What's new in Canadian streaming and TV in February 2022?

Welcome to the January 31, 2022, edition (#54) of This Week in WCIW, the weekly newsletter from Where Can I Watch – covering the latest news on where TV shows and movies will be available in Canada.

It's time for our monthly summary of notable new programming coming to streaming services and TV channels in Canada for February 2022. This is not intended as a complete list, but where practical we will provide links to fuller information. While we do mention a few reality and documentary shows and the like (particularly for channels without much else), our main focus is mainly on notable scripted programming.

Prices are listed by WCIW for convenience, and are subject to change by the providers. Listed prices do not include any applicable sales taxes, which vary by province. The web version of this post may be updated occasionally during the month, though we cannot commit to updating everything that might be added or changed.

Netflix

As of January 14, Netflix now costs between $9.99 and $20.99 per month in Canada, depending on the number of streams and picture quality you need.

Netflix Canada posts its monthly listings on social media, including Twitter and YouTube. Where necessary, we've cross-referenced against other sources.

Because of the sheer amount of content Netflix releases each month, we're typically more judicious with the number of items listed compared to other services, so we encourage you to consult the full lists if there's a program you're waiting on.

New programs are normally released at 3:00 a.m. ET (midnight PT) on the date indicated, unless otherwise noted.

Notable original series

• Raising Dion (season 2) – Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Dark Desire (season 2) – Wednesday, Feb. 2
• Murderville (semi-improvised murder mystery / comedy series starring Will Arnett, with celebrity guest star detectives in each episode) – Thursday, Feb. 3
• Sweet Magnolias (season 2) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Disenchantment (part 4) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• Inventing Anna (drama based on the life of Anna Sorokin / "Anna Delvey", starring Julia Garner and created by Shonda Rhimes) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Love is Blind (season 2) – starting Friday, Feb. 11
• Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (docuseries about Kanye West) – starting Wednesday, Feb. 16
• Space Force (season 2) – Friday, Feb. 18
• The Cuphead Show! (animated series based on the Cuphead video game) – Friday, Feb. 18
• Young Wallander (season 2: Killer's Shadow) – Thursday, Feb. 17
• Vikings: Valhalla (sequel series to the 2013–20 History Channel drama) – Friday, Feb. 25

Notable original (or exclusive-distribution "original") films and specials

• The Tinder Swindler (documentary) – Wednesday, Feb. 2
• Through My Window – Friday, Feb. 4
• Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy? (stand-up special) – Tuesday, Feb. 8
• Bigbug (French sci-fi film) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Tall Girl 2 (sequel to the 2019 teen film) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (documentary) – Friday, Feb. 18
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ninth film in the long-running horror franchise) – Friday, Feb. 18
• Race: Bubba Wallace (documentary) – Tuesday, Feb. 22
• Worst Roommate Ever (documentary) – Wednesday, Feb. 23
• Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming (twelfth film in the comedy film franchise) – Friday, Feb. 25

Notable licensed programming

• Finding You (2021 drama via VVS) – Monday, Feb. 7
• The Clovehitch Killer (2019 horror film via Photon, previously on Crave) – Thursday, Feb. 10
• The Farewell (2019 drama via VVS, previously on Prime Video) – Thursday, Feb. 10
• Bombshell (2019 drama via Lionsgate, previously on Starz / Crave) – Saturday, Feb. 26

Disney+

Disney+ currently costs $11.99 per month, or $119.99 per year, in Canada. Star, its mature programming hub (not to be confused with Bell / Lionsgate's Starz), is included at no extra charge in the Canadian service.

Disney+ sends its Canadian monthly listings to media outlets on its mailing list. Despite our efforts, we are not yet getting these monthly listings, so we have to rely on outside posts. New programs are normally released at 3:00 a.m. ET (midnight PT) on the date indicated, unless otherwise noted.

Notable premiere or new-release films and specials

• Torn (National Geographic documentary film) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Antlers (2021 Searchlight supernatural horror film starring Keri Russell) – Wednesday, Feb. 9?
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021 Searchlight comedy film directed by Wes Anderson) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• The Last Duel (2021 20th Century Studios drama starring Matt Damon and Jodie Comer, and directed by Ridley Scott) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• The Night House (2021 Searchlight psychological horror film starring Rebecca Hall) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• The King's Man (2021 20th Century Studios prequel to the Kingsman films) – Friday, Feb. 18
• No Exit (direct-to-streaming 20th Century Studios thriller based on the Taylor Adams novel, starring Danny Ramirez and Dennis Haysbert) – Friday, Feb. 25

Notable Disney+ original series

• Marvel Studios: Assembled – new editions for Hawkeye (Wednesday, Feb. 9) and Eternals (Wednesday, Feb. 16)
• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse – season 2, episode 1 (of 4 extended-length specials): "The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse" – Friday, February 18
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (revival of the 2001–05 Disney Channel animated series) – Wednesdays starting Feb. 23
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (Wednesdays): The Book of Boba Fett (through Feb. 9)

Notable Star original or exclusive series

• Pam & Tommy (bio-drama miniseries about Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, starring Lily James, Sebastian Stan, and the voice of Jason Mantzoukas) – Wednesdays starting Feb. 2
• Snowdrop (Korean period drama starring Jung Hae-In and Jisoo, co-produced with JTBC, already released in some Asia-Pacific markets) – Wednesdays starting Feb. 9
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly: The Simpsons ("The Longest Marge" – Wednesday, Feb. 2 [aired on Fox on Jan. 2])

Notable library programming

• Devs (2020 FX miniseries) – Wednesday, Feb. 2
• A Wilderness of Error (2020 FX docuseries) – Wednesday, Feb. 2
• Better Things (seasons 1–4 of the FX comedy; season 5 premieres on FX Canada later this month) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• Fosse/Verdon (2019 FX miniseries) – Wednesday, Feb. 9
• Mrs. America (2020 FX miniseries) – Wednesday, Feb. 16
• Mr. Inbetween (seasons 1-2 of the 2018–21 FX comedy) – Wednesday, Feb. 16
• High Fidelity (the 2000 film) and High Fidelity (the sole season of the 2020 Hulu comedy, previously available on Starz Canada) – Friday, Feb. 18
• Breeders (season 2) – Wednesday, Feb. 23
• Mayans M.C. (seasons 1–3 of the Sons of Anarchy spinoff) – Wednesday, Feb. 23

Crave

Bell Media's Crave costs between $9.99 and $19.99 per month (or $99.99 to $199.99 per year), depending on the number of streams, device support, and picture quality you need. Since October 2021, all programming (except Starz, available as a separate add-on and now listed under "Notable new programming elsewhere") has been included in all packages.

Crave's full list of arrivals is posted on Bell Media's press site. New programs are normally released at midnight ET on the date indicated (equivalent to 9:00 p.m. PT on the previous date), though some (including HBO Max programs) may be released at 3:00 a.m. ET, and others (including mainline HBO programs) are released simultaneously with their linear premieres at the indicated times.

Crave / Bell Media original programming

• Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine (documentary about the Canadian hard rock band) – Monday, Feb. 7
• Pillow Talk (English-language adaptation of the Noovo "docucomedy" series Entre Deux Draps [Between Two Sheets], with cast members including Nicola Correia-Damude, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, and Adam DiMarco) – full first season available Thursday, Feb. 10
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (release times are ET): Astrid and Lilly Save the World (Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m.; also on CTV Sci-Fi)

HBO original programming

• The Invisible Pilot (apparently a docuseries from executive producer Adam McKay) – Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET from Feb. 7 to 21 (did not air in February on either Crave or HBO U.S.)
• Icahn: The Restless Billionaire (documentary) – Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• Painting with John (season 2) – Fridays at 11:00 p.m. ET starting Feb. 18
• Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (documentary) – Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET
• My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (season 3 of the Italian drama based on the Elena Ferrante novel series) – Mondays at 10:00 p.m. starting Feb. 28
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (release times are ET): Euphoria (Sundays at 9:00 p.m. through Feb. 27); The Righteous Gemstones (Sundays at 10:00 p.m.); Somebody Somewhere (Sundays at 10:30 p.m.); The Gilded Age (Mondays at 9:00 p.m.)
• Weekly topical programming (new episodes air "live" on the HBO linear channel and are posted on-demand the next day): Real Time with Bill Maher (Fridays at 10:00 p.m. ET); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Sundays at 11:00 p.m. ET starting Feb. 20)

HBO Max original programming

• Raised By Wolves (season 2) – Thursdays starting Feb. 3 (also on CTV Sci-Fi at 9:00 p.m. ET)
• The Girl Before (thriller miniseries based on the J.P. Delaney novel starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Oyelowo) – available in full(?) Thursday, Feb. 10
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (Thursdays): And Just Like That... (season finale – Feb. 3); Peacemaker (Thursdays through Feb. 17)

Showtime original programming

• Everything's Gonna Be All White (three-part docuseries about the history of race in the U.S., directed by Sacha Jenkins) – full series available Friday, Feb. 11
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (drama anthology series, the first season being based on the book of the same name by Mike Isaac, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler) – Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET starting Feb. 27
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (release times in ET): Billions (Sundays at 9:00 p.m.); We Need to Talk About Cosby (Sundays at 10:00 p.m. through Feb. 20)

New / recent release movies

• A Cinderella Story: Starstruck (2021 direct-to-video film starring Bailee Madison, sixth in the series, via Warner Bros.) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Free Guy (2021 action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, via 20th Century; already available on Disney+) – Friday, Feb. 4
• The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 (2021 comedy horror sequel starring Mike Epps, via Lionsgate; already available on Starz) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Waves (2019 drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lucas Hedges, via Elevation / A24) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Kimi (direct-to-streaming thriller starring Zoë Kravitz and Rita Wilson and directed by Steven Soderbergh, via Warner Bros.) – Thursday, Feb. 10
• Malignant (2021 horror film starring Annabelle Wallis, via Warner Bros.) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Vagrant (2020 Canadian drama starring Luke Oparah and directed by Caleb Ryan, via Mongrel) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Dream Horse (2021 British drama starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis, via MK2 Mile End) – Friday, Feb. 18
• How It Ends (2021 comedy-drama starring, co-written, and co-directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, via MGM?) – Friday, Feb. 18
• The MisEducation of Bindu (2019 comedy starring David Arquette and Megan Suri) – Friday, Feb. 18
• The Hating Game (2021 romantic comedy starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, via Photon) – Friday, Feb. 18
• Ailey (2021 documentary about Alvin Ailey, via Elevation / Neon) – Monday, Feb. 21
• Cry Macho (2021 neo-Western starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, via Warner Bros.) – Friday, Feb. 25
• Ride the Eagle (2021 comedy starring Jake Johnson and D'Arcy Carden, via Mongrel) – Friday, Feb. 25

Notable library movies

• Despicable Me (Universal) – Friday, Feb. 4

Other notable licensed programming

• RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World (spin-off of Drag Race UK featuring non-winning contestants from various international versions of the franchise, including Canada's Drag Race) – Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. ET starting Feb. 1
• Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015 Comedy Central stand-up comedy special with the star of the ongoing Somebody Somewhere) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Project Runway (season 19) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Dollface (season 2) – Friday, Feb. 11
• Star Trek: Discovery (season 4, part 2) – Fridays at 9:00 p.m. ET starting Feb. 11 (24 hours after airing on CTV Sci-Fi)
• Nova Vita (drama series starring Jared Farid Ward and Micah Hauptman; independently financed but first released by C More in the Nordics in 2021) – Friday, Feb. 25
• Ongoing, new episodes weekly (release times in ET): Too Much Love [L'homme qui aimait trop] (Tuesdays); Star Trek: Prodigy (season finale – Thursday, Feb. 3); RuPaul's Drag Race (streaming Fridays at 9:30 p.m.)

Notes

• Crave has not announced any availability for either the HBO / NFL Films documentary Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep (consistent with HBO's other NFL programming, it'll probably end up on DAZN here); or HBO Max's About Last Night, a remake of the relationship game show Tattletales hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry.
• The Crave listings mention the "additions" of seasons of Deadwood and The Newsroom. The long-concluded HBO series by those names are already available on Crave; this may just indicate a new contract term or something like that. (The Ken Finkleman series The Newsroom remains on CBC Gem.)

Prime Video

Amazon's streaming service, Prime Video, is only available in Canada as part of an Amazon Prime membership, which is $7.99 per month or $79.00 per year, with a one-month trial available in most areas for first-time subscribers.

Prime Video's full monthly listings for Canada are emailed directly to us, among other media outlets.

Original (or exclusive Canadian distribution) programming

• Book of Love (romantic comedy film starring Sam Claflin and Verónica Echegui) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy (docuseries) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Reacher (adaptation of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, starring Alan Ritchson and developed by Nick Santora) – full first season (based on Killing Floor) available Friday, Feb. 4
• Homestay (Japanese fantasy drama starring Kento Nagao and Anna Yamada) – Thursday, Feb. 10
• I Want You Back (romantic comedy film starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate) – Friday, Feb. 11
• LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (Canadian version of the Amazon comedy competition format, hosted by Jay Baruchel) – Fridays starting Feb. 18
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 4) – Fridays starting Feb. 18
• Charli XCX: Alone Together (documentary film about the recording of How I'm Feeling Now) – Thursday, Feb. 24

New-release films

• Flashback [previously titled The Education of Fredrick Fitzell] (2021 horror film starring Dylan O'Brien, via eOne) – Friday, Feb. 4
• Don't Breathe 2 (2021 horror sequel, via Sony / Screen Gems) – Thursday, Feb. 10
• Copshop (2021 action film starring Gerard Bulter, via Elevation / STX) – Thursday, Feb. 17
• Titane (2021 French-Belgian horror film starring Agathe Rousselle, via Elevation / Neon) – Thursday, Feb. 17
• The Card Counter (2021 crime drama starring Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish, via VVS) – Thursday, Feb. 17

Notable licensed programming

• The Walking Dead: World Beyond (season 2) – Thursday, Feb. 3

CBC Gem

CBC Gem is free to watch, but an ad-free Premium subscription, which adds access to CBC News Network and early access to certain programs, is available for $4.99 per month.

CBC Gem's monthly listings are posted in full on the CBC's media website. Other than programs marked as "original" or "premiere", programs may have aired previously in Canada on other services. Again, some programs may be initially available only on the Premium tier, but are made available on the free tier at a later date.

Notable original Canadian programming

• Being Black in Canada at the Olympic Games (special hosted by Tamika Forrester) – Saturday, Feb. 5 (also on CBC News Network)
• Best in Miniature (reality competition series hosted by Aba Amuquandoh) – Friday, Feb. 11
• The Porter (drama series about Black men who worked as train porters in the 1920s, starring Aml Ameen and Ronnie Rowe Jr.; co-produced with BET+ U.S.) – Mondays starting Feb. 21 (also on CBC TV)

Notable premiere international programmg

• Miss S (murder mystery drama set in 1930s Shanghai, based on the Australian series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, starring Ma Yi Li and Gao Wei Guang; co-produced by Tencent and HBO Asia) – first 15 episodes of the 30-episode season released Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Ten Year Old Tom (adult animated series created by and starring Steve Dildarian [creator of The Life and Times of Tim]; commissioned by HBO Max but distributed by ITV Studios) – Tuesday, Feb. 1 (full season available immediately to Premium subscribers)
• Cargo (Finnish drama series about human trafficking, via Fremantle) – Friday, Feb. 25

Other notable international programming

• The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (docuseries from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., previously aired on PBS) – Tuesday, Feb. 1
• China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom (Oxford Scientific Films docuseries) – Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Conviction: The Stephen Lawrence Story (2021 British miniseries) – Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Voice of Freedom (two-part documentary about Marian Anderson, previously aired as an edition of American Experience on PBS) – Tuesday, Feb. 1
• People Just Do Nothing (2014–18 British mockumentary series - series 2) – Friday, Feb. 4
• The Head (2020 Spanish drama series) – Monday, Feb. 7
• Muhammad Ali (2021 Ken Burns docuseries, previously aired on PBS) – Friday, Feb. 28

Notable new programming elsewhere

Linear television (with streaming options where available)

• CBC / Gem, NBC, TSN, Sportsnet, Ici Radio-Canada / Tou.TV, RDS – 2022 Winter Olympics (Feb. 4–20; more details in this separate post)
• FX – Snowfall (season 5 – Wednesdays starting Feb. 23); Better Things (fifth and final season – Mondays starting Feb. 28)
• Showcase (also on StackTV) – Bel-Air (dramatic reimagining of The Fresh Prince... – Mondays starting Feb. 14); Wolfe (British police procedural – Mondays starting Feb. 21)
• History (also on StackTV) – BLK: An Origin Story (Canadian docuseries – Saturdays starting Feb. 26)
• Discovery – Underground Railroad: The Secret History (Canadian docuseries – Tuesdays starting Feb. 8); Last of the Giants (Canadian docuseries – Monday starting Feb. 14)
• Much – South Park (season 25 – Wednesdays starting Feb. 2); Fairview (new Comedy Central adult animated series executive-produced by Stephen Colbert – Wednesdays starting Feb. 9)
• Smithsonian Channel (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV) – One Thousand Years of Slavery: The Untold Story (docuseries narrated by Courtney B. Vance – Mondays starting Feb. 7)
• Makeful (in free preview on TV providers Jan. 31 to Apr. 3) – Jay's Yorkshire Workshop (woodworking series with Jay Blades – Wednesdays starting Feb. 2)
• AMC (also available via AMC+ on Prime Video and Apple TV) – The Walking Dead (season 11, part 2 – Sundays starting Feb. 13 on AMC+ / Feb. 20 on AMC TV)
• Hollywood Suite (also available as a channel on Prime Video): Gomorrah (season 5 expected to be available on demand Feb. 1 [S4 was released in Jan.]); Into the Dark (Blumhouse / Hulu horror anthology – two installments available monthly starting Feb. 1 on-demand / Feb. 14 on linear)
• Starz (also available as add-on/channel on Crave, Prime Video, and Apple TV): Power Book Ⅳ: Force (Sundays starting Feb. 6)
• Super Channel (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV): full list of of February premieres listed here

Streaming services

• Apple TV+: Suspicion (thriller series starring Uma Thurman – Fridays starting Feb. 4); The Sky is Everywhere (A24 film adaptation of the Jandy Nelson novel – Friday, Feb. 11); Severance (thriller series starring Adam Scott – Fridays starting Feb. 18)
• BritBox (also available as a channel on Prime Video and Apple TV) – Sister Boniface Mysteries (Father Brown spin-off – Tuesday, Feb. 8); The Beatles and India (documentary – Tuesday, Feb. 15); Traces (season 2 – Tuesday, Feb. 22); Unforgotten (season 4 – Thursday, Feb. 24)
• Discovery+ – please refer to this U.S. press release for February programming; some programs listed may not be available in Canada
• Paramount+ (also available as add-on to Apple TV): Big Nate (Nickelodeon-produced animated series based on the comic strip – Thursday, Feb. 17); Love, Tom (performance film featuring country singer Tom Douglas – Thursday, Feb. 24)

Wide theatrical releases

(subject to theatres being open in your area)

• Feb. 4: Jackass Forever (Paramount); Moonfall (Lionsgate) (apparently delayed in Canada for now)
• Feb. 11: Death on the Nile (20th Century); Marry Me (Universal)
• Feb. 18: Dog (MGM); Uncharted (Sony)
• Feb. 25: Cyrano (Universal / MGM); The Devil's Light (Lionsgate)

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Significant revisions

• February 11, 2022 – added several 2021 20th Century / Searchlight films that were added to Disney+ this past week without prior notice; some of these additions were first noted publicly (to our knowledge) by Norm Wilner on Wednesday
• February 5, 2022 – moved Snowdrop under Star original/exclusive series instead of Disney+ originals, given that it is being treated as a Star program in the Asian markets where it's already available (in the U.S., where there is no separate Star hub, it is still being described as simply as being on Disney+)
• February 1, 2022 – added CBC Gem listings
• January 31, 2022 (post-publication) – added Snowdrop to Disney+