Canada's Drag Race is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series RuPaul's Drag Race and is the Canadian edition of the Drag Race franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to the American version, the show features a crop of Canadian drag queens as they compete for a grand prize of $100,000 and the title of "Canada's Next Drag Superstar". The series airs on Crave in Canada, the United Kingdom's BBC Three, and worldwide on WOW Presents Plus.

It was the fourth international version of the Drag Race franchise to be announced, following Drag Race Thailand, The Switch Drag Race (Chile) and RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Canada's Drag Race was the first English-language iteration of Drag Race not to be hosted by RuPaul, although RuPaul does appear in video messages to the contestants and narrates the title sequence. The series is hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 runner-up Brooke Lynn Hytes, along with judges Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor. Past judges include Amanda Brugel, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and Stacey McKenzie.

The first episode of the first season premiered on July 2, 2020. The cast was announced on May 14, 2020. A third season was announced on November 10, 2021 and premiered on July 14, 2022. The series has been critically acclaimed and has won 18 Canadian Screen Awards.

Casting occurred in mid-2019 with production starting in fall 2019. The inaugural season consisted of ten one-hour episodes. In June 2020 it was announced that the series would be carried by BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Early coverage of the production announcement indicated that the series would also air on OutTV; although that channel did not simulcast the series in first run, it was later announced on December 3 that there would be a marathon of the series on December 5, along with all episodes being available for streaming as of December 3, on OutTV's subscription service, OutTV Go.

In the United States the series premiered on WOW Presents Plus, the streaming service of RuPaul's Drag Race production company World of Wonder, concurrently with its Canadian debut. It was subsequently added to the schedule of Logo TV, premiering on that service on July 27, 2020.

In August 2021, it was announced that the Season 1 queens would be featured in a Canada's Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza reunion special, airing on Crave September 6, 2021 in advance of the second season launch. The special included the premiere of a new music video from Priyanka's Taste Test EP, as well as an introduction to the second season judging panel.

In January 2021, it was announced that the show was renewed for a second season. At the same time, it was announced that comedian and producer Trevor Boris would join production as showrunner in the second season.

In March 2021, it was announced that Bowyer-Chapman would not be returning as a judge in the second season, due to a scheduling conflict with another project he is working on. In June 2021, it was announced that McKenzie would not return as a judge in the second season, due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second season judging panel included fashion stylist Brad Goreski, actress Amanda Brugel, and broadcaster and Season 1 "Squirrel Friend" Traci Melchor.

For the third season, the judges panel was re-worked again, consisting of only Brooke Lynn Hytes, Goreski, and Melchor.

A fourth season was announced in November 2022, with casting opened November 1 and closed November 22, with Brooke Lynn Hytes, Goreski, and Melchor expected to return to the judging panel. The cast was officially announced on October 18, 2023 and the season premiered on November 16, 2023.

A fifth season was announced on November 9, 2023, with casting running throughout November. It was open to any Canadian citizens or permanent residents who were 19 on November 1, 2023. The cast was announced on October 23, 2024, with the season set to premiere on November 21, 2024.

A sixth season was announced on October 31, 2024 with casting opened on the same day.

On September 26, 2019, it was announced that the judging panel for the first season would include RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 runner-up Brooke Lynn Hytes, actor Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and fashion model Stacey McKenzie. Bell Media personality Traci Melchor appears as a recurring cast member, with the title "Canada's Squirrel Friend"; her role in the first season entailed participatory support in challenges, including co-judging the Canada Gay-M mini-challenge, hosting a sheTalk red carpet segment prior to Snatch Game, and serving as one of the judges of the Miss Loose Jaw pageant. Melchor also guest hosted the season finale. Brooke Lynn Hytes was the first prior competitor in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise to appear on the judge's panel on any edition of the show.

In March 2021 Brooke Lynn Hytes and McKenzie announced they would be returning for the show's second season while Bowyer-Chapman would not, citing scheduling issues, writing that "unfortunately, with scheduling, things just didn't work out for him to come back this season... he'll be so missed". On June 28, 2021, a tweet from the show's official Twitter account confirmed that, contrary to the previous announcement, McKenzie would not be returning either, blaming "COVID-related challenges" that meant she was unable to travel to Canada to film the season. The following day on June 29, 2021, celebrity stylist Brad Goreski and actress and season one guest host Amanda Brugel were announced to be joining the panel to replace Bowyer-Chapman and McKenzie, with "Canada's Squirrel Friend" Melchor also becoming a judge and alternating weekly with Brugel. Brooke Lynn Hytes, Goreski and Melchor returned as judges for the third and fourth seasons.

Judges on Canada's Drag Race

Judge	Season
	1	2	3	4	5
Brooke Lynn Hytes	Main
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman	Main
Stacey McKenzie	Main
Traci Melchor	Recurring	Main
Amanda Brugel	Guest	Main
Brad Goreski		Main
Sarain Fox			Recurring	Guest

There have been a total of 47 contestants featured in four seasons of Canada's Drag Race so far with Priyanka, Icesis Couture, Gisèle Lullaby and Venus being crowned Canada's Next Drag Superstar. Contestants have returned to compete on other editions of the Drag Race franchise, including on RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars.

Separately from the production of the series, all of the queens from the season participated in Pride events for both Pride Toronto and Fierté Montreal, presented as online streaming specials due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The Toronto event, Drag Ball presented by Crave, was streamed on June 27, and the Montreal event, Drag Superstars, was streamed on August 14. The Toronto special was directly produced by Crave; the Montreal event was produced by a separate company, but received some production assistance and sponsorship from Crave and the Canada's Drag Race production team.

During the series run, producers and competing queens spoke out against online bullying, after Bowyer-Chapman and some of the competing queens were subjected to campaigns of harassment on social media. Bowyer-Chapman's critics focused on purportedly unfair comments in his role as a judge, while several queens were attacked for simply having done better in challenges or lipsyncs than other more popular queens with bigger fanbases.

In the second season, the show's use of KAPRI's cover of Alexis Jordan's 2010 single "Happiness" as a lip sync number faced some discussion among fans as KAPRI's recording was unlocatable on any music store or streaming platform. The situation led to unconfirmed speculation that the show had in fact directly commissioned a new cover of the song after using Jordan's original recording during production but then running into a copyright clearance issue.

Following the conclusion of the season, the cast announced a cross-Canada tour, to be performed at drive-in venues due to the ongoing social distancing restrictions remaining in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brooke Lynn Hytes hosted, with Priyanka, Scarlett Bobo and Rita Baga were scheduled to appear at every date on the tour, while other cast members would perform at selected dates based on availability; ultimately, however, both Priyanka and Brooke Lynn Hytes had to miss a couple of later dates after being forced to self-isolate due to COVID-19 exposure.

Priyanka, Scarlett Bobo, Rita Baga and Jimbo also participated in an online panel as part of the 2020 Just for Laughs festival.

The second season queens are also slated to undertake their own group tour in 2022.

On June 9, 2022 Crave officially announced the spin-off series Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World that would premiere in late 2022. The series follows RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World as the second "International All Stars" edition of the franchise, bringing competitors from various international editions of the franchise. Brooke Lynn Hytes, Goreski, and Melchor were also announced to be judging the series. The cast was announced on October 17, 2022 and features four queens who originally competed on the first and second seasons of Canada's Drag Race. It also included competitors who were previously featured in RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, and RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. The first season of the series premiered on November 18, 2022 and concluded on December 23, 2022. A second season was announced on June 6, 2023. It will air in 2024.

Another spin-off of the series titled Slaycation was announced in September 2023 at the Content Canada conference. The series will feature six contestants from across the Drag Race franchise while they vacation in a Canadian winter cabin, participate in activities, and organize a drag performance for the local community. The series will be produced by World of Wonder, Crave, and Blue Ant Media and will air in English and French on Crave in Canada and WOW Presents Plus globally.

List of singles

Title	Season
"Not Sorry Aboot It"	1
"U Wear It Well" (Cast Version; Queens of the North Ru-Mix)
"Under the Big Top"	2
"Bye, Flop!"
"Queen of the North" (Remix)
"Squirrels Trip: The Rusical"	3
"True North Strong and Fierce"
"Heartbreak"	4
"Heartbeat"
"Asian Sensation"
"The Trantasy"
"Stampede Drag Queen"
K.U.N.T. Manifesto

In its December 2020 year in review, the Canadian film and television industry magazine Playback named Canada's Drag Race the Unscripted Series of the Year. The show was the highest-rated original production in Crave's history. It has won 25 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series on three occasions and every Best Casting, Non-fiction award since its creation at the 2022 ceremony.

Award	Date of Ceremony	Category	Nominees	Result	Ref.
Canadian Screen Awards	May 17–20, 2021	Best Reality/Competition Program or Series	Michael Kot, Laura Michalchyshyn, Betty Orr, Mike Bickerton, Pam McNair, RuPaul Charles, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Randy Lennox, Tracey Pearce	Won
		Best Host or Presenter in Factual or Reality/Competition	Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Stacey McKenzie	Won
		Best Casting	Heather Muir	Nominated
		Best Direction in a Reality/Competition Series	Shelagh O'Brien — "U Wear It Well"	Won
		Best Writing in a Reality/Competition Series	Mike Bickerton, Elvira Kurt, Jen Markowitz — "Welcome to the Family"	Won
		Best Sound in a Non-Fiction Series	John Diemer, Scott Brachmeyer, Daniel Hewett, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie, Carlo Scrignaro, Rob Taylor — "U Wear It Well"	Nominated
		Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Series	Peter Faragher — "Eh-Laganza Eh-Xtravaganza"	Won
		Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series	Priyanka — Drag Ball	Nominated
		Best Host in a Web Program or Series	Traci Melchor — Drag Ball	Nominated
		Audience Choice Award	Priyanka	Nominated
American Reality Television Awards	July 8, 2021	International Reality Series	Canada's Drag Race	Nominated
Canadian Screen Awards	April 10, 2022	Best Reality/Competition Program or Series	Pam McNair, Betty Orr, Trevor Boris, Laura Michalshyshyn, Michael Kot, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Justin Stockman, Jen Markowitz, Spencer Fritz	Won
		Best Variety or Entertainment Special	Manny Groneveldt, John Simpson, Natalie Lambert, Marcelle Edwards — Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza	Won
		Best Direction, Reality/Competition	Shelagh O’Brien — "Under the Big Top"	Won
		Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition	Brandon Ash-Mohammed — "Screech"	Won
		Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition	Lindsay Ragone — "Screech"	Nominated
			Baun Mah — "The Snatch Game"	Won
			Peter Topalovic — "Under the Big Top"	Nominated
		Best Sound, Non-Fiction	John Diemer, Rob Taylor, Phil Nagy, Eric Leigh, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie — "Under the Big Top"	Nominated
		Best Casting, Non-Fiction	Heather Muir	Won
		Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition	Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel, Brad Goreski	Won
	April 16, 2023	Best Reality/Competition Program or Series	Trevor Boris, Michelle Mama, Yette Vandendam, Betty Orr, Laura Michalchyshyn, Michael Kot, Justin Stockman, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Spencer Fritz	Nominated
		Best Direction, Reality/Competition	Shelagh O'Brien — "Girls Trip: The Rusical"	Won
		Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition	Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Kevin Hazlehurst — "Girls Trip: The Rusical"	Won
		Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition	Lindsay Ragone — "Masquerade Ball"	Nominated
			Peter Topalovic — "Sidewalk to Catwalk"	Nominated
		Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality or Entertainment	John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Alastair Sims, Eric Leigh — "Girls Trip: The Rusical"	Won
		Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction	Andrew Kinsella — "Sidewalk to Catwalk"	Won
		Best Casting, Non-Fiction	Heather Muir	Won
		Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition	Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Brad Goreski	Won
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards	May 2023	Best Editing in Lifestyle/Competition/Reality	Jonathan Dowler, "Grand Finale" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
Canadian Screen Awards	May 2024	Best Reality/Competition Program or Series	Trevor Boris, Michelle Mama, Yette Vandendam, Betty Orr, Laura Michalchyshyn, Michael Kot, Justin Stockman, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Spencer Fritz - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
		Host or presenter, factual or reality competition	Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
		Best Casting, Non-Fiction	Heather Muir - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
		Editing in a reality or competition program or series	Jonathan Dowler, "Grand Finale" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
			Kyle Power, "Comedy Queens" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Nominated
		Sound in a lifestyle, reality or entertainment program or series	John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh and Alastair Sims, "Bonjour Hi" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
		Direction in a reality or competition program or series	Shelagh O'Brien, "Bonjour Hi" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
		Writing in a lifestyle or reality/competition program or series	Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz and Kevin Hazlehurst, "Spy Queens" - Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World	Won
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards	June 2024	Best Editing in Lifestyle/Competition/Reality	Jonathan Dowler, "Snatch Game"	Nominated
			Lindsay Ragone, "From Drags to Riches: The Rusical"	Nominated

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