Best Canadian reality series

Hot Ones Québec (2024)

Race Against The Tide (2021)

Sand sculptor teams Race Against the Tide to complete their works of art. As the Bay of Fundy tide comes in, judges decide the winning team moments before everything is washed away!

After Dark (2020)

Host Chris Gethard dives deeper into Dark Side of the Ring and wrestling subculture with a panel of celebrity guests.

Blown Away (2019)

Ten master artists turn up the heat in glassblowing sculpture challenges for the chance to win $60,000 in prizes and the title of champion.

Canada's Drag Race (2020)

Drag queens showcase their Canadian charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to become Canada's Next Drag Superstar and to win the $100,000 grand prize.

Property Brothers (2011)

Twin brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott aim to help couples find fixer-uppers and transform them into dream homes. The brothers use state-of-the-art imagery programs to unveil their plans for how the properties will look after the transformation. But the potential home buyers have to take a risk to make the twins' vision come true, and it's up to Jonathan and Drew to convince the couples that purchasing an older home in need of work is the best option.

The Amazing Race Canada (2013)

A uniquely Canadian take on the original series, with ten teams of two racing around the world to amazing locations for the $1,000,000 prize.

Dragons' Den (CA) (2006)

Canadian version of the reality show in which budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing business financing.

Blown Away: Christmas (2021)

'Tis the season for five returning artists to fill the hot shop with festive designs. One will win cash for the stocking — a merry Christmas indeed!

Big Timber (2020)

Follows the dangerous work of logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive.

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (2022)

A battle that brings back fan-favourites from the international Drag Race family for an elite competition.

LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022)

Jay Baruchel hosts this epic first season, where he’s assembled 10 of Canada’s best comedians in the ‘Late Night’-themed studio for 6 hours in a warped competition where laughing gets you eliminated and being the Last One Laughing gets you $100k for charity.

MasterChef Canada (2014)

The ultimate culinary competition offers home cooks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to demonstrate their skill and passion, as they compete for $100,000 and the title of Canada’s next MasterChef.

The Great Canadian Baking Show (2017)

Canadian version of hit British baking competition. 10 amateur bakers from across Canada compete in a series of themed culinary challenges.

Yukon Gold (2013)

'Yukon Gold' is a ten part series set to explore four professional gold-mining families and the competition in northern Canada.

Motel Makeover (2021)

Amid project pitfalls and a pandemic, besties-turned-business partners bring their design magic to a rundown motel and revamp it into a go-to getaway.

Island of Bryan (2019)

The Baeumler family relocates to the Bahamas with the hope of renovating and opening a beachfront resort.

Top Chef Canada (2011)

Top Chef Canada is a reality competition show. The first season premiered on April 11, 2011 on Food Network Canada. The first season consisted of 13 episodes, with 16 contestants vying for a grand prize of $100,000 and a GE Monogram kitchen valued at $30,000. Contestants shopped at Loblaws in season one and McEwan in season two. Like the original American series, each week the chef contestants compete against each other in culinary challenges. Contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry, with one or more contestants being eliminated each week. The Canadian edition uses the same graphics and music as the American version of the program.Season one of Top Chef Canada was one of Food Network Canada's most highly-rated programs. The network renewed the program for a second season, which began to air on March 12, 2012.

Cook at all Costs (2022)

In this kitchen contest, home cooks bid on ingredients to create dishes that will impress celebrity guest judges — and win the cash left in their bank.

Storage Wars Canada (2013)

On a daily basis, high-stakes buyers descend upon repossessed and forgotten storage units. Storage Wars: Northern Treasures follows four teams hoping to score big on a modern treasure hunt.

MTV Cribs (2000)

Stars of music, sports, television and more show off their not-so-humble abodes to MTV cameras, putting on display everything from custom car collections to in-home night clubs.

Income Property (2008)

Host and renovation expert Scott McGillivray will help homeowners with high mortgage payments and low cash flow create "rental suites" in their homes as a way to help cut monthly expenses. Each episode will reveal how homeowners turn their unused rooms into rental spaces and increase the overall value of their house.

Vegas Rat Rods (2014)

Steve Darnell and his team of rat rod specialists are master automotive fabricators. They work out of a sprawling garage, Welder Up, on the outskirts of the Las Vegas Strip, re-building one-of-a-kind Mad Max-style "rat rod" cars out of hidden treasure for quirky customers.From a shotgun gearshift and mason jar tail lights, to death row electric chair car seats and horseshoe gas peddles, each rat rod featured on VEGAS RAT RODS is equal parts discarded treasure, high-tech performance parts and wild imagination from Darnell and his entire team.

Holmes Makes It Right (2012)

Mike Holmes is back, doing what he does best—making it right. He’s picking up where he left off with his hit series Holmes on Homes and Holmes Inspection and cranking it up several notches. In this series, Mike plans to expand the meaning of “Make It Right” outside the residential domain and outside his own comfort level. The new stories are not just about typical renovation rip-offs; they’re heart-wrenching people stories too. In this series, Mike doesn’t just want to make a difference in the home, he wants to make people’s lives better. In Holmes Makes it Right, Mike will be taking on disasters that would make other contractors run. The kinds of circumstances where you don't just need a contractor, you need a miracle.

Love It or List It Vancouver (2013)

Love It or List It Vancouver showcases families in B.C.’s largest metropolitan city who are struggling with homes that no longer suit their needs. Whether they’ve outgrown the home they once loved or the luster has worn off, homeowners are faced with the dilemma of whether they should love it or list it. Each episode features interior designer Jillian Harris pitted against West Coast realtor Todd Talbot as they implement their plans to battle it out for the homeowners’ allegiance.

The Real Housewives of Vancouver (2012)

The Real Housewives of Vancouver is a Canadian reality television series on the Canadian Slice cable network. It is the first Canadian installment of The Real Housewives franchise; production for the Shaw Media series began in August 2011. The show premiered on April 4, 2012 at 9pm ET/PT. The two-hour premiere achieved the record of the highest-rated premiere in the network's history, which attracted 1.2 million viewers.

Holmes Family Rescue (2021)

Contractor Mike Holmes teams up with his kids, Michael Holmes Jr. and Sherry Holmes, to rescue clients who have nowhere else to turn after living through botched construction jobs.

Scott's Vacation House Rules (2020)

Does owning a dream vacation property seem out of reach? Real estate expert and contractor Scott McGillivray offers the ultimate road map to renovation and rental success in Scott’s Vacation House Rules. With years of smart real estate investing and renovation experience, Scott will unlock the rental potential of even the most uninspired properties. Finding and transforming tired, dated and rundown spaces into unique and buzz-worthy parcels of paradise, Scott’s Vacation House Rules will prove that any dream property is always within reach. Scott’s Vacation House Rules is produced by McGillivray Entertainment in association with Corus Studios for HGTV Canada.

Bad Chad Customs (2019)

Using only basic tools and his limitless ingenuity, Chad Hiltz, aka Bad Chad, and his team incorporate literally anything into their award-winning car builds, including parts from boats, airplanes and even old lockers.

Bryan Inc. (2016)

After three spirited home builds as husband and wife, Bryan and Sarah Baeumler take on an entirely different relationship: boss and employee! In Bryan Inc., Sarah joins Bryan’s busy construction company as a Project Manager and together they will buy, renovate and sell two luxury homes. It’s a huge learning curve for Sarah as she juggles trades, inevitable construction delays and strict budgets. Bryan is depending on his wife to rise to the new challenge, and together they struggle to find the balance between the demands of work and four very active kids.