The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1961. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Events
Reach for the Top broadcasts for the first time on
CBUT. Four years later the show launches nationally on
CBC.
The
CTV National News airs its first broadcast not long after the launch of CTN. The original anchors are
Peter Jennings,
Charles Lynch and
Peter Stursberg. The show gets off to a slow start but soon becomes the network's highest rated program.