Every service here was paid for in full and checked on a Canadian fibre line in July 2026.

IPTV Canada Channels List 2026: What You Get

What a channel count actually measures, how much of a line-up is Canadian, and how to check a service carries your own feeds before you pay for it.

Renee Charbonneau, Editor

A handwritten channel list on lined paper next to a television remote, reading glasses and a mug on a kitchen table.

Findings

  1. A headline count includes every regional variant and international feed, which is why it runs to five figures.
  2. The number that matters is whether your dozen channels are carried, in your province, in your language.
  3. All five services here carry the Canadian tiers. They differ on how many regional and French variants they include.

4.8/5 A channel count measures catalogue depth, not Canadian coverage. All five services here carry the Canadian tiers; VIPSATV carries the most regional and French variants.

How the five compare

What separates them

Every service in this index carries

  • Canadian channel groups All six, on every service
  • Provincial & territorial All 13 feeds
  • French-language Full line-up, not a token pair
  • 4K On the feeds broadcast in 4K
  • Works on Firestick, smart TV, Android, Apple TV, iOS, MAG, PC
  • Free trial On every service in the index
Five Canadian IPTV services compared on what each is built for, library size, trial and price.
  VIPSATV 4.8 RoomateTV 4.5 Firstchannels 4.3 Clixwatch 4.1 Streamtion 4.0
Best for The full Canadian set, in both languages Live sport, and several rooms at once A wide channel list on a short term Films and box sets One predictable price at every term
Live channels 57,000+ 45,000+ 50,000+ 39,000+ 24,500+
Films & series 250,000+ 200,000+ 180,000+ 200,000+ 130,000+
Free trial 24-hour trial Trial available Trial available Trial available Trial available
Rolling month C$18.99 C$21.99 C$18.99 C$22.99 C$23.99
Best term, per month C$6.21 24 months C$5.92 24 months C$8.42 24 months C$7.46 24 months C$7.71 24 months
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  1. 01

    VIPSATV

    4.8

    C$18.99/mo

    Best forThe full Canadian set, in both languages

    Live channels
    57,000+
    Films & series
    250,000+
    Free trial
    24-hour trial
    Rolling month
    C$18.99
    Best term, per month
    C$6.21 24 months
    Visit VIPSATV
  2. 02

    RoomateTV

    4.5

    C$21.99/mo

    Best forLive sport, and several rooms at once

    Live channels
    45,000+
    Films & series
    200,000+
    Free trial
    Trial available
    Rolling month
    C$21.99
    Best term, per month
    C$5.92 24 months
    Visit RoomateTV
  3. 03

    Firstchannels

    4.3

    C$18.99/mo

    Best forA wide channel list on a short term

    Live channels
    50,000+
    Films & series
    180,000+
    Free trial
    Trial available
    Rolling month
    C$18.99
    Best term, per month
    C$8.42 24 months
    Visit Firstchannels
  4. 04

    Clixwatch

    4.1

    C$22.99/mo

    Best forFilms and box sets

    Live channels
    39,000+
    Films & series
    200,000+
    Free trial
    Trial available
    Rolling month
    C$22.99
    Best term, per month
    C$7.46 24 months
    Visit Clixwatch
  5. 05

    Streamtion

    4.0

    C$23.99/mo

    Best forOne predictable price at every term

    Live channels
    24,500+
    Films & series
    130,000+
    Free trial
    Trial available
    Rolling month
    C$23.99
    Best term, per month
    C$7.71 24 months
    Visit Streamtion

Every service, in full

Same Canadian set on all five · ordered by fit, then price

  1. 01

    VIPSATV Editor's pick

    Carries the full Canadian set, including the French feeds

    Best forThe full Canadian set, in both languages

    The widest channel list of the five, the deepest film library, and the deepest French line-up, on the joint-lowest opening price. If the household watches in both languages, this is the one built for it.

    Live channels57,000+
    Films & series250,000+
    Trial24-hour trial
    Speed needed25 Mbps for 4K

    Works on

    • Firestick
    • Smart TV
    • Android
    • Apple TV
    • iOS
    • MAG
    • PC
    Where it stands out 9
    • National channels carried in both official languages
    • Channel list is customisable, so you keep only what you actually watch
    • The full national sports tier plus the regional sports feeds
    • All thirteen provincial and territorial feeds
    • French-language line-up beyond the Montreal basics
    • 4K on the feeds that are actually broadcast in 4K
    • Stable through Saturday night hockey
    • 24-hour trial, so the matrix can be checked personally
    • Activated within minutes of checkout

    In its favour

    • The widest channel list and the deepest film library of the five
    • French coverage is real, not two token channels
    • Held its picture through the busiest hockey nights we tested
    • Trial long enough to verify the channels you care about

    The trade-offs

    • The 24-hour trial is short, so plan the evening you use it
    • A stable connection matters for the best of the 4K feeds
    Our rating
    4.8
    Canadian set
    Carried in full
    From
    C$18.99 / 1 month

    Every term

    • 1 month C$18.99
    • 3 months C$45.99Save 19%
    • 6 months C$75.99Save 33%
    • 12 months C$105.99Save 53%
    • 24 months C$148.99Best value
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    24-Hour Free Trial

  2. 02

    RoomateTV

    Strongest sports coverage of the five

    Best forLive sport, and several rooms at once

    If the television is on for hockey, this is the line-up built for it, and the multi-room plans suit a household watching more than one game at once.

    Live channels45,000+
    Films & series200,000+
    TrialTrial available
    Speed needed25 Mbps for 4K

    Works on

    • Firestick
    • Smart TV
    • Android
    • Apple TV
    • iOS
    • MAG
    • PC
    Where it stands out 7
    • Every regional sports feed in the set
    • Channel list is customisable, so you keep only what you actually watch
    • hockey, Canadian football and national baseball coverage without gaps
    • Multi-connection plans for several rooms
    • Clean guide data on the sports tier
    • Fast servers on the eastern seaboard
    • 4K on the sports feeds that broadcast it

    In its favour

    • Best sports line-up in the set
    • Multi-room plans
    • Held up on game nights

    The trade-offs

    • The value sits in the long terms rather than in the rolling month
    • Multi-connection tiers are easier to confirm over chat
    Our rating
    4.5
    Canadian set
    Carried in full
    From
    C$21.99 / 1 month

    Every term

    • 1 month C$21.99
    • 3 months C$49.99Save 24%
    • 6 months C$71.99Save 45%
    • 12 months C$99.99Save 62%
    • 24 months C$141.99Best value
    Visit RoomateTV

    Free trial

  3. 03

    Firstchannels

    A wide channel list with strong short terms

    Best forA wide channel list on a short term

    The second-widest channel list of the five paired with a deep on-demand catalogue. Its strongest terms are the short ones, so start there and re-price before you renew.

    Live channels50,000+
    Films & series180,000+
    TrialTrial available
    Speed needed25 Mbps for 4K

    Works on

    • Firestick
    • Smart TV
    • Android
    • Apple TV
    • iOS
    • MAG
    • PC
    Where it stands out 7
    • Second-widest channel list of the five
    • Channel list is customisable, so you keep only what you actually watch
    • Canadian titles are actually catalogued, not buried
    • Well-organised on-demand categories
    • Solid Firestick application
    • Frequent library updates
    • 4K on the on-demand catalogue

    In its favour

    • Enormous on-demand catalogue
    • Clean app
    • Fair price

    The trade-offs

    • Priced most keenly at the short terms rather than across the whole ladder
    • Allow a few extra minutes for first-time setup
    Our rating
    4.3
    Canadian set
    Carried in full
    From
    C$18.99 / 1 month

    Every term

    • 1 month C$18.99
    • 3 months C$48.99Save 14%
    • 6 months C$80.99Save 29%
    • 12 months C$120.99Save 47%
    • 24 months C$201.99Best value
    Visit Firstchannels
  4. 04

    Clixwatch

    Films and box sets, at a mid-table price

    Best forFilms and box sets

    A 200,000-title catalogue at a mid-table price. The pick if the household watches more on demand than live.

    Live channels39,000+
    Films & series200,000+
    TrialTrial available
    Speed needed25 Mbps for 4K

    Works on

    • Firestick
    • Smart TV
    • Android
    • Apple TV
    • iOS
    • MAG
    • PC
    Where it stands out 6
    • A 200,000-title on-demand catalogue
    • Channel list is customisable, so you keep only what you actually watch
    • Public and commercial national networks all present
    • Simple setup, light on older hardware
    • No long commitment required
    • A steady picture across the whole line-up

    In its favour

    • 200,000-title on-demand library
    • Easy setup
    • Strong on the national networks

    The trade-offs

    • Priced in the middle of the five rather than at either end of it
    • A 200,000-title library browses better on newer hardware
    Our rating
    4.1
    Canadian set
    Carried in full
    From
    C$22.99 / 1 month

    Every term

    • 1 month C$22.99
    • 3 months C$55.99Save 19%
    • 6 months C$91.99Save 33%
    • 12 months C$127.99Save 54%
    • 24 months C$178.99Best value
    Visit Clixwatch
  5. 05

    Streamtion

    Even coverage, predictable pricing

    Best forOne predictable price at every term

    Even coverage across the groups that matter, with the most predictable pricing of the five. No term is sharply cheaper than the others, which makes it hard to buy the wrong one.

    Live channels24,500+
    Films & series130,000+
    TrialTrial available
    Speed needed25 Mbps for 4K

    Works on

    • Firestick
    • Smart TV
    • Android
    • Apple TV
    • iOS
    • MAG
    • PC
    Where it stands out 6
    • Balanced live and on-demand mix
    • Channel list is customisable, so you keep only what you actually watch
    • All thirteen provincial and territorial feeds
    • Steady uptime across the test window
    • Straightforward apps on every device
    • Consistent picture quality

    In its favour

    • Reliable
    • Even coverage across the groups that matter
    • Reasonable at twelve months

    The trade-offs

    • Priced evenly across the ladder rather than sharply at any one term
    • Some settings take a short time to get familiar with
    Our rating
    4.0
    Canadian set
    Carried in full
    From
    C$23.99 / 1 month

    Every term

    • 1 month C$23.99
    • 3 months C$57.99Save 19%
    • 6 months C$95.99Save 33%
    • 12 months C$131.99Save 54%
    • 24 months C$184.99Best value
    Visit Streamtion

A channel count tells you how deep a catalogue is, not whether it carries your channels. Those are different questions, and only the second one decides whether a subscription works for a Canadian household.

Here is what the figures actually mean, and how to check the thing that matters before paying anything.

IPTV Canada channels list: what each service indexes

ServiceLive channelsFilms & seriesCanadian tiers carried
VIPSATV57,000+250,000+All five, deepest regional and French
Firstchannels50,000+180,000+All five
RoomateTV45,000+200,000+All five, strong French
Clixwatch39,000+200,000+All five, strong French
Streamtion24,500+130,000+All five

Canadian tiers means the public broadcaster, national commercial networks, regional sports, provincial and local feeds, and French-language channels.

The important line in that table is the right-hand column, not the left one. Every service here carries all five Canadian tiers. What differs is depth within them: how many provincial variants are carried separately, and how many French-language feeds sit alongside the English ones.

That is the axis Canadians actually feel. Losing the network is rare. Losing your province’s variant of it, or the French feed you watch at dinner, is common and infuriating.

The coverage matrix

TierVIPSATVFirstchannelsRoomateTVClixwatchStreamtion
Public broadcasterYesYesYesYesYes
National commercial networksYesYesYesYesYes
Regional sportsYesYesYesYesYes
Provincial and local feedsDeepestWideWideWideCore
French-languageDeepestWideWideWideCore

Streamtion carries the core of every tier with the smallest index behind it at 24,500 channels. If your list is mainstream and English, that is entirely sufficient and it is the most predictably priced service here. If you want a specific provincial variant or watch in French, the depth ranking above is the one to read.

What the coverage costs, per month

Service1 month3 months6 months12 months24 months
VIPSATVC$18.99C$15.33C$12.67C$8.83C$6.21
FirstchannelsC$18.99C$16.33C$13.50C$10.08C$8.42
RoomateTVC$21.99C$16.66C$12.00C$8.33C$5.92
ClixwatchC$22.99C$18.66C$15.33C$10.67C$7.46
StreamtionC$23.99C$19.33C$16.00C$11.00C$7.71

The term total divided by the months committed. Bold is the lowest in each column.

VIPSATV and Firstchannels share the cheapest rolling month at C$18.99. From six months onward RoomateTV is cheapest, reaching C$5.92 over two years. Which means the widest Canadian coverage on this page is also joint cheapest to try, and that is worth using while it holds.

How to check your own list properly

Twenty minutes during a trial beats every comparison table, this one included.

Search by name, not by category. Type the channel in. Categories reorganise between services and a feed that exists may sit somewhere you would not think to look.

Check the regional variant. The network being present does not mean your province’s variant is. This is the single most common disappointment for Canadian households and it is trivial to test in advance.

Check the French feed specifically if you watch in French. Do not assume the English entry implies a French one.

Open each one and let it run for two minutes. A channel that appears in a list and a channel that plays reliably at eight in the evening are two different things.

VIPSATV runs a 24-hour trial that takes an email and no card, which makes this test cost nothing.

Then trim it

Once you have confirmed your channels exist, strip the rest out from your account dashboard on day one. Every service here supports it.

The guide loads faster, the remote behaves, and the headline count stops mattering entirely, which is where it belongs. Set favourites in your player for the dozen you open weekly and the screen you land on becomes your channels.

For the national feeds specifically, including the free routes worth trying first, see our Canadian national channels guide. If you are weighing this against a cable package, IPTV versus cable in Canada prices both properly, and the Firestick and smart TV setup takes about ten minutes.

Worth knowing

What a channel count is actually counting

A figure like 57,000 is a count of everything indexed on the service. That includes every regional variant of the same network carried separately, international feeds from dozens of countries, and in some cases the on-demand catalogue as well.

None of that is misleading, but it answers a question most Canadians are not asking. Nobody opens 57,000 channels. What the number genuinely predicts is depth: the more entries in the index, the better the odds that the specific provincial feed or French-language variant you want is among them.

So treat it as a probability rather than a promise. A larger index makes your channel more likely to be there. It does not guarantee it, and the only way to find out is to search.

Trim it down on day one

A large line-up is only unwieldy if you leave it that way. Every service on this site lets you customise the channel list from your account dashboard, which is the step most people discover in month three.

Do it on the first evening. Strip the index back to the categories you actually watch, so the guide that loads on the television is a few hundred entries rather than tens of thousands. The guide populates faster and the remote works the way you expect.

Then set favourites inside your player for the dozen channels you open weekly. The screen you land on becomes your channels. After that the headline count is irrelevant to your daily use, which is exactly where it should sit.

Why VIPSATV tops the index

The widest channel list of the five, the deepest film library, and the deepest French line-up, on the joint-lowest opening price. If the household watches in both languages, this is the one built for it.

Questions

On this guide

01 How many channels do you actually get with IPTV in Canada?

The headline figures run from 24,500 to 57,000 across the five services here, and they are accurate as counts of everything indexed. A Canadian household will realistically open a few hundred of them regularly and a dozen every week. The useful test is not how many exist but whether your dozen are among them.

02 Do IPTV services carry Canadian channels?

All five on this site do: the public broadcaster, the national commercial networks, regional sports, provincial and local feeds, and French-language channels. Where they differ is depth, meaning how many regional variants and how many French feeds are carried rather than whether the category exists at all.

03 Why are advertised channel counts so high?

Because they count everything indexed, including every regional variant of the same network, international feeds from dozens of countries, and the on-demand catalogue in some cases. That is not dishonest, it is just a different measurement from the one you care about, which is coverage of your own list.

04 How do I check a service carries my channels?

Take a trial and search for them by name before looking at anything else. Check the regional variant, not just the network, and if you watch in French check the French feed specifically. Twenty minutes of searching during a trial answers this better than any comparison table, including ours.

05 Which service has the best Canadian coverage?

VIPSATV, on our index. All five carry the same Canadian set, and VIPSATV is the one built around a bilingual household: the deepest French-language selection of the five, alongside a 57,000-channel index and 250,000 on-demand titles. RoomateTV and Clixwatch are close behind it on the French feeds specifically.

06 Can I remove channels I never watch?

Yes, on every service here. You customise the list from your account dashboard, so a long line-up costs you nothing once trimmed. Do it before it reaches the television, then set favourites in your player for the dozen you watch weekly.

Where this leaves you

The widest channel list of the five, the deepest film library, and the deepest French line-up, on the joint-lowest opening price. If the household watches in both languages, this is the one built for it.