMT-DT (TVA) CIMT-DT-6 (TVA) CKRT-DT (SRC) |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Rouyn-Noranda / Val-d'Or | CFEM-DT (TVA) CFEM-DT-1 (TVA) CFVS-DT (V) CFVS-DT-1 (V) CIVA-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CIVA-DT-1 (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJDG-DT (SRC) CKRN-DT (SRC) |
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| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Saguenay Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City.... |
CBJET (CBC) CFRS-DT (V) CIVV-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CJPM-DT (TVA) CKTV-DT (SRC) |
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Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Sainte-Famille | CBVT-2 (SRC) | 55 | Shut Down | Not Applicable | ||
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Sherbrooke | CBMT-3 (CBC) CFKS-DT (V) CHLT-DT (TVA) CIVS-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKMI-DT-2 (Global) CKSH-DT (SRC) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec... |
CBMT-1 (CBC) CFKM-DT (V) CHEM-DT (TVA) CIVC-DT (TQc) Télé-Québec Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec... CKTM-DT (SRC) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 / FC: 28 Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down Shut Down |
Not Applicable Completed Completed Completed Completed |
| SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... |
CBKFT-DT (SRC) CBKT-DT (CBC) CFRE-DT (Global) CKCK-DT (CTV) |
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| SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... |
CBKFT-1 (SRC) CBKST (CBC) CBKST CBKST is a television station owned by the CBC in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is a semi-satellite of CBKT in Regina and airs separate commercials.... CFQC-DT (CTV) CFSK-DT (Global) |
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LE: Aug 31, 2012 LE: Aug 31, 2012 Shut Down Shut Down |
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Non-Mandatory Markets for Over-Air Transition to Digital
Most stations have announced no plans for converting or shutting down analog transmitters outside of mandatory markets required to transition to digital by August 31, 2011, but here are some exceptions:- GlobalGlobal Television NetworkGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
will be converting all of its transmitters to digital by 2016. The exception is its Fort Erie transmitter, which was shut down on August 31, 2011 with coverage instead provided by Global's Toronto transmitter. - Télé-QuébecTélé-QuébecTélé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
converted all of its transmitters to digital, all located in QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, by September 1, 2011. - Télé Inter-RivesTélé Inter-RivesTélé Inter-Rives is a broadcasting company based in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The company operates three stations in Rivière-du-Loup in a rare "triple-stick" :* CKRT 7/5/13...
' stations CKRT , CIMT, and CFTF Rivière-du-Loup, QC and their translators were converted to digital on August 31, 2011. Carleton-sur-Mer, QC station CHAUCHAU-TVCHAU-TV is a television station. It is the TVA affiliate in Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec and is owned by Télé Inter-Rives.The original owner of CHAU was Dr. Charles Houde of La Télévision de la Baie des Chaleurs, who put the station on the air for the first time on October 17, 1959 as a dual CBC/SRC...
and its associated translators will be converted to digital by November 30, 2011. - TVOntarioTVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
had to relocate three transmitters, in Chatham, ON, Belleville, ONBelleville, OntarioBelleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
, and Cloyne, ONCloyne, OntarioCloyne is a small village in the township of Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 41 about by road north of Kaladar at the crossroads of Highway 41 with Ontario Highway 7, with the settlements of Bishop Corners and Northbrook in...
to lower channels because they were on channels above 52, which had to be be vacated by August 31, 2011. In addition to relocating these transmitters to lower channels, the transmitters have been converted to digital but are currently not broadcasting HDTV nor an on-screen PSIP programme guide. - CTVCTV television networkCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
had to relocate a rebroadcast transmitter of CFTO located in Peterborough, ON to a lower channel because it was on a channel above 52, which had to be vacated by August 31, 2011. In addition to relocating this transmitter to a lower channel, the transmitter was converted to digital. - Corus EntertainmentCorus EntertainmentCorus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...
, owner of CKWSCKWS-TVCKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston, Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg and from Perth to Oswego, New York in the United States....
, had to relocate a rebroadcast transmitter located in Brighton, ON to a lower channel because it was on a channel above 52, which had to be vacated by August 31, 2011. In addition to relocating this transmitter to a lower channel, the transmitter was converted to digital, but (as a repeater of an analogue station) offers no is in standard definition. - CBCCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
/ SRCTélévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
is converting its Rimouski, QC SRC transmitter (CJBR-DT) to digital by August 31, 2011, and its Yellowknife, NT CBC transmitter (CFYK-TVCFYK-TVCFYK-TV is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is the flagship station of the CBC North television service....
) in December 2011. CBC has stated that only the 27 originating station transmitters, which include Yellowknife and Rimouski, are to be converted to digital, and that no further transmitters are planned to be converted to digital. CBC has stated that its satellite delivery backbone that provides signals to its roughly 650 analog transmitters will reach the end of its useful life in 2013 and the network has no plans to maintain this infrastructure. Despite not being required to make any change, CBC shut down its low power Mount McDonald transmitter near Victoria, BC on August 31, 2011. - Newcap BroadcastingNewcap BroadcastingNewfoundland Capital Corporation Limited is a major Canadian broadcasting company, majority-owned by Harold R. Steele. Newfoundland Capital is the parent company of Newcap Inc. . It is currently the number two private-sector radio broadcaster in Canada, just behind Astral Media...
, owner of LloydminsterLloydminsterLloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...
stations CITL and CKSA, shut down most of these stations' transmitters outside of the Lloydminster area on August 31, 2011, despite the fact there is no requirement to make changes or to shut down these transmitters.
External links
- Government of Canada: Canada’s Transition to Digital Television
- Canadian OTA TV Station Database is a listing compiled daily from the official Industry Canada database of stations
- TV Fool (TV Signal Locator)