Oxygen (Canadian TV channel)

Oxygen
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters299 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerBell Media
Sister channelsCTV
CTV 2
CTV Comedy Channel
CTV Drama Channel
CTV Life Channel
CTV Nature Channel
CTV Sci-Fi Channel
CTV Speed Channel
CTV Wild Channel
USA Network
CLT (2001–2010)
Canal D (French language)
Investigation (French language)
History
LaunchedSeptember 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)
ReplacedCourt TV (American feed)
Former namesCourt TV Canada (2001–2010)
Investigation Discovery (2010–2025)
Links
WebsiteOxygen

Oxygen (branded as Oxygen True Crime) is a Canadian discretionary service owned by Bell Media. Based on the American cable network of the same name, the channel focuses on true crime programming, including original productions and imports from its American counterpart.

The channel was launched on September 7, 2001, as a Canadian version of Court TV, by Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd., which was then owned by CHUM Limited, although the American Court TV channel became available in Canada through cable and satellite providers as a foreign channel approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1997. CHUM was acquired by CTVglobemedia in 2007.

Two years after its American counterpart was relaunched as TruTV, Court TV was relaunched as Investigation Discovery on August 30, 2010, as part of a licensing arrangement between CTVglobemedia and Discovery Communications. On January 1, 2025, after Bell lost its rights to Warner Bros. Discovery factual and lifestyle brands to Rogers Sports & Media, the channel relaunched as Oxygen as part of a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal, maintaining its true crime format. Rogers concurrently launched a new iteration of ID the same day.