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Netflix Canada Removes Last Canadian Show, Declares “Good Riddance”
Netflix Canada has officially removed its last remaining Canadian-made show, declaring "Good riddance." With CanCon wiped from the platform, confused Canadians are left searching for reruns of Schitt’s Creek and Degrassi elsewhere.
📝 By Juno Moose – Montreal, Quebec
LOS GATOS, CA – In a move that has sent shockwaves through the Canadian entertainment industry (all 12 people still paying attention), Netflix has officially removed the last remaining Canadian-produced show from its platform, reportedly declaring, “Good riddance.”
The final nail in the coffin for Canadian content on Netflix came when the streamer unceremoniously axed “Great Canadian Bake Off”, leaving exactly zero Canadian-made shows in its catalog—unless you count a single episode of “Schitt’s Creek” that someone accidentally left up.
Netflix executives have since defended the decision, claiming that “nobody watches this stuff anyway.”
“We gave Canada a chance,” said a Netflix spokesperson while sipping an oat milk latte in Silicon Valley. “But let’s be honest—if people wanted to watch Canadian shows, they wouldn’t keep searching for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ instead.”
What Led to the Mass Extinction of CanCon on Netflix?
Experts say the gradual disappearance of Canadian programming from Netflix can be traced back to several key factors:
📉 Low Viewership – Netflix’s data allegedly shows that more people accidentally clicked on “Canadian Pickers” thinking it was “American Pickers” than actually watched it on purpose.
📉 Streaming Algorithms Hating Canada – If a show was filmed in Toronto, Netflix’s algorithm automatically buried it under 47 American crime dramas.
📉 Canada’s New Streaming Laws – Rather than comply with new federal rules requiring Netflix to invest in Canadian content, the company simply decided to take its ball and go home.
In response to the outrage over the purge, Netflix executives reportedly shrugged and pointed to the fine print in their Terms of Service, which states:
“We reserve the right to remove Canadian content whenever we feel like it, eh?”
Canadian Entertainment Industry Reacts: Mostly Just Sighing
Following the announcement, Canada’s beleaguered entertainment industry has entered full-blown panic mode.
🗣️ “I mean… we saw this coming, right?” – Kevin, 39, Former CBC Producer
🗣️ “This is an attack on Canadian culture! First, they took away ‘Corner Gas,’ and now THIS?” – Greg, 52, Still Not Over It
🗣️ “Can I still watch Degrassi somewhere?” – Ashley, 29, Who Only Cares About the Drake Episodes
Meanwhile, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has responded by threatening to fine Netflix unless it immediately reinstates at least one low-budget hockey documentary.
Netflix, in turn, has offered a compromise:
✔️ They will add a single documentary about poutine.
✔️ All Canadian actors must now move to Hollywood if they want their shows streamed.
✔️ Viewers will still get “Canadian Netflix,” but only in the form of endless “Letterkenny” reruns.
What Does This Mean for Canadian TV?
With Netflix pulling the plug on CanCon, entertainment insiders say this could lead to catastrophic consequences, including:
🚨 The complete collapse of the CBC (except for Hockey Night in Canada, which will survive through sheer spite).
🚨 Crave becoming the new home for every forgotten Canadian show (finally giving it a purpose).
🚨 Canadian actors forced to pretend they’re American more than ever (“I swear, I was born in Ohio!”).
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the removal “deeply concerning”, before admitting that he mostly just watches U.S. political thrillers anyway.
Where Can Canadians Watch Canadian Shows Now?
With Netflix now 100% free of CanCon, viewers desperate for Canadian content are left with limited options:
📺 CBC Gem (Free, but be prepared to watch three hours of local news to find something interesting.)
📺 Crave (Costs more than Netflix for half the content. Enjoy!).
📺 Buying a DVD box set like it’s 2005.
📺 Watching reruns on CTV, assuming your cable provider hasn’t removed all your channels yet.For now, Netflix insists that Canadian content just “wasn’t performing well enough”, though sources say their real motivation was getting out of paying taxes.
