Is The Fifth Estate coming back?
The Fifth Estate (1979–present) on CBC
The answer: Between seasons — last episode April 17, 2026, no return date announced yet.
33seasons
368episodes
6.2/ 10
About The Fifth Estate
For four decades the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley continue the tradition of provocative and fearless journalism which began with Adrienne Clarkson, Warner Troyer and Peter Reilly in 1975.
Each week the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.
In 2014, the fifth estate won an International Emmy® Award for its investigation into the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, titled Made in Bangladesh. For the third year in a row, the fifth estate was named Canada's Best News Information Series at the Canadian Screen Awards.
The Fifth Estate episode schedule
368 aired
Aired · 368
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2026 | S51·E16 | Corruption, Crime & Cricket Canada |
| April 10, 2026 | S51·E15 | The Ostrich Con |
| April 3, 2026 | S51·E14 | The Dissident & The Spy |
| March 27, 2026 | S51·E13 | Critical Threat |
| March 20, 2026 | S51·E12 | The Business of Bigotry? |
| February 27, 2026 | S51·E11 | Sign in Last Breath |
| January 30, 2026 | S51·E10 | Canada's Crypto Fugitive |
| January 23, 2026 | S51·E9 | Missing Black Boys |
| January 16, 2026 | S51·E8 | Vanished |
| November 28, 2025 | S51·E7 | Trapped on the Water |
| November 21, 2025 | S51·E6 | Smash & Grab |
| November 14, 2025 | S51·E5 | The War on Safe Drugs |
| October 31, 2025 | S51·E4 | Dawson Creek: Behind the Fear |
| October 24, 2025 | S51·E3 | Dying to Recover |
| October 17, 2025 | S51·E2 | Funding the Occupation |
| October 10, 2025 | S51·E1 | The Denial Machine |
| March 21, 2025 | S50·E15 | Trapped: The Online Terror Network |
| March 14, 2025 | S50·E14 | A Sister's Promise |
| March 7, 2025 | S50·E13 | Tax Hack: Identity Theft |
| February 28, 2025 | S50·E12 | The Second Term: Project 2025 |
| February 14, 2025 | S50·E11 | Inside job: Airport gold heist |
| February 7, 2025 | S50·E10 | The Shadow War on Libraries |
| January 24, 2025 | S50·E9 | Pet Care Inc |
| December 6, 2024 | S50·E8 | The Fifth Estate: The Next 50 Years of Investigative Journalism |
| November 29, 2024 | S50·E7 | The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of Truth |
| November 22, 2024 | S50·E6 | Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption |
| November 15, 2024 | S50·E5 | Conspiracy in Coutts |
| November 1, 2024 | S50·E4 | The Election and the War |
| October 25, 2024 | S50·E3 | Stronach: Power and Silence |
| October 18, 2024 | S50·E2 | Road to Ruin |
Show next 200 of 338 earlier episodes
| October 11, 2024 | S50·E1 | Dawson Creek: We want our town back |
| March 29, 2024 | S49·E14 | 96 Hours |
| March 15, 2024 | S49·E13 | Rotten Promises |
| March 8, 2024 | S49·E12 | Contract to Kill |
| February 23, 2024 | S49·E11 | Who's minding the store? |
| February 16, 2024 | S49·E10 | Boiling Point: Climate Chaos |
| February 9, 2024 | S49·E9 | When the dark web crosses over |
| February 2, 2024 | S49·E8 | Made in Bangladesh: 10 Years Later |
| January 26, 2024 | S49·E7 | Search for the Smugglers |
| December 1, 2023 | S49·E6 | Surviving the Circle |
| November 24, 2023 | S49·E5 | Swindling the System |
| November 17, 2023 | S49·E4 | The Assassin Next Door |
| November 3, 2023 | S49·E3 | Whose Police? |
| October 22, 2023 | S49·E2 | Making an Icon |
| October 20, 2023 | S49·E1 | Lessons Not Learned |
| February 9, 2023 | S48·E14 | Anatomy of a Scandal 2 |
| February 2, 2023 | S48·E13 | The Girls Around Robert G. Miller |
| January 19, 2023 | S48·E12 | A Complicated Death |
| January 12, 2023 | S48·E11 | The Gamblification of Canada |
| January 5, 2023 | S48·E10 | The Dissidents |
| December 1, 2022 | S48·E9 | Cold Case Ghost |
| November 24, 2022 | S48·E8 | The Trump Files |
| November 10, 2022 | S48·E7 | Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau |
| November 3, 2022 | S48·E6 | Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine |
| October 27, 2022 | S48·E5 | The Mormons' Books |
| October 20, 2022 | S48·E4 | Death at the Border |
| October 13, 2022 | S48·E3 | Sold a Lie |
| October 6, 2022 | S48·E2 | The Big Burn |
| September 29, 2022 | S48·E1 | Anatomy of a Scandal |
| April 21, 2022 | S47·E15 | Bait and Switch: Recycling's Dirty Secret |
| April 21, 2022 | S47·E14 | Priced Out: Canada's Rental Crisis |
| March 5, 2022 | S47·E13 | Parents Without Power: When Addicted Kids Can't Be Forced Into Care |
| February 24, 2022 | S47·E12 | The Convoy and the Questions: How a Protest Paralyzed a Capital |
| January 20, 2022 | S47·E11 | School of Secrets: New Revelations from Inside the Cult |
| January 13, 2022 | S47·E10 | The Reckoning: Secrets Unearthed by Tk'emlups te Secwepemc |
| December 9, 2021 | S47·E9 | Base of Hate: Inside Accelerationism |
| December 2, 2021 | S47·E8 | Why Not In Winnipeg? |
| November 25, 2021 | S47·E7 | Come Hell... BC Under Water |
| November 18, 2021 | S47·E6 | Finding School No 4 - WE Charity Donor Deception in Kenya |
| November 11, 2021 | S47·E5 | School of Secrets: The Church, the cult and the consequences |
| October 31, 2021 | S47·E4 | The Cluster: New Brunswick's Mysterious Illness |
| October 28, 2021 | S47·E3 | Abandoned in Afghanistan: Canada's Failed Promise |
| October 21, 2021 | S47·E2 | Amazon Unpacked: The Human Cost of Convenience |
| October 14, 2021 | S47·E1 | The Vaccine |
| March 18, 2021 | S46·E11 | Gene Hunters | Recipe for Genius |
| March 11, 2021 | S46·E10 | When Police Don't Knock | Broken Honour |
| March 4, 2021 | S46·E9 | Treatment or Torture | No More Tears: The Essure Legacy |
| February 25, 2021 | S46·E8 | The Missing Millions | Black on Campus |
| February 18, 2021 | S46·E7 | Exposed: Sexism Within Ottawa Police / Fatal Care |
| February 11, 2021 | S46·E6 | Policing the police |
| February 4, 2021 | S46·E5 | The Price WE Paid |
| January 28, 2021 | S46·E4 | Nygard: The Secret Videos |
| December 7, 2020 | S46·E3 | The Smartest Guy in the Room: Cameron Ortis and the RCMP Secrets Scandal |
| November 30, 2020 | S46·E2 | Bitter Harvest: The story of the pandemic and the people who pick our food |
| November 23, 2020 | S46·E1 | Thirteen Deadly Hours: The Nova Scotia Shooting |
| February 16, 2020 | S45·E25 | John Connelly's death: A family fights for answers |
| February 16, 2020 | S45·E24 | The priest's confession: What the Catholic bishops knew |
| January 26, 2020 | S45·E23 | Who are they? Reconstructing faces of the dead |
| January 26, 2020 | S45·E22 | Runaway train: Investigating a fatal CP Rail crash |
| January 19, 2020 | S45·E21 | How Boeing crashed: The inside story of the 737 Max |
| January 19, 2020 | S45·E20 | The autopsy (part 2): What did justice cover up? |
| January 12, 2020 | S45·E19 | The insider: Tales from inside Benny Hinn Ministries |
| January 12, 2020 | S45·E18 | The autopsy (part 1): What if justice got it wrong? |
| January 5, 2020 | S45·E17 | Confronting hate: How Antifa is tracking the extreme right |
| January 5, 2020 | S45·E16 | Passport babies: The growing shadow industry of birth tourism |
| November 24, 2019 | S45·E15 | Sexism in science: The woman who pioneered giraffe research |
| November 24, 2019 | S45·E14 | Hockey fight: Wives reveal the cost of concussions |
| November 17, 2019 | S45·E12 | The list: Unravelling church secrets |
| November 10, 2019 | S45·E11 | Captive: Caitlan Coleman vs. Joshua Boyle |
| November 3, 2019 | S45·E10 | Muskoka murders: Closing in on the killers |
| October 27, 2019 | S45·E9 | Wronged (Ashley Smith) |
| October 27, 2019 | S45·E8 | My father's killer: Murder mystery on Cortes Island |
| October 20, 2019 | S45·E7 | Dear Mr. Bissonnette |
| October 13, 2019 | S45·E6 | The hood: Cops, gangs and a community in the crossfire |
| October 6, 2019 | S45·E5 | Havana Syndrome: Investigating what made the diplomats sick |
| October 6, 2019 | S45·E4 | The Forgotten: The Girls of Marian Hall speak |
| September 29, 2019 | S45·E3 | When Terror Comes Home |
| September 29, 2019 | S45·E2 | Is Murder in Your DNA? |
| September 22, 2019 | S45·E1 | Targeted: Inside the Gun Lobby's Fight to Save Weapons in Canada |
| April 7, 2019 | S44·E15 | Dead End: An Investigation Gone Wrong | Waiting For Justice: The Oland Murder |
| March 24, 2019 | S44·E14 | The Soldier and the Survivor | Murder on Cortes Island |
| March 10, 2019 | S44·E13 | Officer Down; The Collector: Still a Mystery |
| February 17, 2019 | S44·E12 | Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's | The Defectors |
| January 6, 2019 | S44·E11 | Justice for Jassi | The Children of Sainte-Justine |
| December 16, 2018 | S44·E10 | The Lone Wolf | Ghost Immigrants |
| December 9, 2018 | S44·E9 | Dump Trump | A Brother's Story |
| December 2, 2018 | S44·E8 | Kickbacks: Caught on Camera | Polygamy In Canada: An Open Secret |
| November 25, 2018 | S44·E7 | Unreported: The Essure Story | High Impact: Action on Safer School Buses |
| November 18, 2018 | S44·E6 | The Deepfake | The War Over Truth | The Lie Detectors |
| November 11, 2018 | S44·E5 | Church of Secrets | Banking on Cord Blood |
| November 4, 2018 | S44·E4 | Unnecessary Risk | Driving High |
| October 28, 2018 | S44·E3 | Murder in the Jungle | Muslim Adoption Ban |
| October 21, 2018 | S44·E2 | The Trouble with Uber | Finding Jennifer: The Investigation |
| October 14, 2018 | S44·E1 | Unbuckled: School Bus Safety | Finding Jennifer |
| April 6, 2018 | S43·E20 | Murder in the Village |
| March 16, 2018 | S43·E19 | The Costco Kickbacks |
| March 2, 2018 | S43·E18 | The Hostage Family |
| February 2, 2018 | S43·E17 | The Mystery of the Sherman Murders |
| January 26, 2018 | S43·E16 | Driving High |
| January 19, 2018 | S43·E15 | Pulling Back The Curtain |
| January 12, 2018 | S43·E14 | The Murders of Dellen Millard |
| December 15, 2017 | S43·E13 | Brainwashed : The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada |
| December 8, 2017 | S43·E12 | Gambling on Addiction |
| December 1, 2017 | S43·E11 | Death Behind Bars |
| November 24, 2017 | S43·E10 | Circle of Fear: Basil Borutski and the Renfrew County Murders |
| November 17, 2017 | S45·E13 | Vintage Grapes: Revisiting a famous Don Cherry interview |
| November 17, 2017 | S43·E9 | The Murder of a President |
| November 10, 2017 | S43·E8 | The Super Scalpers |
| November 3, 2017 | S43·E7 | The Money Pipeline |
| October 20, 2017 | S43·E6 | Terror Plot In Canada: The Inside Man |
| October 20, 2017 | S43·E5 | Tainted Tests: Broken Families |
| October 13, 2017 | S43·E4 | Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics |
| September 29, 2017 | S43·E3 | The Truth Smugglers |
| September 22, 2017 | S43·E2 | Pit Bulls Unleashed: Should They Be Banned? |
| September 15, 2017 | S43·E1 | Murder in Cottage Country |
| April 7, 2017 | S42·E21 | Cross Lake: This Is Where I Live |
| March 24, 2017 | S42·E20 | The Unravelling of Nurse Wettlaufer |
| March 17, 2017 | S42·E19 | After The Crossing: Refugees in Canada |
| March 10, 2017 | S42·E18 | Black Lives Matter: The Disruptors |
| March 3, 2017 | S42·E17 | The Untouchables |
| February 24, 2017 | S42·E16 | The Mennonite Connection |
| February 17, 2017 | S42·E15 | Betrayal of Trust |
| February 10, 2017 | S42·E14 | The Hunter and the Hunted |
| February 3, 2017 | S42·E13 | Under Attack |
| January 27, 2017 | S42·E12 | Murder in the Family |
| January 20, 2017 | S42·E11 | Putin, the FBI, and Donald Trump |
| January 13, 2017 | S42·E10 | Canada's Drug Problem |
| December 2, 2016 | S42·E8 | The Murder of Tim Bosma : The Devil Had a Name |
| November 25, 2016 | S42·E7 | Quebec Stock Frauds : Dan and Carol Get Busted |
| November 18, 2016 | S42·E6 | Who Killed Jane Doe #59 |
| November 11, 2016 | S42·E5 | Death In Thunder Bay : No Foul Play |
| November 4, 2016 | S42·E4 | Police Shootings: Caught on Camera |
| October 28, 2016 | S42·E3 | Saved at Sea |
| October 21, 2016 | S42·E2 | E-Cigarettes : Welcome Back, Big Tobacco |
| September 23, 2016 | S42·E1 | The Torture Files |
| April 8, 2016 | S41·E17 | Stolen Treasures |
| March 25, 2016 | S41·E16 | The Trial of Jian Ghomeshi |
| March 18, 2016 | S41·E15 | In Their Own Words |
| March 11, 2016 | S41·E14 | The Fire Breather: The Rise and Rage of Donald Trump |
| March 4, 2016 | S41·E13 | True Believers |
| February 19, 2016 | S41·E12 | Murder in the Family |
| February 12, 2016 | S41·E11 | Dealing With a Dictator |
| January 29, 2016 | S41·E10 | After the Cameras Went Away |
| January 22, 2016 | S41·E9 | Doctors Without Boundaries |
| January 15, 2016 | S41·E8 | Why Didn't We Know? |
| January 8, 2016 | S41·E7 | Nightmare In Indonesia |
| January 6, 2016 | S42·E9 | The Pour: Treating Alcoholics with Wine |
| December 4, 2015 | S41·E6 | A Mother's Trial |
| November 27, 2015 | S41·E5 | Aftermath: How Paris Changed The World |
| November 23, 2015 | S41·E4 | School Of Secrets |
| November 13, 2015 | S41·E3 | Vitamins and Supplements: Magic Pills |
| November 6, 2015 | S41·E2 | The Fire Within: The Secret Battles of Female Firefighters |
| October 30, 2015 | S41·E1 | Canada in Iraq : The Hidden War |
| April 10, 2015 | S40·E21 | Too Young To Lose |
| April 3, 2015 | S40·E20 | In the Eye of the Storm |
| March 27, 2015 | S40·E19 | The Boy Who Should Have Lived |
| March 20, 2015 | S40·E18 | Murder and The Judge |
| March 13, 2015 | S40·E17 | The Pain Game: Drugs, Doctors and Pro Sports |
| March 6, 2015 | S40·E16 | Lost On The Ice |
| February 27, 2015 | S40·E15 | The War on Wheat |
| February 20, 2015 | S40·E14 | The Mohamed Fahmy Story : 400 Days |
| February 13, 2015 | S40·E13 | After the Cameras Went Away |
| February 6, 2015 | S40·E12 | Saving David Waines |
| January 30, 2015 | S40·E11 | Marijuana in Canada : Pot Fiction |
| January 23, 2015 | S40·E10 | The Mob and Michael DeGroote |
| January 16, 2015 | S40·E9 | Mr. Big Stings : Cops, Criminals and Confessions |
| January 9, 2015 | S40·E8 | Putin's Long Shadow |
| December 5, 2014 | S40·E7 | Stalking Amanda Todd : The Man in the Shadows |
| November 28, 2014 | S40·E6 | The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi |
| November 21, 2014 | S40·E5 | The Interrogation Room |
| November 14, 2014 | S40·E4 | A Boy Named Moses |
| November 7, 2014 | S40·E3 | Finding Emma |
| October 31, 2014 | S40·E2 | GM Recall : The Switch From Hell |
| October 24, 2014 | S40·E1 | The Fear Within |
| April 11, 2014 | S39·E19 | After the Cameras Went Away |
| March 24, 2014 | S39·E18 | Your Tips, Our Stories |
| March 21, 2014 | S39·E17 | Dead Enough |
| March 14, 2014 | S39·E16 | Return to Paradise |
| March 7, 2014 | S39·E15 | The Rise and Fall of Mike Duffy |
| February 28, 2014 | S39·E14 | Rabbi of the Pure Hearts: Inside Lev Tahor |
| January 31, 2014 | S39·E13 | Voyage of the Black Dragon |
| January 24, 2014 | S39·E12 | Walk the Line |
| January 17, 2014 | S39·E11 | The Man Who Hears Voices |
| January 10, 2014 | S39·E10 | Silence of the Labs |
| November 29, 2013 | S39·E9 | The Last Great Escape |
| November 22, 2013 | S39·E8 | The Conspiracy Files: JFK and 9/11 |
| November 15, 2013 | S39·E7 | The Sextortion of Amanda Todd |
| November 8, 2013 | S39·E6 | The Rob Ford Story |
| November 1, 2013 | S39·E5 | The Strange World of Julian Assange |
| October 25, 2013 | S39·E4 | Elephants on Board: A Journey to Remember |
| October 18, 2013 | S39·E3 | The Murder and the Money Trail |
| October 11, 2013 | S39·E2 | Made in Bangladesh |
| October 4, 2013 | S39·E1 | The Secrets of Sugar |
| April 12, 2013 | S38·E24 | Rate My Hospital |
| April 5, 2013 | S38·E23 | Mission Improbable |
| March 29, 2013 | S38·E22 | Ironman |
| March 8, 2013 | S38·E21 | Second Wave |
| March 1, 2013 | S38·E20 | The Vanishing |
| February 22, 2013 | S38·E19 | The Unrepentant |
| February 8, 2013 | S38·E18 | Crossfire |
…and 138 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
