Oxygen (Canadian TV channel)
Oxygen is a Canadian English-language TV channel owned by Bell Media. It airs true-crime programming, drawing from its U.S. counterpart and including Canadian original series.
Launched on September 7, 2001, the channel began as Court TV Canada, replacing the American Court TV feed. It was created by Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd. (then part of CHUM Limited), and CHUM later became part of CTVglobemedia in 2007. In 2010, Court TV Canada was rebranded as Investigation Discovery, adopting Discovery’s true-crime brand for Canada.
On January 1, 2025, after Bell lost rights to certain Warner Bros. Discovery brands, the channel relaunched as Oxygen under a licensing deal with NBCUniversal. On the same day, the Canadian Investigation Discovery service was rebranded to Oxygen, while Rogers launched a new iteration of ID.
Programming includes American true-crime shows such as Dateline, The Real Murders of..., and Snapped, along with Canadian originals like Fear Thy Neighbor and Forensic Factor.
Technical details: Oxygen broadcasts nationwide in Canada in English, with 1080i HDTV and 480i SDTV feeds. The headquarters are in Toronto at 299 Queen Street West.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 14:24 (CET).