On January 15, 2025, CBC News announced that it would be expanding local news coverage by hiring 30 journalists in 22 communities, increasing from 48 to 66 local stations and bureaus across the country. On September 12, 2025, CBC News officially launched these bureaus. A new bureau launched in Prince Albert, increasing local news coverage for CBC Radio One Regina.

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CHUO 89.1 FM, the University of Ottawa’s campus radio station, announced that it would be closing in March 2026. The station ceased live broadcasts on December 15, 2025, but continued to air pre-recorded programming until March 31, 2026, to fulfil its contract with the CRTC. The station launched as CHOR 670 AM in 1975 and moved to its current FM frequency in 1991.

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On July 7, 2026, Rogers announced that the company would be closing six of its radio stations effective immediately, resulting in the loss of 80 jobs. Shuttered stations included 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver (CKWX-AM), Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM), 660 NewsRadio Calgary (CFFR-AM), Sportsnet 960 (CFAC-AM), 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax (CJNI-FM) and 570 NewsRadio Kitchener (CKGL-AM). The station was launched as CFDC in 1923.

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On July 7, 2026, Rogers announced that the company would be closing six of its radio stations effective immediately, resulting in the loss of 80 jobs. Shuttered stations included 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver (CKWX-AM), Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM), 660 NewsRadio Calgary (CFFR-AM), Sportsnet 960 (CFAC-AM), 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax (CJNI-FM) and 570 NewsRadio Kitchener (CKGL-AM). The station launched in 1984 and was acquired by Rogers in 1999.

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On July 7, 2026, Rogers announced that the company would be closing six of its radio stations effective immediately, resulting in the loss of 80 jobs. Shuttered stations included 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver (CKWX-AM), Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM), 660 NewsRadio Calgary (CFFR-AM), Sportsnet 960 (CFAC-AM), 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax (CJNI-FM) and 570 NewsRadio Kitchener (CKGL-AM). Rogers launched the station in October 2005.

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On July 7, 2026, Rogers announced that the company would be closing six of its radio stations effective immediately, resulting in the loss of 80 jobs. Shuttered stations included 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver (CKWX-AM), Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM), 660 NewsRadio Calgary (CFFR-AM), Sportsnet 960 (CFAC-AM), 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax (CJNI-FM) and 570 NewsRadio Kitchener (CKGL-AM). The station launched in 1949 and had been operated by Rogers since 1994.

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Local Commercial Radio Station Independently Owned

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Local Commercial Radio Station Independently Owned

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Local Commercial Radio Station Independently Owned

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Local Commercial Radio Station Independently Owned

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Turn on/off markers that display changes to local private (commercial) television stations and publicly-owned and operated television stations. Symbols on the markers indicate the launch/closure of a television station or increases/decreases in local news programming.

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Red Deer, Alberta, remains one of the largest Canadian cities outside a major metropolitan market to operate without a TV station following the 2009 closure of the local CanWest station.

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CTV did not renew the licence for local station CKNX in Wingham, Ontario. It closed on August 2009.

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CKX, the only local TV station in Brandon, Manitoba, closed in 2009 after CTV could not find a buyer for the station. CTV put it on the market after CBC chose not to renew its rebroadcasting agreement.

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Rogers cancelled its 24-hour CityNews channel on May 30, 2013. The channel was launched in October 2011.

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Citytv in Edmonton added two hour-long newscasts on September 4, 2017. The newscasts feature local news seven days a week with CityNews at Six at 6 p.m. and CityNews Tonight at 11 p.m. In May 2015, Rogers Media cancelled its Breakfast Television show in Edmonton.

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OMNI Television, the multicultural broadcast wing of Rogers Media Inc., cut its Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese local newscasts in May, 2015, but continue to report national news. Current affairs shows in Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi were introduced to replace the local news content. These shows spend more time on each story but cover fewer stories.

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OMNI Television, the multicultural broadcast wing of Rogers Media Inc., shut down its local Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese newscasts in September, 2011, but still contributed local stories to the national newscasts. Finally, all local content stopped in 2013. They continue to report national news and have introduced current affairs programs that provide some local news content.

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OMNI Television, the multicultural broadcast wing of Rogers Media Inc., cut its Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese local newscasts in May, 2015, but continue to report national news. Current affairs shows in Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi were introduced to replace the local news content. These shows spend more time on each story but cover fewer stories.

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Volunteers began producing a new 30-minute public affairs program called Southwest Magazine covering Southwest New Brunswick on March 13, 2018. CHCO-TV in partnership with NB Media Co-op launched NB Debrief, a new 30-minute talk show covering local politics, on June 9, 2021.

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Local news continues on its sister stations, which are affiliates of the TVA and V networks, but the station’s seven transmitters will be shut down, meaning no over-the-air reception for Radio-Canada in the region. The shutdown will leave CKRT-DT in Rivière-du-Loup, owned by Télé Inter-Rives, as the only privately owned Radio-Canada TV affiliate in the country.

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Quebecor announced on August 30, 2023, that it would be closing MAtv Montreal the following summer, resulting in the loss of five jobs. Three positions at other MAtv regional stations were also eliminated. The community television station was available exclusively to Videotron subscribers and launched in the 1970s. It was renamed MAtv in 2012 and English-language programming was introduced in September 2015.

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