Non-Library Streaming Services
If you want to access streaming media that the Library is not able to provide, there are numerous options available in Canada (other geographic regions will have different options).
This page includes resources for tracking down which service can provide the media you are seeking, and links to streaming services providing relatively stable collections of media that are available in Canada.
Finding Where a Movie or TV show Can Be Streamed
There are so many different streaming services with so much overlap between them, it can be overwhelming to figure out where you should check to find a particular piece of media. If you have already tried searching QuickFind for streaming media with no luck, you can also check commercially available streaming services.
Try starting your search with one of these tools to narrow down where you should be looking:
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Watch In CanadaSearch for the title of the item, and it will return a list of streaming services (ie/ Netflix, Prime, Disney+) or purchasing platforms (ie/ YouTube, Google Play, iTunes) where you can access the item.
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Just WatchSearch for a movie or tv show and it will return a list of services where it can be streamed while from Canada
Free Streaming Services in Canada
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APTNShows
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BNNBusiness
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CBC GemTV Shows
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The Comedy NetworkTV Shows
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CPACPolitics
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CTVTV Shows and clips
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CTV LifeTV Shows
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Food NetworkTV Shows
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Global NewsNews
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HGTVTV Shows
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KanopyAvailable through most Public Libraries
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MUCHTV Shows
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OMNIOmni Television is a Canadian television system and specialty channel of Canada's conventional multicultural television stations.
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The Shopping ChannelShopping
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SliceTV Shows
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TubiTV Shows
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TVOKidsTV Shows for school aged children
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VICEOriginal Programming
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VisionTVTV Shows
[This list was adapted from the information provided by techdaily.ca]
University of Regina's Library Streaming Services
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Audio Cine FilmsIncludes over 1000 titles from the following studios:
Universal Studios Canada (DreamWorks, Focus Features and Illumination),
Walt Disney Studios (Marvel Studios, Pixar Animated Studios, Lucas Film),
MGM Studios (United Artists),
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony Animation),
VVS Films, and
Lionsgate Film (Summit Entertainment).
Access Note: Use preferred browser: Google Chrome.
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Audio DramaAudio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection delivers, for the first time online, more than 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio from the curated archive of the nation's premiere radio theatre company. The plays - which include some of the most significant dramatic literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries - are performed by leading actors from around the world and recorded specifically for online listening.
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Bates' Visual Guide To Physical ExaminationThe Fifth Edition of Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content.
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Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is the music listening service for libraries. The collection of 1,000,000-plus tracks for listening and searching is supplemented by extensive reference materials.Classical Music Library features recordings from 26 labels including EMI Classics, sourced from 21 different label groups. Licenses include EMI Classics , Hyperion, Bridge Records (contemporary composers), Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, H -
Criterion on DemandCriterion-on-Demand represents a large number of feature film producers, including, but not limited to: 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, DreamWorks SKG, Mongrel Media, Sony Pictures Classics, Alliance Films, Miramax Films, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company, as well as a smaller number of independent producers. Our title selection includes 1920 classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
Access Note: Fox Collection titles will be available for off-campus access on a continuing basis for all Criterion On Demand subscribers. You may see a restriction message in the title description, but you will not be prevented from accessing and playing the film.
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Curio.caCurio.ca provides streaming access to educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada, including documentaries from television and radio, news reports, archival material, stock shots and more — over 5,000 programs and resources. It is a one-stop destination for outstanding Canadian educational content.
Includes English and French language content. Programs include The Nature of Things, Doc Zone, Dragons' Den, The Fifth Estate, The Passionate Eye, Monster Math Squad, The Current, News in Review, Marketplace and George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. -
Dance in videoDance in Video includes 766 works, equaling 498 hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.
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Digital Theatre PlusDigitalTheatre Plus showcases live British theatre productions shot in high definition. Featured theatre companies included the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Touring Theatre, and the Royal Court Theatre. Many productions are complemented by documentaries, interviews, and study guides. Playwrights range from Shakespeare to Sondheim.
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Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. I and Vol. II: Foundational FilmsEthnographic Video Online provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.
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Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. III: Indigenous VoicesThe role of the traditional ethnographer is changing as the perspectives and epistemologies of indigenous peoples have taken on central significance in the discipline, challenging earlier representations and implicit “us versus them” constructs. In order to create a platform for indigenous voices to address issues from indigenous perspectives, we have dedicated the third volume of the ethnographic film series to indigenous filmmakers.
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Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. IV: Festivals and ArchivesVolume IV provides a space for visual anthropologists of today to showcase and disseminate their most compelling work. With a focus on curating award-winning titles from contemporary ethnographic film festivals, this newly released content will capture students’ attention by connecting them with topics familiar to their own time and place.
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Films on Demand (Canada)Producers include Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, BBC, PBS, ABC News, NBC News, CNBC, CBC, Wide Angle, Bill Moyers Journal, and more.
Films on Demand can also be accessed via the Android or Apple app for mobile devices. Users have to creation account from the “Your Profile” feature on the web version. -
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music OnlineThe Garland encyclopedia of world music online is an extensive resource devoted to music cultures of the world's peoples. It contains the full text of the nine-volume print encyclopedia focusing on specific continents and regions, and a tenth volume on general perspectives and references. Browse by places, cultural groups, subjects, instruments or genres.
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Music and Dance OnlineThe multimedia resource covers hundreds of genres from alternative to zydeco and from alternative dance to operatic arias, and encompasses a wide range of content formats - including scores, reference, and high definition audio and video.
Music Online: Listening contains Classical Music and Smithsonian Global Sound as well as these other collections:
• Classical Music: All major genres and time periods from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas, and the avant-garde.
• Smithsonian Global Sound: More than 40,000 tracks, the entire output of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Jazz Music: All major genres including vocal jazz, bebop, acid jazz, big band, modern jazz, and more.
• Contemporary World: Music from more than 160 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups.
• American Music: Country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B, and shape note singing.
• Popular Music: Wide range of popular music from around the world -
Music and Dance OnlineThe multimedia resource covers hundreds of genres from alternative to zydeco and from alternative dance to operatic arias, and encompasses a wide range of content formats - including scores, reference, and high definition audio and video.
Music Online: Listening contains Classical Music and Smithsonian Global Sound as well as these other collections:
• Classical Music: All major genres and time periods from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas, and the avant-garde.
• Smithsonian Global Sound: More than 40,000 tracks, the entire output of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Jazz Music: All major genres including vocal jazz, bebop, acid jazz, big band, modern jazz, and more.
• Contemporary World: Music from more than 160 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups.
• American Music: Country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B, and shape note singing.
• Popular Music: Wide range of popular music from around the world -
National Film Board of Canada CampusAccess over 720 full-length National Film Board (NFB) of Canada films, trailers and clips. The Library's institutional license includes public performance rights on campus. NFB collections include animation, documentaries, experimental films and alternative dramas. The NFB showcases "films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians" stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more. Works that push the boundaries, give a voice to the underrepresented, and build bridges between cultures.
If you are a faculty member and your would like to create a playlist for your class please contact eresourc@uregina.ca. -
Naxos Music LibraryNaxos Music Library [NML] is the world's largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 150,000 CDs with more than 2,265,450 tracks, standard and rare repertoire.
Naxos Music Library can also be accessed via the Naxos app for mobile devices.
Go to Playlists to sign up for an account. You will receive an email with activation request. Once your account it activated you can download the Naxos app and use registered playlist account to access. -
Naxos Music Library JazzNaxos Music Library Jazz offers a wide range of jazz music, from jazz legends to contemporary jazz.
Naxos Music Library Jazz can also be accessed via the Naxos app for mobile devices.
Go to Playlists to sign up for an account. You will receive an email with activation request. Once your account it activated you can download the Naxos app and use registered playlist account to access. -
Naxos Video LibraryAccess over 1330 videos. Coverage includes streaming video of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.
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Opera in VideoOpera in Video contains opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries, and then delivered online through streaming video. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. This release includes 290 works, equaling 500 hours
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Oxford Music OnlineOxford Music Online includes: Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Second Edition Revised.
Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). -
Psychotherapy.netSearchable database of streaming video files on psychotherapy. Anyone with access to the video library can create clips and store them in the Video Library. Videos are searchable by therapeutic approaches, therapeutic issues, expert therapists, population, and titles. It allows viewers to go straight to the heart of clinical practice as it is done by today's leading practitioners in North America. The database features demonstrations and counseling sessions with participants on a host of therapeutic topics. This is a resource for teaching and training in psychotherapy practice and for education about psychology and related areas in social work.
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Smithsonian Global SoundMusic Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms. Includes more than 40,000 tracks, the entire output of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Theatre in Context Theatre from Alexander Street features performances of works by American, European, Asian, and other worldwide dramatists from the past several centuries. In addition to performances, Theatre also features dozens of documentaries and interviews about theatre, discussing the history of theatre, acting methods, pioneering dramatists and actors, and much more.
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Theatre and Drama PremiumTheatre and Drama Premium is the world's first and largest, integrated resource for teaching and studying theatre arts and dramatic writing.
Bringing together over 13,500 written plays; 150,000 pages of original designs, reference material, and ephemera; 300 audio plays; and 750 hours of filmed stage performances, documentaries, and video training materials, Theatre and Drama Premium serves both practical and scholarly purposes for theatre arts and literature programs. -
Theatre in Video Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.