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*Canada's a Drag*
Canada's a Drag
	Season 1 cover art
Created by	CBC Arts
Country of origin	Kanada
Original language	Englisch
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	37
Original release
Network	CBC Gem
Release	March 7, 2018

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Canada's a Drag is a Canadian documentary series that premiered on CBC Gem on March 7, 2018.^[1] The show was created by Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy.^[2] Each episode focuses on a drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.^[3] It is produced by CBC Arts.^[4]

The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards and 9th Canadian Screen Awards.^[5]

As of 2023, five performers profiled on the series have also been competitors in Canada's Drag Race, one has also been a competitor in The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, and one has been the subject of a full-length documentary film.

Featured drag performers

Season One (2018)

Allysin Chaynes - Toronto
Lourdes the Merry Virgin - Edmonton
Berlin Stiller (The Girlfriend Experience) - Vancouver
Gay Jesus - Toronto
Prairie Sky - Winnipeg
Sofonda Cox - Toronto
Guizo LaNuit - Montreal
Elle Noir - Halifax
Tranie Tronic - Montreal

Season Two (2019)

Alma Bitches - Vancouver^[4]
Icesis Couture and Savannah Couture - Ottawa^[4]
Tynomi Banks - Toronto^[4]
Duke Carson - Calgary^[6]
Crystal Slippers - Montreal^[4]
Irma Gerd - St. John's^[7]
Yovska - Toronto^[4]
Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg^[4]
Eddi Licious - Victoria^[4]
Manghoe Lassi - Toronto^[4]
Jenna Telz - Kelowna^[8]
Quanah Style - Vancouver^[4]

Season Three (2020)

MX Wolverine - Ottawa
Francheska Dynamites - Lethbridge
Rose Butch - Vancouver
Chiquita Mare - Moncton
Charli Deville - Montreal
Sapphoria - Edmonton
Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé - Toronto
Shay Dior - Vancouver
Vivian Vanderpuss - Victoria
Mikiki - Toronto

Season Four (2024)

Miss Juwanna Dewitt - Toronto
Anita Landback - Halifax
Minor Disappointment - Vancouver
Manny Dingo - Toronto
Hot Wheelz - Edmonton
Jaylene Tyme - Vancouver

References

^ "Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve". CBC Arts. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ ""Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North". www.newnownext.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
^ "Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"". The WOW Report. 2019-02-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Craig Takeuchi, "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag" Archived 2020-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgia Straight, February 1, 2019.
^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada, May 25, 2020.
^ Eric Volmers (February 13, 2019). "Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
^ "Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland". The Racket. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
^ Savannah Bagshaw (February 16, 2019). "Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag". PentictonNow. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

External links

Canada's a Drag on CBC
Canada's a Drag at IMDb

[1] "Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve". CBC Arts. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[2] ""Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North". www.newnownext.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-21.

[3] "Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"". The WOW Report. 2019-02-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.

[takeuchi-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Craig Takeuchi, "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag" Archived 2020-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgia Straight, February 1, 2019.

[5] Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada, May 25, 2020.

[6] Eric Volmers (February 13, 2019). "Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[7] "Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland". The Racket. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.

[8] Savannah Bagshaw (February 16, 2019). "Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag". PentictonNow. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

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-'''''Canada's a Drag''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[documentary series]] that premiered on [[CBC Gem]] on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|title=Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve|publisher=[[CBC Arts]]|language=en|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref> The show was created by [[Peter Knegt]] and [[Mercedes Grundy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|title="Canada’s a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North|website=www.newnownext.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Each episode focuses on a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|title=Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada’s a Drag"|date=2019-02-21|website=The WOW Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> It is produced by [[CBC Arts]].<ref name=takeuchi>Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', February 1, 2019.</ref>
+'''''Canada's a Drag''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[documentary series]] that premiered on [[CBC Gem]] on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|title=Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve|publisher=[[CBC Arts]]|language=en|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321020440/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was created by [[Peter Knegt]] and [[Mercedes Grundy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|title="Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North|website=www.newnownext.com|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=2019-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305184121/http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> Each episode focuses on a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|title=Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"|date=2019-02-21|website=The WOW Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321195001/https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is produced by [[CBC Arts]].<ref name=takeuchi>Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205190618/https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted |date=2020-02-05 }}. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', February 1, 2019.</ref>
-The series won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] and [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]].<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', May 25, 2020.</ref>
+The series won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] and [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]].<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200605124256/https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', May 25, 2020.</ref>
+As of 2023, five performers profiled on the series have also been competitors in ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]'', one has also been a competitor in ''[[The Boulet Brothers' Dragula]]'', and one has been the subject of a full-length documentary film.
 == Featured drag performers ==
 ===Season One (2018)===
-# Allysin Chaynes - Toronto
+# Allysin Chaynes - [[Toronto]]
-# Lourdes the Merry Virgin - Edmonton
+# Lourdes the Merry Virgin - [[Edmonton]]
-# Berlin Stiller(The Girlfriend Experience) - Vancouver
+# Berlin Stiller ([[The Girlfriend Experience (drag queen)|The Girlfriend Experience]]) - [[Vancouver]]
 # Gay Jesus - Toronto
-# Prairie Sky - Winnipeg
+# Prairie Sky - [[Winnipeg]]
 # Sofonda Cox - Toronto
-# Guizo LaNuit - Montreal
+# [[Alexis O'Hara|Guizo LaNuit]] - [[Montreal]]
-# Elle Noir - Halifax
+# Elle Noir - [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
 # Tranie Tronic - Montreal
 ===Season Two (2019)===
 # Alma Bitches - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>
-# [[Icesis Couture]] and Savannah Couture - Ottawa<ref name=takeuchi/>
+# [[Icesis Couture]] and Savannah Couture - [[Ottawa]]<ref name=takeuchi/>
 # [[Tynomi Banks]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
-# Duke Carson - Calgary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|title=Calgary’s Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC’s Canada’s a Drag |work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=February 13, 2019|author=Eric Volmers|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref>
+# Duke Carson - [[Calgary]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|title=Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=February 13, 2019|author=Eric Volmers|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142635/https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|url-status=live}}</ref>
 # Crystal Slippers - Montreal<ref name=takeuchi/>
-# Irma Gerd - St. John's<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|title=Don’t be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada’s a Drag comes to Newfoundland|website=The Racket|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>
+# [[Irma Gerd]] - [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|title=Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland|website=The Racket|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142637/https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 # [[Yovska]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
 # Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg<ref name=takeuchi/>
-# Eddi Licious - Victoria<ref name=takeuchi/>
+# Eddi Licious - [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]<ref name=takeuchi/>
 # Manghoe Lassi - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
-# Jenna Telz - Kelowna<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|title=Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag|website=PentictonNow|language=en|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2019|author=Savannah Bagshaw}}</ref>
+# Jenna Telz - [[Kelowna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|title=Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag|website=PentictonNow|language=en|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2019|author=Savannah Bagshaw|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142636/https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 # Quanah Style - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>
 ===Season Three (2020)===
 # MX Wolverine - Ottawa
-# Francheska Dynamites - Lethbridge
+# [[Francheska: Prairie Queen|Francheska Dynamites]] - [[Lethbridge]]
 # Rose Butch - Vancouver
-# Chiquita Mare - Moncton
+# Chiquita Mare - [[Moncton]]
 # Charli Deville - Montreal
 # Sapphoria - Edmonton
-# Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé - Toronto
+# [[The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy|Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé]] - Toronto
 # Shay Dior - Vancouver
-# Vivian Vanderpuss - Victoria
+# [[Vivian Vanderpuss]] - Victoria
 # Mikiki - Toronto
+===Season Four (2024)===
+# Miss Juwanna Dewitt - Toronto
+# Anita Landback - Halifax
+# Minor Disappointment - Vancouver
+# Manny Dingo - Toronto
+# Hot Wheelz - Edmonton
+# Jaylene Tyme - Vancouver
 ==References==
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