This is a list of

Canadian television Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, a ...

-related events in 1954.

Notable events

CBWT CBWT-DT (channel 6) is a CBC Television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It has common ownership with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBWFT-DT (channel 3). Both stations share studios on Portage Avenue and Young Street in Downtown Winnipeg, ...

, Winnipeg's CBC Television-Radio Canada Television station debuts on May 31, 1954.

Births

*January 31 – Greg Bond, musician, actor and writer (d. 1989) *March 4 –

Catherine O'Hara Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on ''Second City Television'' (1976–84) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020) and in films such as '' After Hours'' (1985), ''Beetleju ...

, Canadian–American actress, writer and comedian *March 13 –

Robin Duke Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954) is a Canadian actress, comedian, and voice actress. Duke may be best known for her work on the television comedy series '' SCTV'' and, later, ''Saturday Night Live''. She co-founded ''Women Fully Clothed'', a ske ...

, actress and comedian ('' SCTV'', ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves a ...

'') *May 24 –

Marc Akerstream Marc Akerstream (May 24, 1954August 15, 1998) was a Canadian actor best known as Tony in the 1995 martial arts film ''Rumble in the Bronx'', starring Jackie Chan. He was also a stuntman. He died of head injuries while on the set of the Canadian t ...

, actor (d. 1998) *July 5 –

Debra McGrath Debra McGrath (born July 5, 1954) is a Canadian actress and comedian. Education Debra McGrath was born in Toronto in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University). Career McGrath first star ...

, actress and comedian ('' SCTV'') *August 21 – Johanne Garneau, Québécoise actress *August 23 –

Jeannie Elias Jeannie may refer to: * Jeannie (given name), a given name and a list of people with the name * Jeannie (''I Dream of Jeannie''), a main character of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' ** ''Jeannie'' (TV series), an animated series based on ''I Dream of Jean ...

, Canadian–American actress and voice actress Greg Matthew

Television shows

Debuts

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Country Canada Country Canada may refer to two separate entities under the auspices of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: * CBC News: Country Canada, the long-running rural affairs series * CBC Country Canada, the former name of the Canadian digital specialt ...

'' *'' CBC News: The National''

Endings

*''

Pépinot et Capucine ''Pepinot and Capucine'' (French title, ''Pépinot et Capucine'') was a Canadian children's television series which aired on Radio-Canada from 1952 to 1954, and on the English CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Can ...

'' (1952-1954, SRC)

Programs on-air this year

CBC

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'' (1954-2007) *''

CBC News Magazine ''CBC News Magazine'' (later known as ''Newsmagazine'') was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC corr ...

'' (1952-1981) *'' The National'' (1954–present) *'' The C.G.E. Show'' (1952-1959) *''

Hockey Night in Canada CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...

'' (1952–present) *'' Open House'' (1952-1962)

SRC

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'' (1952-1954)

Television stations

References

External links

CBC Directory of Television Series at Queen’s University
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