Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Programming
Language(s)	English, French
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc.
History
Launched	January 21, 1992; 32 years ago (January 21, 1992)
Former names	Television Northern Canada (1992–1999)
Links
Website	www.aptntv.ca
Availability
Terrestrial
Whitehorse, YT	CHWT-TV 10
Yellowknife, NT	CHTY-TV 11
Other Areas	See Below

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is a group of Canadian specialty television channels based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The channels broadcast programming produced by or highlighting Indigenous peoples in Canada, including arts, cultural, documentary, entertainment, and news and current affairs programming.

Established in 1992 as Television Northern Canada (TVNC) and maintained by governmental funding to broadcast in Canada's northern territories, TVNC received a CRTC license as a television network in 1999—requiring that it be carried by all television providers nationwide. It relaunched as APTN on September 1, 1999. APTN was previously carried on terrestrial television, particularly in Northern Canada and the Inuit communities of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.

As of September 2024, APTN operates two channels: the first—branded as APTN—carries programming produced in English and French, while a second channel known as APTN Languages primarily broadcasts programming produced in Indigenous languages (which is provided with subtitles in either English or French).