Category: Christmas Movies in Canada

W Network’s 2023 Countdown to Christmas Announced!

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W Network has finally released its lineup for this year’s Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas! This holiday season, viewers can look forward to over 40 new exclusive premieres on the network! All but three of the movies premiering on Hallmark Channel in the US and the two set to stream on Hallmark Movies Now will air on W Network this year, along with a few from other networks like Lifetime and UPtv.

Here is this year’s schedule for Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas in Canada on W:

Checkin’ It Twice (Christmas Goals)
Friday, October 20, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Channel (2023)
Starring: Kim Matula & Kevin McGarry
A hockey player falls for a real estate agent after a trade leads him to her hometown and her family’s backyard cottage.

Where Are You, Christmas?
Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Channel (2023)
Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rady & Jim O’Heir
After her wish for a year without Christmas seems to come true, Addy works with the town mechanic to try to bring back the holiday.

Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (It Happened at Christmas)
Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (2023)
Starring: Erica Durance & Brennan Elliott
After receiving a terminal diagnosis, shopping channel host Ms. Christmas sets out to spread holiday cheer before her last broadcast.

Christmas by Design
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Channel (2023)
Starring: Rebecca Dalton & Jonathan Keltz
A fashion designer finds inspiration when she is challenged to create a holiday themed collection.

Mystic Christmas
Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Channel (2023)
Starring: Jessy Schram, Chandler Massey, Patti Murin & William R. Moses
Juniper reconnects with an old ex when she travels to Mystic, Connecticut during the holidays to work at a rehabilitation center and aquarium.

Joyeux Noel (Le Marché de Noël)
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 8pm et/pt
Hallmark Channel (2023)
Starring: Jaicy Elliott & Brandt Daughtery
When copy editor Lea discovers a painting of a Christmas market, she and journalist Mark travel to France hoping to learn about its origins.

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More Holiday Premieres

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CBC

CBC will be airing a 2021 Lifetime movie that did not premiere in Canada last year as well as a two-part movie:

Writing Around the Christmas Tree
Wednesday, November 30th at 8pm et/pt
Lifetime (2021)
Starring: Krystal Joy Brown & Curtis Hamilton
Novelist Mikaela decides to revive her late mother’s annual holiday retreat for writers and ends up falling for one of the attendees Levi.

The Christmas Checklist – Part 1
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 8pm et/pt
Movie (2022)
Starring: Sarah Power & Jarod Joseph
To fulfill her late mother’s last wish, Emily must complete at 12-task checklist before Christmas and gets help from freelancer Noah who covers her story for the local paper.

The Christmas Checklist – Part 2
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 8pm et/pt
Movie (2022)
Starring: Sarah Power & Jarod Joseph
To fulfill her late mother’s last wish, Emily must complete at 12-task checklist before Christmas and gets help from freelancer Noah who covers her story for the local paper.

Global TV

It also looks like Global TV will be airing the new original movies from CBS again this year:

Fit for Christmas
Sunday, December 4th at 8pm et/pt
CBS (2022)
Starring: Amanda Kloots & Paul Greene
Complications arise when fitness instructor Audrey falls for Griffin whose company Skyridge Resorts wants to buy the very recreation center she is trying to save.

Must Love Christmas
Sunday, December 11th at 9pm et/pt
CBS (2022)
Starring: Liza Lapira, Nathan Witte & Neal Bledsoe
Reclusive romance novelist Natalie becomes front and center in her own love story when she is grounded in Cranberry Falls with her high school crush Caleb and reporter Nick.

When Christmas Was Young
Sunday, December 17th at 8pm et/pt
CBS (2022)
Starring: Karen David, Tyler Hilton & Meghan Heffern
Music manager Luke Dawson desperately needs a hit song for his only client and ends up falling for songwriter Melody after discovering a song she wrote years ago.

Crave TV

Crave TV will have most movies premiering on CTV Life available to stream. It will also premiere the new HBO Max movies:

Holiday Harmony
Sunday, November 27th at 9/6pm et/pt
HBO Max (2022)
Starring: Annelise Sepero & Jeremy Sumpter
Gail lands a dream opportunity to perform with iHeartRadio on Christmas Eve but breaking down in Harmony Springs leads her to Jeremy and a group of kids trying to get ready for their own holiday performance.

A Hollywood Christmas
Sunday, December 4th at 7/4pm et/pt
HBO Max (2022)
Starring: Jessika Van & Curtis Hamilton
Filmmaker Jessica loves making Christmas movies but her latest project and any future productions are threatened when network executive Christopher shows up.

CTV 2022 Holiday Movies

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This year, new holiday movies will be premiering on CTV Life Channel. The network will feature 23 movies including some from Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, GAC Family and Discovery + and premieres begin Sunday, November 6th.

Click here to see all the new movies premiering on CTV Life!

Three additional movies – Dancing Through the Snow (Dancing Through Christmas), A Snowy Christmas and A Match Made in Mistletoe (Christmas in Washington) – are new to CTV Life but premiered last year on Crave TV. Also included in CTV Life’s holiday line up are some 2021 movies that aired on Super Channel Heart & Home last year – A Christmas Miracle for Daisy, A Kindhearted Christmas, The Great Christmas Switch, Joy for Christmas and A Lot Like Christmas.