True North Calling: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

True North Calling will reveal the North to audiences in an entirely new, modern and surprising way. The series follows one season in the lives of several young, dynamic Northern dwellers carving out a life for themselves and their families. Follow daily dramas as each deals with unforgiving terrain, unpredictable weather, hunting, guiding, fishing and farming, travelling by snowmobile and dog sled, and mixing traditional ways with modern technology, while living in Canada's most spectacular and treacherous environment.

The series follows eight Canadians across three territories including, hunter and comedian Franco Buscemi, polar explorer Sarah McNair-Landry and northern blogger Anubha Momin of Iqaluit, Nunavut. Married farmers Bart Bounds and Kate Mechan and youth worker and stick gambler Angela Code of Whitehorse, Yukon. Tour operator and hunter Kylik Kisoun Taylor of Inuvik, North West Territories and commercial fisherman Shawn Buckley of Yellowknife, North West Territories.

Series details

• Title: True North Calling
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2017-02-17
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17310
• IMDb ID: tt6331762
• TVDB ID: 324144

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-02-17; final listed air date 2017-03-31; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from True North Calling 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.