1997 in Canadian television

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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1997.

Events

Date	Event
March 9	CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join Global.
	18th Genie Awards.
	Juno Awards of 1997.
June 6	1997 Gemini Awards.
July 2	The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad.[1]
August 18	Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
September 6	Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
September 8	A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, Le Canal Nouvelles, Télétoon.
October 17	A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, HGTV, OLN, Prime, Teletoon and Réseau Priscilla.
November 1	Treehouse TV debuted in Canada.

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Le Femme Nikita	CTV	January 13
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle	CBC Television	February
Ned's Newt	Teletoon	February 7
The Hunger	The Movie Network	July 20
Uh Oh!	YTV	August 22
EP Daily	CityTV	September 1
Animal Crackers	Teletoon	September 7
Popular Mechanics for Kids	Global	September 7
Off the Record with Michael Landsberg	TSN	September 8
Scanning the Movies	Bravo! Canada	September
Pippi Longstocking	Teletoon	October 17
Freaky Stories	YTV	October 24
Skinnamarink TV	CBC Television	October 27
Franklin	Family	November 3
Open Mike with Mike Bullard	The Comedy Network/CBC Television	November 24
Riverdale	CBC Television	Unknown

Black Harbour (1996–1999)
Comics! (1993–1999)
Due South (1994–1999)
Life and Times (1996–2007)
The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008)
The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
The Rez (1996–1998)
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993–present)
Traders (1996–2000)
Wind at My Back (1996–2000)
Witness (1992–2004)

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Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
July 10	Maskwacis, Alberta	CHOB-TV	43	Independent	[2]
September 8	Montreal, Quebec	CJNT-TV	62	Independent	[3]
September 18	Edmonton, Alberta	CKEM-TV	51	A-Channel	[4]
September 20	Calgary, Alberta	CKAL-TV	5	A-Channel	[5]
September 22	Vancouver, British Columbia	CIVT-TV	32	Independent	[6]
Unknown	Toronto, Ontario	Star Ray TV (Pirate TV station)	15	Independent	[7]

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	References
August 18	Quebec City, Quebec	CKMI-TV	20	CBC	Global	This station moved to Montreal in 2009, but still retaining the original Quebec City transmitter[8]
Unknown	Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario	CHWI-TV	16	Independent	NewNet	[9]

Edwards, Ian (September 22, 1997). "On set: Cold Squad". Playback. Brunico Communications.
“CHOB-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“CJNT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“CKEM-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“CKAL-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“CIVT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“VX9AMK STAR RAY Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
“CKMI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
“CHWI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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