Where in Canada can I go to watch the Super Bowl in 2022?

The 56th annual National Football League (NFL) championship game, known as Super Bowl LVI, will be played on February 13, 2022. American Football Conference (AFC) champions Cincinnati Bengals will face NFC champions Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl. In spite of the fact that SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is the actual home field for the Rams, the Bengals will be considered the "home" team for this game due to the fact that it is an even-numbered year.

Canadians can tune in to the game on either CTV or its streaming services (or on NTV, the primary private TV station serving Newfoundland and Labrador, which has only a tenuous connection to CTV these days). Sports fans can tune in to TSN4, RDS, and their respective streaming apps, as well as the DAZN streaming service.

The game will also be broadcast on NBC, with rebroadcasts on CTV and TSN; however, Canadians who watch the game on NBC through a cable or satellite provider will not be able to see the American commercials, for reasons we'll explain further below. Canadians will be out of luck if they want to watch NBC shows on demand because the network's streaming service, Peacock, is blocked in their country.

Can you tell me what time the Super Bowl starts in Canada?

The game is set to begin at 6:30 p.m., which is consistent with previous years' practices (at least in terms of ballpark opening times). m All of Ontario and Quebec are in the Eastern Standard Time zone.

This translates to the following in various time zones:

• 3:30 p m Time Zone (which includes most of British Columbia): Pacific Time (the local time at the venue in California).
• 4:30 p m The regions of Yukon (as of the end of 2020), Alberta, the vast majority of Nunavut, some of the Northwest Territories, and some remote areas of eastern B.C. all observe Mountain Time. C Lloydminster, which is located on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan
• 5:30 p m Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, northwest Ontario, and a chunk of Nunavut are all in Central Time.
• 7:30 p m Time in the Atlantic Time Zone (which includes all or most of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the island of Labrador)
• 8:00 p m The Newfoundland and a small portion of southern Labrador time zone.

Broadcast of the entire game is scheduled to start at 6:00 p. m ET / 3:00 p m PT with a montage of Halle Berry's appearances, introductions by NBC game announcers Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, and pregame festivities like the coin toss and the U.S. S country's official theme song

At 1:00 p.m., NBC will air its primary pregame show. m ET / 10:00 a m PT, but there's no point in starting your day so early if you ask us

This year's halftime show will feature sets from Dr. Artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. B. The concert, which will feature Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar, will begin between 8:00 and 8:30 p. m ET About 20 minutes is allotted for the half-time show at the Super Bowl.

There's a 9:45 p.m. - 10 p.m. window in which the game has the best chance of ending. m If the game ends at 1:00 a.m. ET and there are postgame ceremonies, such as the presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the broadcast is likely to run for another half an hour or more. On the network's current schedule, the postgame show doesn't air until 10:45 p. m ET, though this time could be moved up or down depending on the actual conclusion of the game.

Super Bowl -- how do you spell it?

Two words make up 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 emerged, including the Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl, and the term "bowl" has been used to describe a wide variety of other events.

Thus, "Super Bowl LVI" or "Super Bowl 56" or similar is incorrect, but we know that's how a lot of people type it, so we kind of need to mention it here.

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

Streaming the Super Bowl in Canada: Possible?

Yes However, if you want to watch the Super Bowl on one of the media outlets that the NFL has approved for online streaming, you'll need a paid subscription. This means you'll need a cable or other TV subscription that includes CTV, TSN, or RDS. or an OTT service subscription, such as TSN Direct, RDS Direct, or DAZN

CTV (and NTV) provide free over-the-air broadcasting in a number of Canadian cities, but only subscribers of participating TV providers are permitted access to live streaming of their 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):

• The Sports Network's OTT streaming service, TSN Direct, is available for per month. You can pay .99 for a ticket good for 24 hours, $19. .99 per month, or $199 per year The annual rate is if paid in full. The game is airing live on both TSN1 and TSN4.
• TSN's French-language sibling network Le Réseau des Sports (RDS) offers a similar service called RDS Direct. The service costs the same as TSN Direct, but it broadcasts in French only.
• Canadians can watch every NFL game, including the Super Bowl, live and on-demand with NFL Game Pass, available exclusively through DAZN, an international sports streaming service owned by Access Industries. There's a bare minimum of $20 in order to subscribe for any length $1.00 per month; $150.00 per year You can also get 00)

Keep in mind that the U.S. viewers can watch the game on Peacock, an NBC-owned streaming service. S is unavailable north of the border Even if it was, the NFL had already sold the rights to broadcast the game in Canada to Bell Media (the parent company of CTV, TSN, and RDS) and DAZN, so Peacock couldn't stream the game there.

We are cognizant of the possibility of unofficial means of broadcasting the game. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of such methods, and you should use them at your own discretion and risk.

Is there a legal way to stream the Super Bowl in Canada?

Again, if you have a digital TV and an antenna, you can get CTV (and NTV) for free over-the-air in many Canadian cities. Over-the-air stations that are available in your area can be found on RabbitEars.info (the Canadian market listings begin at 901).

A signal from a U.S. NBC affiliate might even be accessible in some locations. S You'd need to be either extremely 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 (like Toronto, Ontario, which is about 200 miles away). Some people in Toronto may be able to pick up Buffalo-based stations' broadcast signals.

When I travel to Canada, will I be able to see the Super Bowl commercials from the United States?

In the United States, the Super Bowl is famous for its expensive, creative commercials. Canadians seeking such advertisements will, however, have to look elsewhere on the web.

In most of the country, if you tune in to an NBC station on cable or satellite, you will be shown the CTV feed, complete with CTV commercials. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) enforces a policy known as 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 causes this.

While some advertisers have purchased airtime on both the NBC and CTV broadcasts, the vast majority of commercials will be unique to each network.

For the 2017–2019 Super Bowls, the CRTC has prohibited the use of simsubs. The ban was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court of Canada in late 2019 in response to a legal challenge brought by Bell Canada, the parent company of CTV, which argued 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.

Since the 2020 game, simsubs have been used again for the Super Bowl, and the CRTC is unlikely to try anything similar again soon unless it involves ending the simsub policy entirely (which would cause other complications for the Canadian TV industry).

Avoiding the simsub policy can be done in two ways:

• With the proper antenna setup, you can watch the game and all of NBC's commercials for free. Why? Because broadcast signals sent directly over the airwaves cannot have simsubs applied to them.
   
• There are some cable companies that are exempt from applying simsubs because they are either too small (with fewer than 2,000 subscribers) or the network asking for the simsub does not broadcast in the area. It's possible, depending on your cable provider, that you'll be able to watch the full NBC signal, commercials and all, in these cases; however, this applies to only a small percentage of Canadians.

The good news is that these commercials can be viewed all over the world via a variety of online 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 may initiate the process of applying simsubs to NBC affiliate signals, but the actual implementation of the simsubs is outside of CTV's purview. Each cable or satellite TV provider (like Rogers, Shaw, Bell, Telus, Vidéotron, or Cogeco) handles this procedure independently.

If the simsub doesn't cut off at the correct time or if you're accidentally watching a different show, there may be a problem. If, after the game has ended, you notice the beginning of Children Ruin Everything (see below), please contact your service provider immediately.

Your options for resolving an issue with the simsub include filing a complaint with the CRTC if your provider does not act quickly to fix it. Note that (in our opinion) there is no point in filing complaints solely about missing the American ads; the commission is aware this is an irritant for Canadian viewers; hence, the attempt to change the rule for 2017; however, the courts have ruled against this.

Where can I watch the postgame show

The Canadian network CTV airs a new episode of Children Ruin Everything shortly after the game ends, probably after the trophy presentation, though there have been years when they haven't bothered to show the whole segment. the second season of a new Canadian comedy that debuted in January has already been ordered.

This is the first time that the Winter Olympics and an NFL game have coincided, so after NBC's postgame report (and the CTV simsub) concludes, the network will switch to Winter Olympics coverage for about an hour. This is a bit of an outlier, as typically there is some sort of entertainment program on TV before the Super Bowl, like an episode of a popular new series. Instead, NBC will air additional sports programming. Moreover, on the same day, the new Peacock series Bel-Air premieres (and can be seen on Showcase in Canada starting on Monday).

In all likelihood, TSN1 and TSN4 will air a simulcast of the full NBC postgame report, followed by their own SportsCentre postgame coverage hosted by Jay Onrait, and then both networks will switch over to Winter Olympics coverage.

Where Can I Watch is a reminder that the website you are currently viewing is a completely separate entity from any broadcaster or event host. You can reach 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.