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1. When Calls the Heart (2014– )
TV-G | 43 min | Drama, History, Romance
Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
Stars: Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Martin Cummins
Votes: 14,951
2. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.
Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 17,489
3. Anne with an E (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
Stars: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Andrea Arruti
Votes: 66,471
4. Frontier (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Follows Declan Harp, a half-Irish/half Cree Native-Canadian outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.
Stars: Jason Momoa, Landon Liboiron, Zoe Boyle, Greg Bryk
Votes: 24,180
5. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The series follows Frankie Drake, a female private detective operating in Toronto in the 1920s.
Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews
Votes: 3,186
6. The Porter (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Railway workers from both Canada and the United States joined together to give birth to the world's first Black union.
Stars: Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe, Mouna Traoré, Loren Lott
Votes: 535
7. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)
93 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The continuing adventures of Anne Shirley in New York and in France during World War I.
Stars: Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant, Patricia Hamilton
Votes: 5,031
8. Bomb Girls (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, War
A drama about World War II women at work in a munitions factory.
Stars: Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Charlotte Hegele, Antonio Cupo
Votes: 4,580
9. Strange Empire (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Western
In 1869 Janestown on the Alberta-Montana border, three women band together for survival after the men in their town are murdered.
Stars: Cara Gee, Tattiawna Jones, Melissa Farman, Aaron Poole
Votes: 1,849
10. Dominion Creek (2015–2017)
Not Rated | 52 min | Action, Drama, Western
The story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890's in the hope of striking it rich.
Stars: Owen McDonnell, Dara Devaney, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Robert O'Mahoney
Votes: 203
11. True North (2016– )
42 min | Crime, Drama, History
A journey to rural Quebec in the late 19th century against a backdrop of challenges posed by the colonisation of this faraway land, collusion between the church and politicians and the difficult living conditions of the day.
Stars: Vincent Leclerc, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Roger Léger, Julie LeBreton
Votes: 245
12. Béliveau (2017)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Symbole de réussite, le gentleman du hockey, vedette, homme d'affaires, mari et père de famille était admiré et respecté de tous. Constamment sous pression, cette légende du hockey dotée ... See full summary »
Stars: Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Madeleine Péloquin, Patricia Nolin, Matthew Harrison
Votes: 72
13. Musée Eden (2010– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, History
L'histoire débute en 1910, à Montréal, dans un quartier malfamé, où plusieurs assassinats sont commis sans qu'on puisse mettre la main sur les coupables. Deux jeunes Manitobaines, Camille ... See full summary »
Stars: Mariloup Wolfe, Laurence Leboeuf, Éric Bruneau, Vincent-Guillaume Otis
Votes: 109