22 Minutes
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
47 points (98.0% liked)
Canada
8859 readers
1666 users here now
What's going on Canada?
Related Communities
π Meta
πΊοΈ Provinces / Territories
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
ποΈ Cities / Local Communities
- Calgary (AB)
- Edmonton (AB)
- Greater Sudbury (ON)
- Guelph (ON)
- Halifax (NS)
- Hamilton (ON)
- Kootenays (BC)
- London (ON)
- Mississauga (ON)
- Montreal (QC)
- Nanaimo (BC)
- Oceanside (BC)
- Ottawa (ON)
- Port Alberni (BC)
- Regina (SK)
- Saskatoon (SK)
- Thunder Bay (ON)
- Toronto (ON)
- Vancouver (BC)
- Vancouver Island (BC)
- Victoria (BC)
- Waterloo (ON)
- Windsor (ON)
- Winnipeg (MB)
Sorted alphabetically by city name.
π Sports
Hockey
- Main: c/Hockey
- Calgary Flames
- Edmonton Oilers
- MontrΓ©al Canadiens
- Ottawa Senators
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- Vancouver Canucks
- Winnipeg Jets
Football (NFL): incomplete
Football (CFL): incomplete
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
- Main: /c/CanadaSoccer
- Toronto FC
π» Schools / Universities
- BC | UBC (U of British Columbia)
- BC | SFU (Simon Fraser U)
- BC | VIU (Vancouver Island U)
- BC | TWU (Trinity Western U)
- ON | UofT (U of Toronto)
- ON | UWO (U of Western Ontario)
- ON | UWaterloo (U of Waterloo)
- ON | UofG (U of Guelph)
- ON | OTU (Ontario Tech U)
- QC | McGill (McGill U)
Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.
π΅ Finance, Shopping, Sales
- Personal Finance Canada
- BAPCSalesCanada
- Canadian Investor
- Buy Canadian
- Quebec Finance
- Churning Canada
π£οΈ Politics
- General:
- Federal Parties (alphabetical):
- By Province (alphabetical):
π Social / Culture
Rules
- Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.
Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
100 times this!
I'll start the ball rolling:
The instant classics, Schitt's Creek and Kim's Convenience are there. Both are heartwarming, joyful family comedies. Blackberry is a great little movie about the Blackberry phone with Glenn Howerton (Dennis from it's always sunny in Philadelphia) and Jay Baruchel (Man Seeking Woman, basically that nerdy looking dude you'll recognize instantly.)
Ones I haven't seen but have heard really good things about (and are thus on my list):
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Reservation Dogs, Penny Dreadful, Britannia, Masters of Sex, Pen15
Haven't heard much but Natasha Lyonne is usually awesome, so Poker Face is on my list.
Kim's Convenience is such a good show! It toes the line perfectly between being an authentic representation of the struggles immigrant families can face while still being mostly lighthearted and fun.
Upvote for BlackBerry. I really enjoyed that film!
Reservation Dogs was easily the best thing I watched last year
I've heard such good things, it's top of my list. I might try and start a watching group on here or something. Think like a book club with an episode a week or something.
Reservation Dogs is on there? That's one of my favourite shows in recent years, highly recommend.
North of North is a cute lighthearted show I'd recommend.
I'm really enjoying Son of a Critch. It's a coming of age / family comedy. It's a really cute show.
I love it! No new episode last night though, fu** the CBC
A good tool to find what's well rated or popular is just watch
Great suggestion, thanks!
Canadian: Saint Pierre, Canada's Ultimate Challenge, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience
International: Colin from Accounts, Families like Ours
Colin from Accounts was fun, I had no idea what to expect and enjoyed it
And no one recommended Murdoch Mysteries yet???
RIP Constable Johnstable
We love Schittβs creek
Kim's convenience and schitts creek
I wish there was a Canadian option for watching old school Trailer Park Boys, but I think Netflix has the monopoly on that right now.
Just pirate it for the time being.
Oh wow I could've sworn it was on crave but I don't see it anymore.
My mom is a huge fan of Still Standing - the stand-up comedy guy, not the sitcom.
If you like absurdist comedy (and you don't cringe at millennial comedy) you should check out Baroness von Sketch Show. It's not for everyone though; my wife's mom said she "didn't get it," which is totally understandable.
We're at the cottage!!!
Boom, boom, boom in the chiiiips!
Helloooooo??
Not your question, but you may have Kanopy access as well through your public library.
Whatβs Kanopy? I am just neglecting going to bed so I thought I would ask and sign out.
Indie films, documentaries, foreign films.
Along with other suggestions above, Iβve really enjoyed Travel Man - travel show with Richard Ayoade (IT Crowd, and many other credits).
Oh dang, I do love me some Ayoade! (If anyone hasn't seen it, Garth Merenghi's Dark Place is one of the first things he wrote and is fantastic, trailer .
I have a soft spot for corner gas
I like documentaries, so I'd like to recommend Canada: A People's History and Stuff the British Stole.
Zarqa, the funniest thing I've ever watched. A spiteful, middle-aged, Pakistani Muslim divorcee in Regina tries to manage/rehab her reputation and ego... With disastrously hilarious results. It's a short mini-series that can be watched in about two hours.
I just stumbled upon Gangnam Project. It's about two biracial Korean-Canadian teens who go to S. Korea to connect with their roots and get all caught up in the K-Pop making machine. It's meant for the tween market, but it's just so different than anything I've seen (maybe I haven't seen much) that I find it interesting. Plus who doesn't live an eternally optimistic lead when the real world is crazy times? Obviously it's dramatized, but I am kind of peripherally aware that idol-culture is a very serious deal in Asia, esp Korea. (Last year some K-Pop star publicly apologized for having a boyfriend?!) I wonder how much of it is based in reality and how much is just made up.
I'd never heard of either of those and they sound great, thanks for sharing!
Iβm enjoying Kimβs Convenience and North of North. Also looking forward to the next season of Short Film Face-off and The Great Canadian Potery Throw-down
Republic of Doyle is a great Newfie show. Plus Allan Hawco is great. I met him at a Costco in St. Johnβs once, buying peaches with Mark Critch. Both awesome people, super friendly.
Tall Boyz: absurdist sketch comedy somewhat evocative of Kids in the Halls (which makes sense Bruce McCulloch was executive producer). Or hell just watch old Kids in the Hall.
Haven't gotten around to seeing it myself but I've heard North of North is pretty good. It's a sitcom set in Nunavut
Das Boot is also really good. A very raw and suspenseful Second World War drama set both in occupied France and inside a German submarine. There's also no "pretend this guy isn't speaking english" thing which is pretty cool. The actors actually speak German when their characters speak German, French when they speak French, etc. So most of the show is subtitled.
Thanks for the Tall Boyz recommendation, I'll be checking that out.
...sigh...I miss Picnicface... need more Canadian sketch comedy in my life in general.
Small Achievable Goals has promise, only a couple episodes in though. North of North had been mentioned and I like it way more than I thought I would. Children Ruin Everything is a really good Canadian show, but I don't know if it's on Gem.
I'm a fan of Family Feud for kinda mindless trivia questions, and Family Feud Canada ain't bad. The questions aren't real trivia, but survey results, so trying to get in the heads of the average Canadian is fun.
I loved Sort Of, wholesome and funny queer comedy if you're into that sort of thing.
Luther. If you've not seen this twisty police procedural starring Idris Elba, give it a good go. Short seasons, great pacing, some of the best British TV I've seen.
The only other show I've gone to Gem for was Schitt's Creek. I want to watch Station Eleven and Poker Face (b/c Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne).
Films currently on Gem worth the watch:
- Incendies
- Snowpiercer
- Parasite
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Moonlight
And I hear good things about:
- Call Me By Your Name
- Captain Fantastic
Anyway, this a pretty good start for the non comedy side of Gem.
"Please like me"
Lana Longbeard is great if you are looking for an Adventure Time-esque cartoon
Dragon's Den