Canadian detective show database

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Since I live in Canada, I thought it was important to focus away from the usual American or British shows and carve out a place on this website for Canadian content. Below is a complete list of Canadian detective/mystery/crime shows that have ever been produced. As can be seen, Canada hasn’t produced very many shows in the past, although that has changed in recent years.

Clicking on a title link in the list below will take you to my post about that specific show (if I have created one). Alternatively, the list also includes links to places where you can watch/stream the show online. (Most of the visitors to this site are from the US, so all the links currently lead to US streaming sites, but I hope to update this page with information on where to stream in other countries as well.)

The shows are sorted alphabetically according to the decade in which the show premiered. I have bolded the titles of shows that spanned multiple decades.

Shows that premiered in the 1960s

• Seaway (1965-1966)
• Wojeck (1966-1978)

Shows that premiered in the 1970s

• The Collaborators (1973 – 1974)
• Dr. Simon Locke, a.k.a. Police Surgeon (1971 – 1975)
• The Great Detective (1979 – 1982)
• Sidestreet (1975 – 1978)

Shows that premiered in the 1980s

• Diamonds (1987 – 1989)
• Hot Shots (1986 – 1987)
• Katts and Dog (1988 – 1993)
• Night Heat (1985 – 1989)
• Seeing Things (1981 – 1987)

Shows that premiered in the 1990s

• 10-07: L’affaire Zeus (1995)
• Cold Squad (1998 – 2005) [stream here]
• Da Vinci’s Inquest (1998 – 2005) [stream here]
• Due South (1994 – 1999)
• Forever Knight (1992 – 1996) [stream here]
• North of 60 (1992 – 1997)
• Once a Thief (1997 –1998) [stream here]
• The Sentinel (1996 – 1999)
• Taking the Falls (1995 – 1996)
• Tropical Heat, a.k.a. Sweating Bullets (1991 – 1993) [stream here]

Shows that premiered in the 2000s

• Blue Murder (2001 – 2004)
• The Border (2008 – 2010) [stream here]
• Durham County (2007 – 2010) [stream here]
• Flashpoint (2008 – 2012) [stream here]
• Intelligence (2006 – 2007) [stream here]
• Just Cause (2002 – 2003)
• The Line (2009)
• Missing, a.k.a. 1-800-Missing (2003 – 2006) [stream here]
• Murdoch Mysteries (2008 – present) [stream here]
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002 – 2005) [stream here]
• Tom Stone, a.k.a. Stone Undercover (2002 – 2004)

Shows that premiered in the 2010s

• 19-2 (French) (2011 – 2015)
• 19-2 (English) (2014 – 2017) [stream here]
• Bad Blood (2017 – 2018)
• Bellevue (2017)
• The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (British/Canadian co-production) (2018) [stream here]
• Blood and Water (2015 – present) [stream here]
• The Bridge (2010)
• Burden of Truth (2018-2021)
• Cardinal (2017 – 2020) [stream here]
• Carter (2018 – 2019) [stream here]
• Caught (2018) [stream here]
• Coroner (2019 – present) [stream here]
• Cracked (2013) [stream here]
• Departure (2019-2022)
• The Detail (2018)
• The Disappearance (2017) [stream here]
• Endgame (2011) [stream here]
• The Fixer (2015)
• Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017 – 2021) [stream here]
• Haven (2010 – 2015) [stream here]
• Houdini & Doyle (British-Canadian-American co-production) (2016) [stream here]
• Hudson & Rex (2019 – present)
• The Indian Detective (2017) [stream on Netflix]
• King (2011 – 2012)
• Motive (2013 – 2016) [stream here]
• The Murders (2019)
• Played (2013) [stream here]
• Private Eyes (2016 – 2019) [stream here]
• Pure (2017 – 2019) [stream here]
• Ransom (Canadian-French-US-German co-production) (2017 – 2019) [stream here]
• Republic of Doyle (2010 – 2014) [stream here]
• Rookie Blue (2010 – 2015) [stream here]
• Serie noire (French language) (2014 – 2016)
• Shattered (2010)
• Shoot the Messenger (2016)

Shows that premiered in the 2020s

• Dead Still (2020) (Canadian-Irish co-production, set in Ireland) [stream here]
• Extroverted (2021-2022) [CTV]
• Family Law (2021-2023)
• Hidden Assets (2021-) (Canadian-Irish-Belgian co-production, set in Ireland and Belgium) [stream on Acorn]
• Pretty Hard Cases (2021-2023) [stream on CBC Gem in Canada]
• The Spencer Sisters (2023) [watch on CTV in Canada or The CW is the US]
• SurrealEstate (2021) (paranormal mystery) [CTV Sci-Fi Channel]
• Three Pines (2022) (based on the Inspector Gamache book series by Louise Penny) [stream on Amazon Prime Video]
• Tribal (2020-2022)
• Trickster (2020)
• Wong & Winchester (2023) [CityTV production]

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If you know of a show that is missing from the list above, or if you have any other additions or corrections, please let me know in the comments!