Cartoon Network (Canada)

Cartoon Network
Logo used since 2023
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i letterbox for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCorus Entertainment
(branding licensed from Warner Bros. Discovery)
ParentTeletoon Canada Inc.
Sister channels YTV
Treehouse TV
Télétoon
Adult Swim
Boomerang
History
LaunchedOctober 17, 1997 (1997-10-17) (as Teletoon)
March 27, 2023 (2023-03-27) (as Cartoon Network)
Former namesTeletoon (1997–2023)
Links
Websitecartoonnetwork.ca
Availability
Streaming media
StackTVInternet Protocol television

Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. Based on the American cable network of the same name, it primarily broadcasts animated series aimed at children and teenagers.

The channel launched on October 17, 1997 as Teletoon (its name being a portmanteau of "television" and "cartoon"), a bilingual service originally owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc. – a consortium of Western International Communications and Astral Media (via their specialty channel Family Channel), Shaw Communications (via its specialty channel YTV), and the animation studios Cinar and Nelvana. With subsequent acquisitions and divestments, Corus became the sole owner of the channel in 2014. Teletoon historically aired a mix of domestic productions and imported series, with many of the latter coming from the American channel Cartoon Network, while shows from Nickelodeon aired on sister-network YTV until the channel lost rights to its content in August/September 2025.

In 2012, Teletoon launched a Canadian version of Cartoon Network as a sister network under license from Turner Broadcasting. In February 2023, Corus announced that Teletoon would rebrand as a new iteration of Cartoon Network on March 27, 2023, with the previous Cartoon Network channel concurrently relaunching under Cartoon Network's own sister brand Boomerang.

Cartoon Network operates two timeshift feeds running on Eastern and Pacific schedules. Along with its French-language counterpart Télétoon, it is available in over 7.3 million households in Canada as of November 2013.