If you are in Canada in 2023, where can you go to watch the Super Bowl?

On February 12, 2023, the National Football League (NFL) will hold Super Bowl LVII, the 57th edition of the modern-era championship game. The AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs will take on the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in this year's Super Bowl. State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona will host the game, with the Eagles serving as "home" per NFL regulations as the NFC's designated team in off years.

Watching the game in Canada is as easy as tuning in to the CTV broadcast network or one of its streaming platforms (or tuning in to NTV, the primary private TV station serving Newfoundland and Labrador). which is only marginally related to CTV now; the TSN and RDS cable sports channels and their respective streaming apps; the TSN and DAZN streaming services

At the time of this writing, TSN's data-enhanced feed of CTV/TSN's coverage is in free preview, and there's a good chance that this will continue for the 2018 game. Other streaming services are subscription-based and therefore cost money.

Fox will also air the game, as will CTV and TSN, but Canadians who subscribe to Fox via cable or satellite will not be able to see American commercials. Fox's Tubi service, which streams Fox broadcasts, will not be accessible in Canada, and neither will the Fox and Fox Sports streaming apps.

How long until the Super Bowl in Canada?

The game is set to begin at 6:30 p.m., which is consistent with the typical start time (at least in terms of approximations) over the past few years. m The majority of Ontario and Quebec are in the Eastern Standard Time zone.

When converted to local time in other regions:

• 3:30 p m The majority of British Columbia is in the Pacific Time zone.
• 4:30 p m Arizona's local time is Mountain Time (which also applies to the time zone that includes Yukon [after 2020], Alberta, the vast majority of Nunavut, some of the Northwest Territories, and a tiny bit of eastern British Columbia). C including Lloydminster, Saskatchewan (which is located on the border between Alberta and Alberta)
• 5:30 p m Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, northwest Ontario, and a small section of Nunavut are all in Central Time.
• 7:30 p m New Brunswick, PEI, NS, and NL (and a good chunk of Labrador) observe Atlantic Time.
• 8:00 p m Time in Newfoundland (which includes the island and a small portion of southern Labrador).

Broadcast of the entire game is scheduled to start at 6:00 p. m ET / 3:00 p m PT, including pregame coverage from Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen on Fox and other pregame festivities like the coin toss and the U.S. S song of the nation

The first of Fox's main pregame shows will air at 1:00 p. m ET / 10:00 a m PT, but we really don't think you'll get much out of it if you do.

Five to ten minutes after the end of the second quarter, around 8:00 and 8:30 p.m., is when the halftime show, which this year will feature a performance by Barbadian singer Rhianna, is expected to begin. m ET The half-time show at the Super Bowl usually lasts for about 20 minutes.

Assuming a 9:30 p.m. start time, the earliest the game could end is 9:45. m After the game ends, the broadcast will likely run for another 20 minutes or so due to postgame ceremonies such as the presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy. According to their current schedule, Fox's postgame show won't air until 10:30 p. m ET, though this time could be moved up or down depending on when the game ends in reality.

When asked to spell "Super Bowl," how would you spell it?

There are two words in the term "Super Bowl." Bowl games are held at the end of the college football season, with the first and longest-running being the Rose Bowl Game played at the namesake bowl-shaped stadium in Pasadena, California. Since then, other bowl games have been established, such as the Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl.

So, "Super Bowl LVII" or "Super Bowl 57" or something similar is incorrect, but we need to mention it here because that's how a lot of people type it. (You do know about search engine optimization, right? )

The day of the "Big Game" could also be a great time to study rare owl species, depending on your particular areas of interest.

How do I watch the Super Bowl online if I'm in Canada?

To a certain extent

Typically, if you want to watch the Super Bowl on one of the media outlets that the NFL has granted streaming rights to, you will need a paid subscription to do so. This could be a cable or satellite TV package that includes at least one of CTV, TSN, or RDS. or a subscription to an OTT service like TSN Now, RDS Now, DAZN, or DISH Network's DIRECTV NOW. However, as we'll discuss, the 2023 edition might be an outlier.

CTV (and NTV) provide free over-the-air broadcasts in a number of Canadian cities, but only subscribers of participating TV providers are permitted access to live streaming of CTV's linear channels (and NTV's free online stream typically only includes local Newfoundland and Labrador programming). Put differently, there is no legitimate way to watch CTV online without paying for a cable, satellite, or fiber-optic TV subscription.

The following authorized streaming options are available to you if you do not have a TV service subscription (all prices are in Canadian dollars and prior to applicable sales taxes):

• TSN, a new direct-to-consumer service run by TSN that debuted in the beginning of 2023 and is apparently meant to be their equivalent of the American ESPN service, will offer a "data-enhanced" feed of the regular game broadcast with additional graphics. As of today, February 5th, this service is available for free for a limited time as a preview, with the only requirement being the submission of an email address (which is not verified in order to begin viewing).
• The Sports Network's $19 per month OTT streaming service, TSN (formerly TSN Direct), is equivalent to the network's cable TV offering. /month or $199/year If billed once per year, the price is . Watch the game on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4, or TSN5 live. (The day pass option, which had been available in previous years, will be gone by the end of 2022). )
• Le Réseau des Sports (RDS), TSN's French-language sibling network, now has an equivalent service called RDS (formerly RDS Direct). The service costs the same as TSN's direct-to-consumer offering, but it broadcasts in French rather than English.
• Canada's exclusive rights to the National Football League's (NFL) online streaming package, NFL Game Pass, which provides access to live and archived coverage of all NFL games, including the Super Bowl, belong to DAZN, a global sports streaming service owned by Access Industries. The shortest subscription period costs only $24. Subscriptions are available for .99 per month or $199.99 per year. It's also available for

The NFL sold the Canadian broadcasting rights to Bell Media (the parent company of CTV, TSN, and RDS) and DAZN, so American networks like Fox cannot legally stream the game in Canada. At present, Canadians cannot access the Fox or Fox Sports apps, and we doubt that they would be able to watch the game online through the Canadian versions of the networks' main sites.

We're well aware that there may be unofficial ways to watch the game online as well. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy of any such methods, and you should use them at your own discretion and risk.

Is there a way I can legally watch the Super Bowl in Canada without spending a fortune?

One more time, if you have a digital TV and an antenna, you can get CTV (and NTV) for free over-the-air in many Canadian cities. For an index of local over-the-air stations (the Canadian markets begin at 901 on this index), visit RabbitEars.info.

You might be able to get a U.S. Fox affiliate if you're lucky. S On the other hand, you'd need to be either very close to a U.S. market (like Windsor, Ontario, which is right across the border from Detroit) or have a more powerful antenna that can pick up a signal from a bit further away (for example, in order to receive a signal from Toronto, you'd need to be able to pick up a signal from Some people in Toronto may be able to receive Buffalo, New York, television stations.

In Canada, am I able to view the Super Bowl commercials from the United States?

In the United States, the Super Bowl is famous for the expensive, creative commercials that air during the game. The majority of Canadians seeking such advertisements will have to look elsewhere online.

The majority of the country's cable and satellite providers replace Fox's signal with CTV's, so viewers of Fox stations on those services will see CTV's commercials. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has a policy called simultaneous substitution (also abbreviated as "simsub" and sometimes referred to as "simulcasting," which is technically something slightly different but we won't go into that here) that is to blame.

While some advertisers will be purchasing time on both the Fox and CTV broadcasts, the vast majority of ads will be unique to each network.

For the Super Bowls in 2017, 2018, and 2019, simsubs have been prohibited by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). However, CTV's parent company Bell Canada successfully challenged the ban in court, and the Supreme Court of Canada eventually overturned it at the end of 2019, with a majority ruling that the CRTC had exceeded its authority by imposing the ban. A provision in the "new NAFTA" trade deal that took effect in July 2020 directed the CRTC to lift this ban even if the decision had gone the other way.

As a result, simsubs have returned to the Super Bowl as of the 2020 event, and the CRTC is unlikely to make any changes to this policy in the near future unless they want to disrupt the Canadian television industry by eliminating simsubs entirely.

Despite the simsub policy, there are two ways to circumvent it:

• You can watch all of Fox's commercials during the game if you are able to receive a signal from a local Fox affiliate using an antenna, as described above. This is due to the impossibility of adding simsubs to broadcast signals that travel directly over the airwaves.
   
• When a cable company has fewer than 2,000 subscribers or when the network requesting the simsub does not transmit its signal over-the-air in the area, it is not required to implement simsubs. Depending on your provider, you may be able to get the full Fox signal, commercials and all, through cable. However, this applies to only a small percentage of Canadians.

Fortunately, these commercials can be viewed by anyone, anywhere thanks to the proliferation of online video platforms. While there are usually a few places that collect these ads, the most reliable in our view is YouTube's AdBlitz channel, though you may also want to check resources like the USA Today Ad Meter website, and in past years even the NFL's own website has provided a section devoted to the Super Bowl ads

CTV is accountable for requesting that simsubs be applied to Fox affiliate signals, but they are not accountable for the technical process of signal substitution. Each TV provider (like Rogers, Shaw, Bell, Telus, Vidéotron, or Cogeco) is responsible for this step on their end.

Call your service provider if the simsub doesn't cut off at the correct time or if you are accidentally shown a different program.

You can file a complaint with the CRTC regarding the simsub if the service provider does not resolve the issue quickly. Note that (in our opinion) there is no point in filing complaints solely about missing the American ads; the commission is well aware this is an irritant for Canadian viewers, hence the attempt to change the rule for 2017, only to have it overruled by the courts.

When does (and what is) the postgame show air?

CTV and Fox will both air the same program after the game and awards ceremony this year: the premiere of the second season of Next Level Chef, Fox's cooking reality competition series hosted by Gordon Ramsay, which originally aired in 2022. Until 11 p.m., CTV will be able to continue simulcasting Fox. m Assume you're in the East

Sometimes the Canadian and American networks have diverged shortly after the game ended because the Canadian network didn't have the rights to the lead-out program scheduled by the American network. Even though CTV has left coverage of the Super Bowl in the past after the Vince Lombardi Trophy was presented to the winning team, that won't happen this year.

If you tune in to TSN after the game, you can expect to see Jay Onrait host TSN's SportsCentre postgame coverage before they switch to Fox.

Changes of a significant nature

Every year, this article is updated and republished to reflect the Super Bowl that has just taken place.

• Super Bowl LVII edition, reissued on February 7, 2023.
• This article was first published on Tuesday, February 11, 2022, in anticipation of Super Bowl LVI.

To restate, Where Can I Watch is not associated with any TV station or event promoter in any way. Reach out to CTV, your TV provider, the NFL, or the CRTC if you have any issues with the Canadian broadcast of the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, beyond providing you with these contact details, we are unable to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your coverage.