Gillian Findlay
Host
The Fifth Estate (1976)
Season 50
THE FIFTH ESTATE brings audiences Canada's top investigative stories. From across the country and around the world, Fifth Estate journalists dig deeper to get to the stories that matter
Released Jan. 2, 1976
Episode 59 min
None+
S50E1 - Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season
A viewer tip leads to Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel ignored during a crime wave.
Oct. 11, 2024, midnight
S50E2 - Road to Ruin
Canadian animation pioneer Daniel Langlois was known for films like the Matrix and Jurassic Park. When the millionaire and his partner were killed in Dominica last December, it exposed a web that extends into politics and corruption.
Oct. 18, 2024, midnight
S50E3 - Stronach: Power and Silence
Billionaire Frank Stronach stands charged with 18 counts of sex crimes; the Fifth Estate has found further claims from the last several years Mark Kelley takes the allegations directly to Stronach.
Oct. 25, 2024, midnight
S50E4 - The Election and the War
Donors and political action committees could use the war in Gaza to influence the U.S. election
Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
S50E5 - Conspiracy in Coutts
A judge has ruled that two protesters involved in convoy blockade in Coutts Alta, where willing
Nov. 15, 2024, midnight
S50E6 - Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption
Vancouver’s Sky ECC promised confidentiality to customers with its encrypted cellphones, which were a hit with criminals but also the target of an international police sting. The investigation that brought thousands of criminals, and Sky, down.
Nov. 22, 2024, midnight
S50E7 - Episode 7
None
Nov. 29, 2024, midnight
S50E9 - Pet Care Inc.
The cost of owning a pet has skyrocketed as big business moves into vet care.
Jan. 24, 2025, midnight
S50E14 - A Sister's Promise
“A Sister’s Promise,” documents Meggie’s journey as she hits the streets of east London searching for tips in her sister’s case. We’re there as the 62-year-old woman tracks down people of interest and grills them about what they know about Sonya’s death.
March 14, 2025, midnight
S50E10 - The Shadow War on Libraries
Now more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories
Feb. 7, 2025, midnight
S50E11 - Inside Job: The airport gold heist
It was a sensational heist — $20 million in gold stolen from Canada’s busiest airport. On a chase that spans the globe — from India to Dubai to rural Pennsylvania, we make surprising discoveries about the gold, guns and the suspects still at large.
Feb. 14, 2025, midnight
S50E12 - The second term project 2025
Donald Trump's tariff war has people on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border in a panic. From behind the scenes of inauguration day to the oil fields of Alberta — is there a plan behind the chaos? Project 2025 provides the blueprint.
Feb. 28, 2025, midnight
S50E13 - Tax Hack: Identity Theft
“Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds”
March 7, 2025, midnight
S50E15 - Trapped: The Online Terror Network
This week is The Fifth Estate’s second investigation into 764, a satanic neo-Nazi network targeting vulnerable kids online and forcing them to harm their pets, themselves and others — and even take their own lives.
March 21, 2025, midnight
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CBC Television
59 min/ep
10443 min
Jan. 2, 1976
Nov. 28, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
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