2002 in Canadian television

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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2002.

Events

Date	Event
January 13	Frank Shuster member of the duo Wayne and Shuster dies. His death comes almost 12 years after the death of his comedy partner Johnny Wayne.
February 7	22nd Genie Awards.
April 14	Juno Awards of 2002.
July 22	CKVU-DT becomes the second Citytv station, as a result, the Citytv system brand begins.
September 6	CBC Television and Télévision de Radio-Canada celebrates their 50th anniversary on the air.
September 16	The Omni Television brand begins.
November 4	2002 Gemini Awards.

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
ZeD	CBC Television	March 18
Little Ghosts	TVOntario	September 2
The Holmes Show	CTV	September 24
Puppets Who Kill	The Comedy Network	October 4
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	CTV	October 13
Clone High	Teletoon	November 2
The Eleventh Hour	CTV	November 26

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
The Associates	CTV	Unknown
Blackfly	Global

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Thomas and Friends	BBC Kids	Knowledge Network
Little Ghosts	TVOntario
The Mr. Men Show	MTN	BookTelevision

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada (1954–2007)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present, sports telecast)
• The National (1954–present, news program)

1960s

• CTV National News (1961–present)
• Land and Sea (1964–present)
• The Nature of Things (1960–present)
• Question Period (1967–present, news program)
• W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)

1970s

• Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
• the fifth estate (1975–present)
• Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
• 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

1980s

• CityLine (1987–present, news program)
• Fashion File (1989–2009)
• Just For Laughs (1988–present)
• On the Road Again (1987–2007)
• Venture (1985–2007)

1990s

• CBC News Morning (1999–present)
• Cold Squad (1998–2005)
• Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2005)
• Daily Planet (1995–present)
• eTalk (1995–present, entertainment newsmagazine program)
• Life and Times (1996–2007)
• Mona the Vampire (1999–2003, children's animated series)
• The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
• The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008, comedy sketch series)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1992–present)
• Witness (1992–2004)
• Yvon of the Yukon (1999–2005, children's animated series)

2000s

• Andromeda (2000–2005, Canadian/American co-production)
• Blue Murder (2001–2004)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–present)
• Edgemont (2001–2005)
• JR Digs (2001–present, comedy prank series)
• Mutant X (2001–2004, Canadian-American co-production)
• Paradise Falls (2001–present)
• Trailer Park Boys (2001–2008)
• What's with Andy (2001–2007, children's animated series)
• Butt-Ugly Martians (2002, children's animated series)

Television stations

Debuts

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
September 16	CJMT-TV	40	Omni Television

Network affiliation changes

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Notes/references
September	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	CJON-TV	6	CTV Television Network	CH	CJON still carried some programming from CTV and some news programming from Global.

Closures

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
May 31	Swift Current, Saskatchewan	CJFB-TV	5	CBC	Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBKT/Regina; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012
October 27	North Bay, Ontario	CHNB-TV	4		Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	CKBI-TV	5		Converted into CBKST-9, a rebroadcaster of CBKST/Saskatoon; complete shutdown along with CBKST on July 31, 2012.
	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	CJIC-TV	5		Converted into CBLT-5, a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
	Sudbury, Ontario	CKNC-TV	9		Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
	Timmins, Ontario	CFCL-TV	6		Converted into CBLT-7, a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
	Yorkton, Saskatchewan	CKOS-TV	5		Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBKT/Regina; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Unknown	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador	CBYT	5		Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBNT/St. John's; completely shut down on July 31, 2012.

See also

• 2002 in Canada
• List of Canadian films of 2002