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IPTV and TV guide times in Canada

Use the city, station and actual guide date to resolve regional scheduling and audio differences on Canadian TV.

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Start with the station's city

A CBC station in a Toronto news listing and a CBC station on the Pacific coast can share much of a national schedule. For a local segment, the city and station make the difference. The CRTC’s television records are useful for checking which call sign belongs to a station or transmitter. Use the broadcaster’s own grid for an air time.

CBC's listing for the Canadian CBC Gem app describes live CBC TV feeds, on-demand titles, closed captions and described video. CBC distinguishes CBC News Network’s live stream in its account offering. If the named news service is what you want, verify the stream in the current CBC interface and check the account tier there. A general search for CBC can also turn up clips, an on-demand programme or a different news feed.

QuestionBest identifier
Did I open the local station?Station name or call sign and city
Where is the national news channel?Exact service name and whether the live row appears
Is the programme English or French?Original broadcaster and the actual audio track label
Why is a show off by half an hour?Source city and receiver time zone on the programme date

The half-hour discrepancy that can be correct

Take a hypothetical 20:00 listing in St. John's on 15 January 2026. That maps to 15 Jan 2026, 23:30 UTC and would be displayed at 15 Jan 2026, 19:30 AST in Halifax. Record which location produced the schedule before deciding that an extra 30 minutes is an EPG bug.

A device may show an accurate local clock while importing a guide that assumes a different region. Compare one programme’s source time, one expected converted time and the on-screen value. If the guide matches after conversion but the bulletin belongs to the wrong city, go back to the selected feed or station ID.

When the title is right and the track is wrong

Watch a minute on the same edition with the audio and caption menu open. Note whether the menu offers the expected language, captions or described video. If a clip has the track and the live feed does not, report which version supplies it. Include the app, device model and exact programme date so the next reader can try the same edition.

Canada · CA

Use the local programme and station ID together. The catalogue records Cartoon Network as CartoonNetwork.ca in Canada.

Check the local source in Canada

A CRTC television decision lists station call signs and locations, including distinctions between stations and their transmitters. Use these identifiers when a network name is ambiguous.

Look up the exact call sign and city before comparing a local newscast. Record the local zone for the station rather than applying a single Canada-wide schedule offset.

Identify the exact station in the guide

Sample identities associated with this source country. Confirm the broadcaster's current local edition.
Station in sourceCatalogue identifierRecorded group or siteCategory
Cartoon NetworkCartoonNetwork.caCartoon Networkanimation, kids
HBO 1HBO1.caCravemovies
BBC EarthBBCEarth.caBlue Ant Media Corporationdocumentary
BBC FirstBBCFirst.caBlue Ant Media Corporationcomedy, series
LCNLCN.caGroupe TVAnews
Smithsonian ChannelSmithsonianChannel.caBlue Ant Media Corporationscience

For Cartoon Network, check episode and audio edition. If your source uses a different identifier from CartoonNetwork.ca, use the source’s actual channel field for the mapping.

Convert a programme to the source clock

Canada has 10 distinct offset patterns across the zones shown for these two dates. Start with the exact city or local station. 20:00 in America/St_Johns resolves to 15 Jul 2025 · 22:30 UTC in the July example.

Calculated historical examples. Use the actual date and IANA location for a real listing.
IANA location examples20:00 local on 15 January 202520:00 local on 15 July 2025
America/St_Johns15 Jan 2025 · 23:30 UTC15 Jul 2025 · 22:30 UTC
America/Halifax · America/Glace_Bay · America/Moncton · 1 more with these example offsets16 Jan 2025 · 00:00 UTC15 Jul 2025 · 23:00 UTC
America/Blanc-Sablon16 Jan 2025 · 00:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 00:00 UTC
America/Toronto · America/Iqaluit16 Jan 2025 · 01:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 00:00 UTC
America/Atikokan16 Jan 2025 · 01:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 01:00 UTC
America/Winnipeg · America/Resolute · America/Rankin_Inlet16 Jan 2025 · 02:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 01:00 UTC
America/Regina · America/Swift_Current16 Jan 2025 · 02:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 02:00 UTC
America/Edmonton · America/Cambridge_Bay · America/Inuvik16 Jan 2025 · 03:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 02:00 UTC
America/Vancouver16 Jan 2025 · 04:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 03:00 UTC
America/Creston · America/Dawson_Creek · America/Fort_Nelson · 2 more with these example offsets16 Jan 2025 · 03:00 UTC16 Jul 2025 · 03:00 UTC

Audio and captions

Identify whether the source is French or English and check the actual audio menu. The CRTC decision identifies facilities, while a broadcaster programme listing is needed for a specific slot.

Which device and account details should you check?

  1. Use the broadcaster's own market listing for Canada when checking a current app, subscription or rights question.
  2. Look up the app publisher and exact TV or box model in the local device store. Check live versus replay features and separate app charges.
  3. For a schedule issue, save the exact channel ID, programme title, local date and time zone without sharing account or playlist details.

Browse channel references for Canada

Channel references to check

Find the exact local station

The channel finder contains 213 station records for Canada in this edition. Each result opens the catalogue ID and local guide example for that feed.

Search this market in the channel finder

Sources and further reading