Collected Data

"We really can't just be a how-to channel anymore."

Laura Kane for The Canadian Press;

In a market where many networks are scrambling for a homegrown hit, HGTV Canada boasts a startling number of highly rated Canuck shows (the network's licence dictates that 50 per cent of its shows be Canadian). Eight out of the top 10 shows on the network during the winter/spring 2014 season were Canadian, among them "Timber Kings," "Canada's Handyman Challenge" and "Leave it To Bryan."


How HGTV Canada built a specialty powerhouse and a global following

Yes. I’m tooting my own horn a bit.