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| Network: | Crave (Canada) BBC Three (United Kingdom) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
The first season of premiered on November 18, 2022. Brooke Lynn Hytes acts as both the host and main judge, with Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor as supporting judges.[1] [2]
The contestants for the season were announced on October 17, 2022.
The winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World was Ra’Jah O’Hara, with Silky Nutmeg Ganache as the runner-up.[3] As the winner of the season, Ra’Jah won a cash prize of $100,000 and earned the title "Queen of the Motherpucking World".
On January 11, 2023, it was officially announced through the social media channels of Canada's Drag Race that Anita Wigl'it had won the title of Miss Congeniality.[4]
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome | ||
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| Ra'Jah O'Hara | 36 | Dallas, United States | US season 11 | 9th place | ||
| All Stars 6 | ||||||
| Silky Nutmeg Ganache | 31 | Chicago, United States | US season 11 | 3rd place | ||
| All Stars 6 | 11th place | |||||
| Rita Baga | 34 | Montreal, Canada | Canada season 1 | 3rd place | ||
| Victoria Scone | 29 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | UK series 3 | 10th place | ||
| Vanity Milan | 30 | nowrap | South London, United Kingdom | UK series 3 | 4th place | 5th place |
| Icesis Couture | 35 | Ottawa, Canada | Canada season 2 | 6th place | ||
| Anita Wigl'it | 32 | Auckland, New Zealand | nowrap | Down Under season 1 | 8th place | 7th place |
| Stephanie Prince | 24 | Calgary, Canada | Canada season 2 | 10th place | 8th place | |
| Kendall Gender | 31 | Vancouver, Canada | Canada season 2 | nowrap | 9th place | |
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants (Elimination) | Song | Winner | Bottom | Eliminated | |||||
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| 1 | Rita Baga (Kendall) | vs. | Vanity Milan (Kendall) | "Brand New Bitch" (Anjulie) | Vanity Milan | Kendall, Stephanie | Kendall Gender | |||
| 2 | Icesis Couture (Stephanie) | vs. | nowrap | Ra'Jah O'Hara (Stephanie) | "Sk8er Boi" (Avril Lavigne) | Icesis Couture | Anita, Stephanie | Stephanie Prince | ||
| 3 | nowrap | Silky Nutmeg Ganache (Anita) | vs. | Victoria Scone (Anita) | nowrap | "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (Hex Hector Dance Mix)" (Deborah Cox) | nowrap | Silky Nutmeg Ganache | Anita, Rita | Anita Wigl'it |
| 4 | Silky Nutmeg Ganache (Vanity) | vs. | Victoria Scone (Vanity) | "Your Daddy Don't Know" (Toronto) | Victoria Scone | Ra'Jah, Vanity | None | |||
| 5 | Rita Baga (Vanity) | vs. | Victoria Scone (Vanity) | "Freak" (Estelle ft. Kardinal Offishall) | Rita Baga | Silky, Vanity | Vanity Milan | |||
| Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | |||||||
| 6 | Ra'Jah O'Hara | vs. | Victoria Scone | "Do It" (Nelly Furtado ft. Missy Elliott) | Ra'Jah O'Hara | |||||
| Rita Baga | vs. | nowrap | Silky Nutmeg Ganache | "Broken Bones" (Love Inc.) | Silky Nutmeg Ganache | |||||
| Ra'Jah O'Hara | vs. | Silky Nutmeg Ganache | "River Deep, Mountain High" (Celine Dion) | Ra'Jah O'Hara | ||||||
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 2:
Episode 6:
| Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | May 2023 | Best Editing in Lifestyle/Competition/Reality | Jonathan Dowler, "Grand Finale" - | [7] | |
| Canadian Screen Awards | May 2024 | Best Reality/Competition Program or Series | Trevor Boris, Michelle Mama, Yette Vandendam, Betty Orr, Laura Michalchyshyn, Michael Kot, Justin Stockman, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Spencer Fritz | [8] | |
| Host or presenter, factual or reality competition | Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor | [9] | |||
| Casting, non-fiction | Heather Muir | ||||
| Editing in a reality or competition program or series | Jonathan Dowler, "Grand Finale" | ||||
| Kyle Power, "Comedy Queens" | |||||
| Sound in a lifestyle, reality or entertainment program or series | John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh and Alastair Sims, "Bonjour Hi" | ||||
| Direction in a reality or competition program or series | Shelagh O'Brien, "Bonjour Hi" | ||||
| Writing in a lifestyle or reality/competition program or series | Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz and Kevin Hazlehurst, "Spy Queens" | ||||