🇨🇦 Flickhaven — IPTV Canada
Pricing, channel coverage, on-demand libraries and device support, assessed for Canadian viewers.
Updated 4 August 2026 — every provider figure re-checked against its live site.
Ownership disclosure
All eight services compared on this page are owned and operated by the same group that publishes Flickhaven. This is a first-party comparison of our own brands — not an independent review, and not a survey of the wider Canadianmarket. We are telling you this up front because a “best of” list that quietly ranks only its publisher's own products is not worth reading. Every figure below is taken from the live site it describes. For a genuinely independent view, seek out reviewers with no commercial relationship to these services.
A traditional Canadian pay-TV package runs CA$60–120/month, usually on a fixed-term contract with equipment rental on top. IPTV replaces that with a single subscription, a set of credentials, and an app on hardware you already own — no engineer visit, no box rental, no minimum term.
This guide compares eight services for viewers in Canada, assessed on what actually determines whether a subscription survives past the first month: peak-hour reliability, genuine channel coverage rather than a padded total, device support, and how quickly a human replies when something breaks.
New to IPTV? Start with our complete guide to what IPTV is and how it works.
Apollo Group TV
Ranked first here because it is the only one of the eight billed in Canadian dollars with a genuine Canadian channel lineup. The only brand with a genuine Canadian lineup, and joint-largest on-demand library.
CA$25/mo
From
50,000+
Channels
160,000+
VOD
24 hours, no card
Free trial
Ordered by fit for a Canadian viewer. All eight are operated by the publisher — see the disclosure above.
CA$25/mo · 50,000+ channels · 160,000+ VOD · Canada (CAD)
The only one of the eight billed in Canadian dollars with a published Canadian lineup — TSN, Sportsnet, CBC, CTV and RDS, plus NHL, CFL and Blue Jays. No currency conversion, no guesswork about channel coverage.
$14.99/mo · 50,000+ channels · 130,000+ VOD · International (USD)
The widest international footprint of the eight. Worth it alongside Apollo if you want heavier international coverage than a Canadian lineup provides.
£15/mo · 50,000+ channels · 160,000+ VOD · United Kingdom (GBP)
160,000 on-demand titles, matching Apollo's catalogue — but billed in GBP, so you pay a conversion for a library you can get in CAD.
$14.99/mo · 50,000+ channels · 130,000+ VOD · International (USD)
World Cup 2026 coverage, with Canada co-hosting alongside the US and Mexico. Genuinely relevant here in a way it is not elsewhere.
$14.99/mo · 50,000+ channels · 130,000+ VOD · International (USD)
TiviMate is widely used on Canadian Fire TV and Android TV setups, so the tuning is likelier to pay off than in most markets.
$14.99/mo · 50,000+ channels · 130,000+ VOD · International (USD)
M3U and Enigma2 support for older hardware. A narrow benefit given how well Apollo already serves the Canadian market.
$14.99/mo · 50,000+ channels · 130,000+ VOD · International (USD)
NFL, NBA and MLB coverage overlaps heavily with what Apollo already carries, but at a lower USD price if Canadian channels are not your priority.
£15.00/mo · 50,000+ channels · 99,000+ VOD · United Kingdom (GBP)
A British service in GBP. Of interest to the large British-Canadian population wanting UK channels alongside Canadian ones.
Full feature lists, pros and cons for all eight are published once at our brand portfolio page rather than repeated on every country guide.
| # | Service | From | Channels | VOD | Trial | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Group TV | CA$25/mo | 50,000+ | 160,000+ | 24 hours, no card | Canada (CAD) |
| 2 | Vivimate IPTV | $14.99/mo | 50,000+ | 130,000+ | 24 hours, no card | International (USD) |
| 3 | IG IPTV | £15/mo | 50,000+ | 160,000+ | 24 hours, no card | United Kingdom (GBP) |
| 4 | TVNado IPTV | $14.99/mo | 50,000+ | 130,000+ | 24 hours, no card | International (USD) |
| 5 | TiviMate IPTV | $14.99/mo | 50,000+ | 130,000+ | 24 hours, no card | International (USD) |
| 6 | Vivimate TV | $14.99/mo | 50,000+ | 130,000+ | 24 hours, no card | International (USD) |
| 7 | IPTV Free Trial 2026 | $14.99/mo | 50,000+ | 130,000+ | 24 hours, no card | International (USD) |
| 8 | Flickhaven | £15.00/mo | 50,000+ | 99,000+ | 24 hours, no card | United Kingdom (GBP) |
All eight publish 50,000+ live channels, 99.99% uptime and a 7-day refund window. The genuine differentiators are billing currency, on-demand library size, regional lineup and player focus.
Channel counts are the most padded figure in this market. What matters is whether the specific channels you watch are present and working. These are the Canadian channels worth verifying by name during a free trial:
Networks
CBC, CTV, Global, Citytv, CTV 2
Sport
TSN 1–5, Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, RDS
French
Radio-Canada, TVA, Noovo, RDS
News
CBC News Network, CTV News Channel, BNN Bloomberg
For most Canadian subscribers, sport is what decides whether an IPTV service is worth keeping. The fixtures that matter here are the NHL, CFL, Toronto Blue Jays baseball and Raptors basketball.
Sportsnet and TSN hold most NHL and national rights, with RDS covering French-language coverage. Rights change between seasons and vary by territory, so treat any provider's sports claims as something to verify during the trial rather than take on trust — check the specific competition you follow, at the time it actually airs.
| Factor | IPTV | Bell, Rogers and Shaw |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | From CA$25/mo | CA$60–120/month |
| Contract | None, cancel any time | Typically 12–24 months |
| Installation | None — credentials by WhatsApp | Engineer visit or self-install kit |
| Equipment rental | None — uses devices you own | Box rental per room |
| Setup time | Around 2 minutes | Days to weeks |
| Portability | Any internet connection | Fixed to the address |
| Trial | 24 hours, no card | Rarely offered |
| Canadian channel guarantee | Published lineup | Contractual |
| Licensing certainty | Verify per provider | Fully licensed |
The rows where a domestic operator wins outright are licensing certainty and guaranteed Canadian channel coverage. Neither is a small advantage, and both are worth weighing against the price difference.
IPTV as a technology is legal. It is the same delivery method used by mainstream broadcaster catch-up services — television carried over internet protocol. What determines legality is licensing: whether a given provider holds distribution rights for the channels it carries. That is a question about the provider, not about IPTV.
Verify the licensing position of any service before subscribing, and understand that responsibility for compliance in Canada rests with you as the subscriber.
Licence fee: No licence fee
Canada has no television licence. CBC/Radio-Canada is funded through parliamentary appropriation, so there is no household fee to consider when switching to IPTV.
Rates and rules change. Confirm your own position with the relevant Canadian authority rather than relying on this page.
Start the free trial
Message the service on WhatsApp and request the 24-hour trial. No card is needed on any of the eight. Credentials usually arrive in two to five minutes.
Install a player app
TiviMate is the strongest option on Android TV and Firestick; IPTV Smarters Pro covers iOS and Windows. Both are free to install.
Check your Canadian channels by name
Do not trust the channel count. Open the specific Canadian channels listed above and confirm each one loads and has a working programme guide.
Test at peak hours
Watch during the evening peak, when server load is highest. A service that is flawless at 2pm and unwatchable at 9pm is not a service you want.
Ask support a question
Response time during the trial is the best available predictor of response time when something breaks after you have paid.
Apollo Group TV leads this comparison for Canadian viewers — it is the only one of the eight billed in Canadian dollars with a genuine Canadian channel lineup. Vivimate IPTV is the main alternative, offering 130,000+ on-demand titles. Both include a 24-hour trial with no credit card, which is the only reliable way to judge peak-hour performance on your own connection.
Yes. All eight brands compared here are operated by the same group that publishes this site. We disclose that openly rather than presenting them as independent competitors. They share infrastructure and a common feature set, and differ mainly in billing currency, regional channel lineup, on-demand library size and player focus. For a genuinely independent comparison, seek out reviewers with no commercial relationship to these brands.
Apollo Group TV is billed in CAD and publishes a genuine Canadian lineup. The other seven are international services that carry a broad channel spread but do not lead with Canadian content. Verify the specific channels you watch during the free trial rather than relying on a total channel count.
IPTV as a technology is legal — it is the same delivery method used by mainstream broadcast catch-up services. Legality turns on whether a given provider holds distribution rights for the channels it carries, not on the technology or the player app. Verify the licensing position of any service before subscribing, and understand that responsibility for compliance in Canada rests with you as the subscriber.
No licence fee. Canada has no television licence. CBC/Radio-Canada is funded through parliamentary appropriation, so there is no household fee to consider when switching to IPTV.
The services here run from CA$25/mo, with 12-month plans working out considerably lower per month once the two bonus months are counted. A traditional Canadian pay-TV package typically costs CA$60–120/month, usually on a fixed-term contract with equipment rental on top.
Plan on at least 10 Mbps for reliable 1080p HD and 25 Mbps for 4K UHD. Connection stability matters more than raw speed — a wired Ethernet connection or 5GHz Wi-Fi will outperform a faster but congested 2.4GHz link, and buffering is far more often a Wi-Fi problem than a bandwidth one.
None of the eight brands publishes a specific simultaneous-stream limit on its site, so confirm the number directly with support before subscribing if multi-room viewing matters to you. All eight support the same credentials across Firestick, Smart TVs, Android, iOS, Apple TV, MAG boxes, Roku, Windows and Kodi.
All eight brands publish a 7-day refund window. That is shorter than the 30-day guarantee common elsewhere in streaming, so do your real testing during the free trial and within the first week rather than relying on a later refund.
For a viewer in Canada, Apollo Group TV is the pick from this group — it is the only one of the eight billed in Canadian dollars with a genuine Canadian channel lineup.
It is also the only one of the eight billed in CAD with a published Canadian lineup, which removes both the currency conversion and the guesswork about channel coverage.
Whichever you choose, use the 24-hour trial properly before paying. Test at peak hours, on your own connection, with the channels you actually watch. Every service in this market looks identical on paper — the trial is the only thing that tells you the truth.