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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1966. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
| Date | Event |
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| Hamilton, Ontario media proprietor Ken Soble files the original application for what will, after his death and numerous follow-up revisions to the application, eventually become the Global Television Network in 1974.[1] | |
| May 6 | The 1966 Canadian Film Awards. |
| May 8 | Controversial newsmagazine This Hour Has Seven Days airs its last show after fifty episodes and two seasons. |
| September 1 | CBC becomes the first Canadian television network to broadcast in colour. That same day, local Montreal tv station CFTM-TV commences broadcasting activity in color. Two weeks later CTV changes over to colour as well. |
| September 11 | Long-running investigation program W5 begins airing. It quickly becomes the most popular program on CTV. |
| Shaw Communications is founded as Capital Cable Television Co. Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta.[2] |
| Show | Station | Premiere Date |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Had One But He Didn't Like It, So He Gave It To Us | CBC Television | July 20 |
| Wojeck | CBC Television | September 13 |
| W5 | CTV | October 3 |
| University of the Air | Unknown | |
| Rocket Robin Hood | syndication |
| Show | Station | Cancelled |
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| This Hour Has Seven Days | CBC Television | May 8 |
| Razzle Dazzle | July 1 | |
| Seaway | September 8 |