This article lists all of the local over-the-air

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s in the United States that are carried in Canada via

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. This list also includes stations that were formerly carried, but have since been dropped. Some of the stations listed also have their over-the-air signal overlapping major cities in Canada; a few are also available over-the-air only in Canada. The stations are organized by market, starting in the east (

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) and ending in the west (

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). Not all stations are available in all areas. A station that has the word "bumped" next to it means that the station has been replaced by one of the stations from the

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services, most likely either a Buffalo or

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local station in the east, or a

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local station in the west.

American over-the-air services distributed locally

These channels appear on certain cable systems in Canada. However, the CRTC has not authorized their distribution outside of the areas in which these channels can be picked up over-the-air; hence, they are not available for national distribution. There are other American stations available in Canada near the American border, but they are only available over-the-air and are not carried on any cable system. *

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WJBK WJBK (channel 2) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government o ...

Detroit (available in Windsor/Sarnia/Chatham-Kent; available on Cogeco cable in Windsor area) **

KMSP-TV KMSP-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the Fox network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetwo ...

Minneapolis (available in Thunder Bay) ** WAGM-DT2 Presque Isle (available in Northwestern New Brunswick) **

WFXT-TV WFXT (channel 25) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with the Fox network and owned by Cox Media Group. Its studios are located on Fox Drive (near the Boston-Providence Turnpike) in Dedham, and its ...

Boston (serves most of Atlantic Canada by Cable and fiber providers) *

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WAGM-TV WAGM-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Presque Isle, Maine, United States, affiliated with CBS, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Fort Kent, Maine, Fort Kent–licensed low-power br ...

Presque Isle (available in Northwestern New Brunswick) **

WOIO WOIO (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTCL-LD (channel 6) and Lorai ...

Cleveland (available in St. Thomas) **

WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios ...

Minneapolis (available in Thunder Bay) *

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WDAZ-TV WDAZ-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States, serving the Grand Forks area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the Forum Communications Company, which also owns the ''Grand Forks Herald''. ...

Grand Forks (available in Winnipeg) **

KSTP-TV KSTP-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities area as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagsh ...

Minneapolis (available in Thunder Bay) **

KOMO-TV KOMO-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue-licensed Univision a ...

Seattle (available in British Columbia and Atlantic Canada) **

WCVB-TV WCVB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on TV Place (off Gould Street near the I-95/ MA 128/Highland Avenue int ...

Boston (available in Atlantic Canada) *

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WKBD-TV WKBD-TV (channel 50) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS owned-and-operated station WWJ-TV (channel 62). Both stations share studios on ...

Detroit (available in Windsor/Sarnia/Chatham-Kent) ** WNLO Buffalo (available in Southern Ontario) **

KSTW KSTW (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area as an affiliate of The CW. Owned by the CBS News and Stations group, the station maintains studios on East Madison Street in Seat ...

Tacoma (available in Vancouver/Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island) **

WUAB WUAB (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power Telemundo affiliate WT ...

Cleveland (available in London) *

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KVOS-TV KVOS-TV, virtual channel 12 ( UHF digital channel 14), is a Heroes & Icons owned-and-operated television station licensed to Bellingham, Washington, United States. Owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, it is part of a duopoly with Seatt ...

Bellingham (available in Vancouver/Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island) *

MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its ...

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WNYO-TV WNYO-TV (channel 49) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox affiliate WUTV (channel 29). Both stations share studios on Hertel Avenue near ...

Buffalo (available in Southern Ontario) *

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: ** WMED-TV (available in New Brunswick) ** KFME-TV Fargo (available in Winnipeg/Northwestern Ontario in high-definition) ** KGFE-TV Grand Forks (available in Winnipeg) **

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Minneapolis (available in Thunder Bay) **

WCFE-TV WCFE-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station licensed to Plattsburgh, New York, United States, serving the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market. Owned by the Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council, the station mai ...

Plattsburgh (available in Montreal **

WPBS-TV WPBS-TV (channel 16) is a PBS member television station in Watertown, New York, United States, owned by the St. Lawrence Valley Educational TV Council. The station's studios are located on Arsenal Street in Watertown, and its transmitter is loc ...

Watertown (available in Ottawa) **

WNED-TV WNED-TV (channel 17) is a PBS member television station in Buffalo, New York, United States. It is owned by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (doing business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media) alongside NPR member WBFO (88.7 ...

Buffalo (available in Southern Ontario) ** WQLN-TV Erie (available in London) **

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WMYD WMYD (channel 20) is an independent television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV (channel 7). Both stations share studios at Broadcast House on 10 Mile Road i ...

Detroit (available in Windsor/Sarnia/Chatham-Kent)

Superstations

These stations are listed as

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s, and are carried on many if not most or all cable and satellite systems in Canada.

Shaw Broadcast Services / nationwide coverage

Seattle and

stations are carried via

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, and are available nationwide to

Shaw Direct Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Shaw Communications. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers. It broadcasts on Ku band from two communic ...

customers and domestic cable TV operators, as well as to some Northern United States communities. Shaw has announced its intention to drop all Buffalo feeds and coverage of Detroit Fox O&O

, effective end of April 2009.http://www.shawbroadcast.ca/docs/bulletins/2009_03_05_Termination_of_buffalo_foxdetroit_shawppv7and8.pdf

Bell TV / nationwide coverage

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carries

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and

local stations nationally. Bell carries many Seattle related television stations.

Other stations / local coverage

These other stations are not carried nationally, and may only be available in a certain region or even a few towns. Some stations are available over-the-air only.

Eastern Canada

These stations are carried in the

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provinces of

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Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, and

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, across many cable systems.

Province of Quebec, Cornwall/Hawkesbury Ontario

These stations are available to cable and satellite customers in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

, and

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Eastern Ontario

These stations are or were carried in the

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Pembroke, Ontario Pembroke is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River (Ontario), Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Pembroke is the location of the administrative headquarters of Renfrew County, thoug ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, and

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...

. This region also includes

Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough ( ) is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto. According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651. The population of the Peterborough ...

, and towns along the northern shore of

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Southern Ontario

These stations are carried throughout the

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and

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on a variety of cable systems.

London, Ontario

These stations are carried in the

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and St. Thomas area.

Windsor, Ontario/Chatham, Ontario

These stations are or were carried in the

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market, serving Windsor, Essex County,

Leamington, Ontario Leamington ( ) is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. With a population of 27,595 in the Canada 2016 Census, it forms the second largest urban centre in Windsor-Essex County after Windsor, Ontario. It includes Point Pelee National P ...

Chatham-Kent, Ontario Chatham-Kent ( 2021 population: 104,316)Lambton County Lambton County is a county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is bordered on the north by Lake Huron, which is drained by the St. Clair River, the county's western border and part of the Canada-United States border. To the south is Lake Saint Cla ...

and even parts of Middlesex County and

Elgin County Elgin County is a county of the Canadian province of Ontario with a 2016 population of 50,069. Its population centres are St. Thomas, Aylmer, Port Stanley, Belmont, Dutton and West Lorne. The county seat is St. Thomas, which is separated from t ...

. Also refer t
CRTC decisions archive
for details on the Windsor/Leamington-area cable listings.

Northeastern Ontario

These stations are or were carried in Northern Ontario, including

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Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

These stations are carried throughout cities and towns in

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Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

, and in

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

Edmonton Capital Region/Calgary Region of Alberta

Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

These stations are carried throughout cities in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island of British Columbia

These stations are carried throughout the

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British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, including

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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, and the

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Fraser Valley The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State. It starts just west of Hope in a narrow valley encompassing the Fraser River and ends at the Pacific Ocean stretching from the ...

Further information

References

External links

CRTC's list of available cable and satellite television channels, including over-the-air network affiliates

{{American broadcast television United States stations available in Canada United States stations available in Canada Television Canada

American over-the-air services distributed locally

Superstations

Shaw Broadcast Services / nationwide coverage

Bell TV / nationwide coverage

Other stations / local coverage

Eastern Canada

Province of Quebec, Cornwall/Hawkesbury Ontario

Eastern Ontario

Southern Ontario

London, Ontario

Windsor, Ontario/Chatham, Ontario

Northeastern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Edmonton Capital Region/Calgary Region of Alberta

Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island of British Columbia

Further information

See also

References

External links