Canadian Survival Series

List of the best Canadian survival TV series selected by visitors to our site: The 100, The North Water, Épidémie, The Strain, Falling Skies, The Mist, Between, Klondike, Primeval, Helix.

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:00

Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, adventure, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller
CountryCanada

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
Duration00:43

    A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:40

    A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:32

    Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, adventure, western, biography
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration04:34

    The lives of two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, in the late 1890s as they flock to the gold rush capital in the untamed Yukon Territory. This man-versus-nature tale places our heroes in a land full of undiscovered wealth, but ravaged by harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters including greedy businessmen, seductive courtesans and native tribes witnessing the destruction of their people and land by opportunistic entrepreneurs.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryCanada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland
    Duration00:43

    When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:40

    Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreadventure
    CountryGermany, Canada
    Duration00:44

    Amazon was a syndicated television show created by Peter Benchley. It was developed by Canadian production companies Alliance Atlantis Communications & WIC Entertainment and German company Beta Film GmbH. The 22 episodes of the series were in first-run syndication between 1999 and 2000.The drama series focused on the six survivors of a crashed airline flight in the Brazilian Amazon jungle. The group soon comes into contact with a Native American tribe, and relations are anything but friendly. The group is taken in by a mysterious tribe, who descended from 16th century British colonists who were lost in Amazon. Relations with the Chosen are tenuous at best. Most of the group escapes the Chosen only to stir up a hornets nest with a tribe of cannibals, led by an insane American woman bent on domination of all the local tribes. The first season ended in a cliff-hanger, and a second season was never produced. The series retained sufficient interest that it was released on DVD in 2011.A novelization of the 2-hour pilot was written by Rob MacGregor, and a mass-market paperback was released by Harper on 8 Aug 2000.The German title was Amazonas - Gefangene des Dschungels.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration03:51

    In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:41

    In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan, USA, Canada

    Five years have passed since the fight with Piccolo Jr., and Goku now has a son, Gohan. The peace is interrupted when an alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that that they are members of a near-extinct warrior race called the Saiyans.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:22

    Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, western
    CountryCanada

    Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryCanada, USA

    Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:43

    A group of postal detectives work to solve the mysteries behind undeliverable letters and packages from the past, delivering them when they are needed most.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, sport
    CountryCanada, USA

    A group of six rescue dogs is led by a tech-savvy boy named Ryder. The heroic pups, who believe "no job is too big, no pup is too small," work together to protect the community. Among the members of the group are firedog Marshall, police pup Chase, and fearless Skye. All of the animals have special skills, gadgets and vehicles that help them on their rescue missions. Whether rescuing a kitten or saving a train from a rockslide, the PAW Patrol is always up for the challenge while also making sure there's time for a game or a laugh.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada

    Follow the Clarkson Family siblings through their complicated personal relationships and drama-filled work days as professional Wedding Planners.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration02:06

    Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary cheerleading team.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryCanada

    Two lifelong best friends and roommates are planning the greatest musical act in the history of the modern world.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Mavis navigates life without her dad, Dracula, around and discovers one of the few common human and monster truths: being a teenager bites.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
    Duration01:01

    The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil refinery – the wave of drugs, prostitution and organised crime that follows them threatens to sweep away everything in its wake.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, France, Canada
    Duration02:50

    Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for...

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama, western
    CountryCanada, United Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration06:00

    The Kennedys is an Emmy-winning Canadian-American television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedy family, including key triumphs and tragedies it has experienced. It stars Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson among others, and is directed by Jon Cassar. The series premiered in the United States in April 2011 on ReelzChannel and on History Television in Canada.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:42

    A drama centered on a high-tech intelligence operative who is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, and the director of the elite government cyber-security agency who supports him.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror, documentary
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:43

    A television series broken down into thirteen separate sixty-minute films from premiere horror writers and directors.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, action
    CountryCanada

    A group of strangers try to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion. This ode to George A. Romero’s famous flesh-eaters reminds us that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, crime
    CountryCanada, France, USA, Germany
    Duration00:43

    Transporter: The Series is an English-language French-Canadian action-adventure television series, spun off from the Transporter film series created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Canadian boutique entertainment company QVF Inc. in association with broadcast partners M6, RTL, The Movie Network, Movie Central and HBO/Cinemax. The series follows the events and concept of the film trilogy, continuing adventures of Frank Martin, a professional freelance courier driver for hire who will deliver anything, anywhere – no questions asked – for the right price, and lives by three "unbreakable" rules, which he constantly breaks. Chris Vance takes over the role of Frank from Jason Statham and is joined by Andrea Osvárt, who plays the leading female role in the series, starring as a former CIA agent and love interest for Frank, who organizes his missions, and François Berléand, the only returning actor from the film series, who reprises his role as Inspector Tarconi. Twelve episodes were ordered for 2012 with an overall budget of $40,000,000, or €30.000.000. The show premiered that year on October 11 in Germany on RTL, and on December 6 in France on M6. The Canadian premiere was on January 4, 2013 on HBO Canada and Super Écran 1. The broadcast started in India on 25th January 2013 on Sony PIX channel.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genreadventure, documentary
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:44

    Survivorman is a Canadian-produced television program, broadcast in Canada on the Outdoor Life Network, and internationally on Discovery Channel and Science Channel. The show aired three seasons and 4 specials – 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2012.The title refers to the host of the show, Canadian filmmaker and survival expert Les Stroud, who used survival skills and knowledge to survive for up to ten days alone videotaping his adventures in remote locales where he brought with him little or no food, water, or equipment. According to the show's website, each location was scouted and pre-planned extensively by Stroud and his team who consulted with survival specialists and natives of each area. The fact that Stroud spent his time alone without a production crew is a major focus of the show.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy, cartoon
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:22

    Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is a Canadian comedy/horror television series that follows a group of high school students who confront the effects of a demonic book. The series premiered on Space Channel on September 29, 2010 with two back-to-back episodes. The show was created for television by Craig David Wallace, Charles Picco, and Anthony Leo. Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is based on the short film of the same title written by Craig David Wallace and Max Reid, and directed by Wallace. The short film was produced through the Canadian Film Centre’s Short Dramatic Film Programme, and kicked off an international festival tour by premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003. The series was developed for television through the National Screen Institute's Totally TV Program. A pilot for Todd and the Book of Pure Evil was shot for Space in 2009 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Like the low-budget short film, the series uses supernatural elements, profanity, graphic violence and non-sequitur lines. Sci-fi veteran David Winning directed four episodes. Each episode was produced with two variations of the audio track: a pre-watershed version with "clean" replacement dialogue dubbed in by the actors, and the original uncensored version with profanity.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:22

    Following a botched jewel heist, sociopath criminal Gunter Vogler is forced to assume the identity of a cop he shot and work undercover to take down the city’s crime lords.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Canada, Republic of Ireland

    The adventures of Wander, an eternally-optimistic intergalactic traveler and constant do-gooder, and his quick-tempered but loyal steed and best friend, Sylvia. The friendliest face in outer space, Wander journeys across the galaxies to spread good cheer and to help anyone he can — much to his overly pragmatic stallion’s chagrin. Their fun-loving escapades often lead them to clash with the evil villain Lord Hater and his army of Watchdogs, who travel from planet to planet trying to make hate the order of the day. Together, the best friends travel through the cosmos, happening upon one freewheeling adventure after another and making new friends and foes.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:46

    Buddy Dobbs, a slacker on the run from a loan shark, steals a man's identity and ends up posing as a small town's new gay pastor.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, crime, biography, history
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:33

    This drama series is a fictionalized retelling of the story of meth dealer-turned-ATF informant Charles Falco, who spent three years inside one of America's most dangerous motorcycle gangs, the Vagos. Although Falco originally took on the assignment to avoid spending 20 years in prison on drug charges, it eventually evolved into a quest for justice for him. “Gangland Undercover” documents the lives of outlaw bikers, who live in a world in which respect is earned through fear. The series is based on Falco's memoir, “Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws,” and documented historical research of gang rivalries.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryCanada

    Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters; often ending with someone getting their ass kicked.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration03:06

    The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryCanada

    An Indigenous teen struggles to support his dysfunctional family as myth, magic, and monsters slowly infiltrate his life.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Japan, South Korea, Canada

    The Maximals awaken on their home planet of Cybertron and are chased by mindless Vehicons created by Megatron. The Maximals must free the planet from Megatron and restore it to its real way of living.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada

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    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, crime
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:12

    The first season of Mortal Kombat Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the background stories of several characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth Mortal Kombat tournament on which the first game was based.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:24

    Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, history
    CountryUSA, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Canada
    Duration00:55

    Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada

    An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.




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