Canada's Smartest Person: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Canada's Smartest Person is an interactive television series that redefines what it means to be smart. We'll shatter the myth that to be smart you need to have a high IQ, be a math whiz or trivia buff.

Every week four new hopefuls battle it out in front of a live studio audience in six categories of smarts: musical, physical, social, logical, visual and linguistic. In the series finale seven finalists will go head to head to earn the title of Canada's Smartest Person. It's a whole new way of looking at smarts!

Series details

• Title: Canada's Smartest Person
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-10-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18189
• IMDb ID: tt4073308
• TVDB ID: 291026

Cast and credited roles

• Jessi Cruickshank — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-10-01; final listed air date 2014-11-23; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-10-04; final listed air date 2015-11-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-11-13; final listed air date 2016-12-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Canada's Smartest Person on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.