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This article lists all of the local over-the-airtelevision stations in the United States that are carried in Canada via cable/digital cable or satellite. 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 (Maine) and ending in the west (California). 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 A station that has the word "bumped" next to it means that the station has been replaced by one of the stations from the CANCOM services, most likely either a Buffalo or Detroit local station in the east, or a Spokane or Seattle local station in the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.
Carried on most cable/satellite providers, from its earlier days as WTBS-TV. Superstation feed was never carried in Canada. Negotiations are in process between CRTC and cable/satellite providers to carry TBS as a separate cable service.
WGN-TV is a Superstation. Also, broadcasts of hockey games are sometimes rebroadcast on NHL Center Ice. Some blackouts may apply to NHL and NBA games on some systems. No longer available on Cogeco Cable.
Seattle and Detroit stations are carried via Shaw Broadcast Services, and are available nationwide to Shaw Direct customers and domestic cable TV operators, as well as to some Northern United States communities.
Shaw had announced its intention to drop all Buffalo feeds and coverage of Detroit Fox O&OWJBK,which was effective by the end of April 2009.[1]
WPCH-TV (formerly known as WTBS-TV) is associated with the U.S. superstation TBS, formerly as an Atlanta feed of the aforementioned superstation, but was relaunched as a local station geared towards the Atlanta market in 2007. As such, the channel does not air nationally in the United States.
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.
Carried in Kingston-Brockville, where it is easily available over-the-air. Was formerly carried in Ottawa, dropped due to signal quality issues from distance. WNYF/Fox 7.2 digital subchannel OTA-only; Watertown digital subchannels are not on cable and not listed in Kingston local TV listings.
Low-power HDTV signal only available with full-size rooftop antenna, but a standard-definition WWNY-DT2 digital subchannel provides solid A-grade coverage over-the-air in Kingston, Ontario. More-distant Syracuse and (later) Buffalo signals are distributed by Kingston's Cogeco cable system instead of the more local Watertown affiliate.
Carried in Ottawa and Pembroke (via WNPI-TV), Kingston directly (as WPBS-TV). Digital subchannels (Create/ThinkBright, PBS-HD) not carried by cable operators but readily available over-the-air in Kingston.
Was carried in Kingston; had been bumped to higher cable converter channels in favour of WWNY-TV, before being dropped altogether after the United States' digital transition.
Was carried in Kingston; had been bumped to higher cable converter channels in favour of commonly owned WWTI-TV, which now occupies the "cable 9" position. Station was dropped altogether after the digital transition, like WTVH, above.
Was carried in Kingston; OTA signal was fringe analogue reception, main channel only. Syracuse locals were dropped in favour of Buffalo NY after 2009's digital transition.[4]
Was carried in Kingston, although over-the-air availability is weak to limited compared to WWNY-DT2. Despite the ready availability of a Watertown-based Fox TV affiliate, the Syracuse locals were dropped in favour of Buffalo NY after 2009's digital transition.[4]
Intermittently viewable over-the-air in the Kingston-Watertown, New York market but notable by its absence from cable systems, which instead carry WPBS-TV (for Kingston and Ottawa) or WTVS-TV PBS Detroit (for Brockville, Ontario).
Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Was never available on cable in the Ottawa area, due to WPBS-TV.
These stations are carried throughout the Greater Toronto Area, the Golden Triangle (Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge) and Golden Horseshoe on a variety of cable systems. Channel locales are generally determined by carriers in SWO. As an example, Bell Fibe offers U.S. national-networks (i.e., ABC, CBS, NBC, etc.) from Detroit, MI. Whereas Rogers Cable systems in the same viewing area will distribute Buffalo New York national-networks. Although cable companies vary by viewing area, Bell Fibe is generally available across all of SWO, as is Rogers Cable Systems in many of the same areas.
Listed in local Windsor TV Guides until 1999. May be carried in Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Carried in St. Thomas, and was briefly available to London-area viewers on digital cable television. Dropped in late 2010s
Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. May be carried in Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WXYZ-DT 7.2.
Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WDIV-DT 4.2.
Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. May be carried in Leamington and Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WTOL-DT 11.2.
Listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor, dropped in early 2009 as part of the Digital Transition in the United States.
Listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor, dropped in early 2009 as part of the Digital Transition in the United States.
Cogeco dropped this station in Windsor to make room for Canadian Learning Television. No longer listed in local Windsor TV Guides. May be carried in Leamington, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice.
No longer listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor. May be carried in Leamington, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice, dropped in Windsor and Leamington in the late 1980s. Replaced with WTVS-DT2
Available over-the-air in Winnipeg, but denied cable carriage by the CRTC shortly after station's 1986 sign-on due to station's intent to sustain itself on Canadian revenues through a Winnipeg sales office. Satellite of KVRR in Fargo, also denied Canadian carriage in 1994 in favor of WUHF Rochester, New York.
"Border station" serving Winnipeg, 1960-1975 (on cable from 1968). Non-license assets acquired by Canadian interests and station formally moved to Winnipeg as CKND-TV.
