1987 in Canadian television

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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1987.

Events

Date	Event
March 4	The Raccoons, the long running animated television for children begins airing in Great Britain on the BBC. The series had also become very popular in Great Britain, it was shown on the BBC many times up until 2002.
April 13	Children's sketch show You Can't Do That on Television starts airing for the first time in Australia on ABC beginning with the second season, along with The Campbells.
May 22	8th Genie Awards.
	The Anne of Green Gables film Anne of Avonlea airs on CBC Television. The film draws some of the biggest ratings ever for Canadian television.
	The end of Rick Hansen's Man In Motion World Tour airs live on all the main television networks.
November 2	Juno Awards of 1987
December 8	1987 Gemini Awards.

Show	Station	Cancelled
Hangin' In	CBC Television	February 23
Fraggle Rock	CBC Television	March 30
Thrill of a Lifetime	CTV	April 10
Seeing Things	CBC Television	May 15
Today's Special	TVOntario	July 1
Let's Go	CTV	September 1
Guess What		Unknown
Hot Shots
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness

Adderly (1986–1988)
Airwaves (1986–1990)
Bumper Stumpers (1987–1990)
The Campbells (1986–1990)
Check it Out! (1985–1988)
The Comedy Mill (1986–1991)
Danger Bay (1984–1990)
The Journal (1982–1992)
Midday (1985–2000)
Night Heat (1985–1989)
The Raccoons (1985–1992)
Switchback (1981–1990)
Under the Umbrella Tree (1986–1993)
Venture (1985–2007)
Video Hits (1984–1993)

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
January 12	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	CIPA-TV	9	CTV	^[1]
January 19	Val-d’Or, Quebec	CFVS-TV	25	TQS	^[2]
September 6	Regina, Saskatchewan	CFRE-TV	11	Independent	^[3]
September 6	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	CFSK	4	Independent	^[4]
Unknown	Quebec City, Quebec	Télé-Mag Canal 10	10 (cable-only)	French independent

^ “CIPA-DT Station History”^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ “CFVS-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ “CFRE-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ “CFSK-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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