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Canadian documentary series about drag queens
Canada's a Drag
Season 1 cover art
Created by CBC Arts Country of origin Canada Original language English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 37 Network
CBC Gem Release March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07 )
Canada's a Drag is a
Canadian
documentary series that premiered on
CBC Gem on March 7, 2018.
[1] The show was created by
Peter Knegt and
Mercedes Grundy .
[2] Each episode focuses on a
drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.
[3] It is produced by
CBC Arts .
[4]
The series won the
Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards and
9th Canadian Screen Awards .
[5]
As of 2023, five performers profiled on the series have also been competitors in
Canada's Drag Race , one has also been a competitor in
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula , and one has been the subject of a full-length documentary film.
Featured drag performers
Season One (2018)
Allysin Chaynes -
Toronto
Lourdes the Merry Virgin -
Edmonton
Berlin Stiller (
The Girlfriend Experience ) -
Vancouver
Gay Jesus - Toronto
Prairie Sky -
Winnipeg
Sofonda Cox - Toronto
Guizo LaNuit -
Montreal
Elle Noir -
Halifax
Tranie Tronic - Montreal
Season Two (2019)
Alma Bitches - Vancouver
[4]
Icesis Couture and Savannah Couture -
Ottawa
[4]
Tynomi Banks - Toronto
[4]
Duke Carson -
Calgary
[6]
Crystal Slippers - Montreal
[4]
Irma Gerd -
St. John's
[7]
Yovska - Toronto
[4]
Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg
[4]
Eddi Licious -
Victoria
[4]
Manghoe Lassi - Toronto
[4]
Jenna Telz -
Kelowna
[8]
Quanah Style - Vancouver
[4]
Season Three (2020)
MX Wolverine - Ottawa
Francheska Dynamites -
Lethbridge
Rose Butch - Vancouver
Chiquita Mare -
Moncton
Charli Deville - Montreal
Sapphoria - Edmonton
Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé - Toronto
Shay Dior - Vancouver
Vivian Vanderpuss - Victoria
Mikiki - Toronto
Season Four (2024)
Miss Juwanna Dewitt - Toronto
Anita Landback - Halifax
Minor Disappointment - Vancouver
Manny Dingo - Toronto
Hot Wheelz - Edmonton
Jaylene Tyme - Vancouver
References
^
"Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve" .
CBC Arts . March 7, 2018.
Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
^
" "Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North" . www.newnownext.com .
Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-21 .
^
"Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag" " . The WOW Report . 2019-02-21.
Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21 .
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j Craig Takeuchi,
"True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag"
Archived 2020-02-05 at the
Wayback Machine .
The Georgia Straight , February 1, 2019.
^ Brent Furdyk,
"Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed" .
ET Canada , May 25, 2020.
^ Eric Volmers (February 13, 2019).
"Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag" .
Calgary Herald .
Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^
"Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland" . The Racket . Archived from
the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14 .
^ Savannah Bagshaw (February 16, 2019).
"Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag" . PentictonNow .
Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
External links
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