Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)

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Discovery Channel

Country	Canada
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	9 Channel Nine Court, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	CTV Specialty Television, Inc. (80% and managing partner) Warner Bros. Discovery (20%) (2953285 Canada Inc.)
Sister channels	Animal Planet Canal D Discovery Science Discovery Velocity Investigation Discovery
History
Launched	December 31, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-12-31)
Links
Website	Discovery Channel Canada

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel majority-owned by CTV Specialty Television, Inc., a joint venture of Bell Media and ESPN Inc. It is headquartered at 9 Channel Nine Court in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario.

Launched on December 31, 1994, as a Canadian version of the U.S. cable network of the same name, it was originally devoted to factual programming related to science, technology, and nature. Through multiple ownership changes over the years, the channel is currently majority-owned and operated by Bell Media, with a 20% share held by Discovery Channel's U.S. parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, and a minority share also owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation through ESPN Inc. (via the CTV Specialty Television subsidiary, stemming from that subsidiary's ownership of sister network TSN; ESPN is not believed to be involved in the operation of the channel).

The channel will relaunch as a Canadian version of USA Network, under licence from NBCUniversal, on January 1, 2025, immediately after its rights to the Discovery Channel brand expire. A new, separate Discovery-branded channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media is scheduled to launch in Canada the same day.

As a former Category A service, Discovery Channel was required to be carried on the basic service of all digital cable providers across Canada. This channel was, and still is, typically offered optionally at the discretion of cable or satellite providers.