Canada Just Blocked 13 Piracy Streaming Apps — Here’s What You Need to Know
Rogers, Quebecor, Netflix, Disney and more win a landmark court order that could shut out some of the most-used piracy platforms in the country
By EverythingStreaming Staff | July 26, 2026
If you’re in Canada and you’ve been using any of the 13 streaming services named in a new Federal Court order, your ISP will likely be blocking access to it soon — here’s the full rundown of what’s happening and why. Canada’s Federal Court signed a sweeping site-blocking order on July 3, 2026, targeting some well-known IPTV services and free streaming sites used by cord-cutters across the country. It’s a big development, and the list of names might look familiar.
Here’s exactly which apps and sites are being blocked, who pushed for it, and what it means for the Canadian streaming community.
📰 Streaming Industry News
Canada’s Federal Court Drops Landmark Piracy Blocking Order — 13 Services Targeted
Justice Richard Southcott signed the order on July 3, 2026 in Ottawa, requiring Canada’s major ISPs to block access to 13 named piracy services within 10 business days. The applicants pushing for the order include Rogers Media, Groupe TVA (Quebecor), Netflix Studios, Disney Enterprises, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal City Studios, and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The ISPs named — Bell Canada, Bragg/Eastlink, Cogeco, Rogers, SaskTel, TekSavvy, Telus, and Videotron — must cut off access for at least their residential wireline customers. Rogers and Videotron consented to the order outright; the rest took no position.
Source: iPhone in Canada / TorrentFreak
The ‘Simplified Procedure’ — How Future Piracy Sites Can Be Blocked Without a New Lawsuit
The most significant part of this ruling isn’t just the 13 services blocked today — it’s how future sites get added. Under the new “Expanded Scope” and “Simplified Procedure,” rights holders can file evidence of a new piracy service and have it added to the blocklist automatically within five business days, as long as no ISP objects. No new lawsuit needed, no return to court. The service just has to meet the criteria: its primary purpose must be unauthorized distribution of movies or TV shows, it must operate like an IPTV or open-web piracy service, it must be accessible in Canada, and the operator must have been given a 7-day notice to respond. Critics including TekSavvy have flagged the risk of over-blocking legitimate sites with this expanded power.
Source: TorrentFreak / Federal Court Order T-1127-26
🔄 Platform Changes
IPTV Services Blocked
Six IPTV subscription services are named in the order and will be cut off at the ISP level for Canadian residential customers:
- Apollo Group TV
- Diablo IPTV
- GLO TV
- IPGuys
- Jio TV
- Smart4K / Platinum
Apollo Group TV and Diablo IPTV in particular are among the most widely subscribed third-party IPTV services in the country. If you’re subscribed to any of these, your access through your home internet will stop working once your ISP processes the block.
Free Streaming Sites Blocked
Seven of the most recognisable free streaming sites on the web are also caught in the order:
- 123Movies
- Cineby
- FMovies
- HydraHD
- Putlocker
- TheTVApp
- WatchSeries
FMovies, Putlocker, and 123Movies have survived countless shutdowns and domain hops over the years — but this order has a new trick. Future domains used by the same brands are automatically covered. If FMovies.to gets blocked and moves to FMovies.su, that new domain can be added to the blocklist within five business days — no new court filing required. It’s one of the more far-reaching anti-piracy mechanisms Canada has put in place so far.
🎯 That’s a Wrap
This is one of the more significant piracy enforcement actions we’ve seen in Canada recently, and the “Simplified Procedure” mechanism is a notable shift from how these cases usually work. Rights holders now have a fast-track tool to add new domains without going back to court — which means the whack-a-mole game that piracy sites have played for years just got a whole lot harder to win. At EverythingStreaming, we’ll be keeping a close eye on how ISPs implement this, and whether any of the named services pop back up under new branding. We’ll update you as things develop.
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Tags: piracy, IPTV, Canada, site blocking, FMovies, Putlocker, 123Movies, Apollo Group TV, Rogers, Netflix, Disney, cord-cutting, streaming
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