This article lists all of the local over-the-air television 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 A station that has the word "bumped" next to it means that the station has been replaced by one of the stations from the CANCOM services, most likely either a Buffalo or Detroit local station in the east, or a Spokane or Seattle local station in the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.
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.
These stations are listed as superstations, and are carried on many if not most or all cable and satellite systems in Canada.
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&O WJBK, which was effective by the end of April 2009.
Bell Satellite TV carries Boston and Seattle local stations nationally.
Bell carries many Seattle related television stations.
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.
These stations are carried in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, across many cable systems.
These stations are available to cable and satellite customers in Quebec City, Sherbrooke, and Montreal.
These stations are or were carried in the National Capital Region, Pembroke, Ontario, Ottawa, and Kingston, Ontario. This region also includes Peterborough, Ontario, and towns along the northern shore of Lake Ontario.
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.
These stations are carried in the London and St. Thomas area.
These stations are or were carried in the Windsor, Ontario market, serving Windsor, Essex County, Leamington, Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Lambton County and even parts of Middlesex County and Elgin County. Also refer to CRTC decisions archive for details on the Windsor/Leamington-area cable listings.
These stations are or were carried in Northern Ontario, including Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
These stations are carried throughout cities and towns in Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, and in Saskatchewan.
These stations are carried throughout cities in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
These stations are carried throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, including Vancouver, Victoria, and the Lower Fraser Valley.