| Date | Event |
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| January 5 | A 3-way tie occurs for only the second time on Uh Oh!. |
| January 21 | CBC discontinues broadcasting its analog signal via satellite.[1] |
| January 29 | 21st Genie Awards |
| February 9 | The Uh Oh! space gets landed on 6 times in a row in the first round of Uh Oh | . |
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| March 4 | Juno Awards of 2001. |
| August 15 | Discovery Civilization Channel, IFC, and National Geographic Channel were launched in Canada. |
| September 1 | CHAN changes affiliation from CTV to Global, and CIVT changes affiliation from independent to CTV. These changes were part of the 2001 Vancouver TV realignment. |
| ARTV is launched in Canada by the CBC. |
| September 3 | Discovery Kids is launched in Canada. This is the first non-analogue kids specialty channel to launch. |
| September 4 | Launch of Country Canada. |
| September 7 | A number of new Specialty channel's were all launched between Category 1 and Category 2 channels including Animal Planet, BBC Canada, Book Television, The Biography Channel, Country Canada, Court TV Canada, CTV Travel, The Documentary Channel, Drive-In Classics, ESPN Classic, FashionTelevisionChannel, Fox Sports World Canada, ichannel, Men TV, LoneStar, MSNBC Canada, Mystery, MuchLOUD, Stingray Retro, MuchVibe,, PrideVision TV, Raptors NBA TV, SCREAM, SexTV: The Channel, Showcase Action, Showcase Diva, TV Land Canada, and X-Treme Sports. |
| September 11 | Television viewers around the world witness the September 11 attacks on the United States and the destruction of the World Trade Center. Television networks in Canada interrupt regular programming to break the news. CBC Television coverage of the attacks is simulcast in the U.S. on the Home Shopping Network. |
| October 4 | NHL Network is launched in Canada. |
| October 12 | Canadian sports network TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN's though the N isn't slashed. |
| October 29 | 2001 Gemini Awards. |
| November 5 | BBC Kids is launched in Canada. It's the second non-analogue kids specialty channel to launch. |
| November 7 | Canada rolls out dozens of brand new digital cable specialty channels (see List of Canadian digital television channels for complete list). | |
