Fans of Canadian television shows certainly are a passionate lot, and they’re not confined to our borders either. Of the over 25,000 who voted for their Top 5 shows of 2015, dozens voiced their support from around the world.
Yes, the voting for a few shows took a suspicious jump over the last couple of days, but we’ll chalk that up to super-fans who simply love their programs … and know how to use technology to their advantage. (The voting wasn’t affected that much in the end.)
By the time the tally was taken, the Top 10 Canadian Shows of 2015 are:
- Dark Matter (27%, 7,269 Votes)
- Lost Girl (25%, 6,777 Votes)
- Killjoys (21%, 5,766 Votes)
- Heartland (20%, 5,384 Votes)
- Murdoch Mysteries (10%, 2,632 Votes)
- Orphan Black (8%, 2,147 Votes)
- Tornado Hunters (8%, 2,080 Votes)
- Rookie Blue (6%, 1,634 Votes)
- When Calls the Heart (6%, 1,557 Votes)
- Rick Mercer Report (5%, 1,486 Votes)
Aside from the Top 10 vote-getters, I was pleased to see several new programs perform well in the poll. Clearly, viewers love seeing three guys tooling around in a truck capturing wacky weather on film, as Tornado Hunters placed No. 7, not bad at all for a show that debuted late in the year and veteran The Liquidator finished just out of the Top 10.
Thanks again to everyone who voted. Check out the final results; you can still name your favourites in the Comments section at the bottom of the page.
What are your five favourite Canadian TV shows of 2015?
- Dark Matter (12%, 7,269 Votes)
- Lost Girl (11%, 6,777 Votes)
- Killjoys (9%, 5,766 Votes)
- Heartland (9%, 5,384 Votes)
- Murdoch Mysteries (4%, 2,632 Votes)
- Orphan Black (3%, 2,147 Votes)
- Tornado Hunters (3%, 2,080 Votes)
- Rookie Blue (3%, 1,634 Votes)
- When Calls the Heart (3%, 1,557 Votes)
- Rick Mercer Report (2%, 1,486 Votes)
- The Liquidator (2%, 1,279 Votes)
- Schitt's Creek (2%, 1,227 Votes)
- Vikings (2%, 1,087 Votes)
- The Amazing Race Canada (2%, 1,053 Votes)
- Saving Hope (2%, 1,024 Votes)
- Property Brothers (2%, 990 Votes)
- Bitten (2%, 976 Votes)
- Dragons' Den (2%, 970 Votes)
- Continuum (2%, 955 Votes)
- Haven (1%, 791 Votes)
- Chopped Canada (1%, 786 Votes)
- 22 Minutes (1%, 783 Votes)
- MasterChef Canada (1%, 738 Votes)
- Big Brother Canada (1%, 727 Votes)
- Highway Thru Hell (1%, 686 Votes)
- Canada's Worst Driver (1%, 684 Votes)
- Degrassi (1%, 608 Votes)
- The Nature of Things (1%, 580 Votes)
- Love It or List It franchise (1%, 573 Votes)
- The Fifth Estate (1%, 559 Votes)
- Motive (1%, 557 Votes)
- House of Bryan (1%, 549 Votes)
- X Company (1%, 520 Votes)
- Still Standing (1%, 480 Votes)
- Strange Empire (1%, 397 Votes)
- Marketplace (1%, 394 Votes)
- This Life (1%, 394 Votes)
- Hockey Wives (1%, 340 Votes)
- Backroad Bounty (1%, 321 Votes)
- 19-2 (1%, 311 Votes)
- Remedy (0%, 266 Votes)
- Mr. D (0%, 265 Votes)
- Blackstone (0%, 262 Votes)
- Polar Bear Town (0%, 252 Votes)
- Ice Racer Showdown (0%, 214 Votes)
- Young Drunk Punk (0%, 207 Votes)
- Canada's Smartest Person (0%, 198 Votes)
- Sunnyside (0%, 193 Votes)
- The Next Step (0%, 174 Votes)
- Mohawk Girls (0%, 170 Votes)
- Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (0%, 128 Votes)
- Keeping Canada Alive (0%, 120 Votes)
- The Other Side (0%, 113 Votes)
- Chef in Your Ear (0%, 104 Votes)
- The Romeo Section (0%, 99 Votes)
- Blood and Water (0%, 93 Votes)
- The Stanley Dynamic (0%, 88 Votes)
- Make it Pop (0%, 81 Votes)
- First Dates (0%, 68 Votes)
- Unusually Thicke (0%, 67 Votes)
- Open Heart (0%, 65 Votes)
- Spun Out (0%, 58 Votes)
- Sensitive Skin (0%, 47 Votes)
- Max & Shred (0%, 42 Votes)
- Some Assembly Required (0%, 30 Votes)
- Crash Gallery (0%, 24 Votes)
- Tiny Plastic Men (0%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 27,337