HGTV (Canadian TV channel)

HGTV

Country	Canada
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Corus Entertainment (80.24%, managing partner) (HGTV Canada, Inc.) Warner Bros. Discovery (19.76%)
Sister channels	Magnolia Network Food Network Cooking Channel DTour W Network Slice
History
Launched	October 17, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-10-17)
Links
Website	HGTV Canada
Availability
Streaming media
StackTV	Internet Protocol television
RiverTV	Channel 13 (HD)

HGTV is a Canadian English-language discretionary cable and satellite specialty channel owned as a joint venture between Corus Entertainment (which serves as managing partner and owns 80.24% majority control through licensee HGTV Canada, Inc.) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining 19.76%).^[1] HGTV broadcasts programs relating to real estate, home and garden design, and renovations.

This channel was launched on October 17, 1997 under the joint ownership of Atlantis Communications and E. W. Scripps Company. Atlantis merged with Alliance Communications to form Alliance Atlantis Communications in 1998 and the stake of HGTV was then acquired. After several ownership changes throughout the years while maintaining the same format, the channel has been owned by Corus since 2016.

The network's programming draws partially from the U.S. version of the channel, but it also carries original Canadian-produced series, some of which have in turn also been picked up for broadcast by the U.S. network or others internationally, as well as a smaller selection of home renovation programming acquired from other producers in the United States or the United Kingdom.

Corus will lose the rights to the HGTV brand and its U.S. programming at the end of 2024, at which point the existing channel will rebrand as Home Network, retaining rights to its Canadian-produced series.^[2] A new, separate HGTV channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media will launch in Canada on January 1, 2025.