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'''''Canada's a Drag''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[documentary series]] that premiered on [[CBC Gem]] on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|title=Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve|publisher=[[CBC Arts]]|language=en|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref> The show was created by [[Peter Knegt]] and [[Mercedes Grundy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|title="Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North|website=www.newnownext.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Each episode focuses on a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|title=Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"|date=2019-02-21|website=The WOW Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> It is produced by [[CBC Arts]].<ref name=takeuchi>Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', February 1, 2019.</ref>
'''''Canada's a Drag''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[documentary series]] that premiered on [[CBC Gem]] on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|title=Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve|publisher=[[CBC Arts]]|language=en|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321020440/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/canada-s-a-drag-the-time-has-come-for-our-drag-performers-to-sashay-into-the-spotlight-1.4564058|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was created by [[Peter Knegt]] and [[Mercedes Grundy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|title="Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North|website=www.newnownext.com|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=2019-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305184121/http://www.newnownext.com/canadas-a-drag-show-back-for-second-season-peter-knegt-interview/03/2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> Each episode focuses on a [[drag (clothing)|drag]] performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|title=Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"|date=2019-02-21|website=The WOW Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321195001/https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-super-fab-queens-from-up-north-on-canadas-a-drag/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is produced by [[CBC Arts]].<ref name=takeuchi>Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205190618/https://www.straight.com/life/1195816/triue-north-strong-and-fierce-vancouver-drag-queens-among-performers-spotlighted |date=2020-02-05 }}. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', February 1, 2019.</ref>


The series won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] and [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]].<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', May 25, 2020.</ref>
The series won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] and [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]].<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200605124256/https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', May 25, 2020.</ref>

As of 2022, four performers profiled on the series have also been competitors in ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]'', one has also been a competitor in ''[[The Boulet Brothers' Dragula]]'', and one has been the subject of a full-length documentary film.


== Featured drag performers ==
== Featured drag performers ==


===Season One (2018)===
===Season One (2018)===
# Allysin Chaynes - Toronto
# Allysin Chaynes - [[Toronto]]
# Lourdes the Merry Virgin - Edmonton
# Lourdes the Merry Virgin - [[Edmonton]]
# Berlin Stiller (The Girlfriend Experience) - Vancouver
# [[The Girlfriend Experience (drag queen)|The Girlfriend Experience]] - [[Vancouver]]
# Gay Jesus - Toronto
# Gay Jesus - Toronto
# Prairie Sky - Winnipeg
# Prairie Sky - [[Winnipeg]]
# Sofonda Cox - Toronto
# Sofonda Cox - Toronto
# Guizo LaNuit - Montreal
# [[Alexis O'Hara|Guizo LaNuit]] - [[Montreal]]
# Elle Noir - Halifax
# Elle Noir - [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
# Tranie Tronic - Montreal
# Tranie Tronic - Montreal


===Season Two (2019)===
===Season Two (2019)===
# Alma Bitches - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Alma Bitches - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Icesis Couture]] and Savannah Couture - Ottawa<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Icesis Couture]] and Savannah Couture - [[Ottawa]]<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Tynomi Banks]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Tynomi Banks]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Duke Carson - Calgary<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|title=Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag |work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=February 13, 2019|author=Eric Volmers|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref>
# Duke Carson - [[Calgary]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|title=Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=February 13, 2019|author=Eric Volmers|language=en|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142635/https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgarys-duke-carson-struts-his-stuff-on-cbcs-canadas-a-drag|url-status=live}}</ref>
# Crystal Slippers - Montreal<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Crystal Slippers - Montreal<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Irma Gerd]] - St. John's<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|title=Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland|website=The Racket|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>
# [[Irma Gerd]] - [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|title=Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland|website=The Racket|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142637/https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Yovska]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# [[Yovska]] - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Eddi Licious - Victoria<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Eddi Licious - [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Manghoe Lassi - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Manghoe Lassi - Toronto<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Jenna Telz - Kelowna<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|title=Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag|website=PentictonNow|language=en|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2019|author=Savannah Bagshaw}}</ref>
# Jenna Telz - [[Kelowna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|title=Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag|website=PentictonNow|language=en|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2019|author=Savannah Bagshaw|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142636/https://www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_local_shares_past_struggles_in_new_episode_of_Canada_s_A_Drag/|url-status=live}}</ref>
# Quanah Style - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>
# Quanah Style - Vancouver<ref name=takeuchi/>


===Season Three (2020)===
===Season Three (2020)===
# MX Wolverine - Ottawa
# MX Wolverine - Ottawa
# Francheska Dynamites - Lethbridge
# [[Francheska Dynamites]] - [[Lethbridge]]
# Rose Butch - Vancouver
# Rose Butch - Vancouver
# Chiquita Mare - Moncton
# Chiquita Mére - [[Moncton]]
# Charli Deville - Montreal
# Charli Deville - Montreal
# Sapphoria - Edmonton
# Sapphoria - Edmonton
# Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé - Toronto
# [[Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé|Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé]] - Toronto
# Shay Dior - Vancouver
# Shay Dior - Vancouver
# [[Vivian Vanderpuss]] - Victoria
# [[Vivian Vanderpuss]] - Victoria
# Mikiki - Toronto
# Mikiki - Toronto

===Season Four (2024)===
# Miss Juwanna Dewitt - Toronto
# Anita Landback - Halifax
# Minor Disappointment - Vancouver
# Manny Dingo - Toronto
# Hot Wheelz - Edmonton
# [[Jaylene Tyme]] - Vancouver

== Further appearances ==
Multiple performers have gone on to be featured in other film and television series after their appearances on ''Canada's a Drag.''

From season one [[Berlin Stiller]] (now The Girlfriend Experience) competed on [[Canada's Drag Race season 4|season four]] of ''[[Canada's Drag Race]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Canada's Drag Race' season 4 cast of queens |url=https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-season-4-cast-queens-promo-looks/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

From season two [[Icesis Couture]] won [[Canada's Drag Race season 2|season two]] of ''Canada's Drag Race'' and competed on [[Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World season 1|season one]] of ''[[Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=See the 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' cast of international all-stars |url=https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-the-world-cast-revealed/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Tynomi Banks]] competed on [[Canada's Drag Race season 1|season one]] of ''Canada's Drag Race'' and [[Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World season 2|season two]] of ''Canada vs. the World'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Duncan |first=Charlie |date=2024-06-26 |title=The confirmed cast of Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs the World season two is a gag |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/26/canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-the-world-two-cast/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=PinkNews }}</ref> [[Irma Gerd]] competed on [[Canada's Drag Race season 3|season three]] of ''Canada's Drag Race'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Meet the 'Canada's Drag Race' season 3 queens |url=https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-season-3-cast-meet-the-queens/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Yovska]] competed on [[The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 3|season three]] of ''[[The Boulet Brothers' Dragula]]'' and season one of ''[[The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boulet Brothers resurrect all-star 'Dragula' cast for 'Titans' |url=https://ew.com/tv/boulet-brothers-dragula-titans-cast-returning-contestants/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

From season three [[Vivian Vanderpuss]] competed on the third season of ''Canada's Drag Race'',<ref name=":0" /> [[Francheska Dynamites]] was the subject of a full-length documentary film: ''[[Francheska: Prairie Queen]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN » CIFF |url=https://www.ciffcalgary.ca/films/2022/francheska-prairie-queen/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.ciffcalgary.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé]] began starring in their own children's television series ''[[The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy]].''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aslam |first=Yasmeen |date=February 18, 2022 |title=There's a new Canadian kids' show starring drag performers and we love it |url=https://www.todaysparent.com/family/activities/fay-and-fluffy-the-fabulous-show/ |work=Today's Parent}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:39, 3 December 2024

Not to be confused with Canada's Drag Race.
Canada's a Drag
Season 1 cover art
Created byCBC Arts
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes37
Original release
NetworkCBC Gem
ReleaseMarch 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)

Canada's a Drag is a Canadian documentary series that premiered on CBC Gem on March 7, 2018.[1] The show was created by Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy.[2] Each episode focuses on a drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers.[3] It is produced by CBC Arts.[4]

The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Non-Fiction Web Program or Series two years in a row at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards and 9th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]

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Season One (2018)

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  1. Allysin Chaynes - Toronto
  2. Lourdes the Merry Virgin - Edmonton
  3. The Girlfriend Experience - Vancouver
  4. Gay Jesus - Toronto
  5. Prairie Sky - Winnipeg
  6. Sofonda Cox - Toronto
  7. Guizo LaNuit - Montreal
  8. Elle Noir - Halifax
  9. Tranie Tronic - Montreal

Season Two (2019)

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  1. Alma Bitches - Vancouver[4]
  2. Icesis Couture and Savannah Couture - Ottawa[4]
  3. Tynomi Banks - Toronto[4]
  4. Duke Carson - Calgary[6]
  5. Crystal Slippers - Montreal[4]
  6. Irma Gerd - St. John's[7]
  7. Yovska - Toronto[4]
  8. Pharaoh Moans - Winnipeg[4]
  9. Eddi Licious - Victoria[4]
  10. Manghoe Lassi - Toronto[4]
  11. Jenna Telz - Kelowna[8]
  12. Quanah Style - Vancouver[4]

Season Three (2020)

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  1. MX Wolverine - Ottawa
  2. Francheska Dynamites - Lethbridge
  3. Rose Butch - Vancouver
  4. Chiquita Mére - Moncton
  5. Charli Deville - Montreal
  6. Sapphoria - Edmonton
  7. Fay Slift & Fluffy Soufflé - Toronto
  8. Shay Dior - Vancouver
  9. Vivian Vanderpuss - Victoria
  10. Mikiki - Toronto

Season Four (2024)

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  1. Miss Juwanna Dewitt - Toronto
  2. Anita Landback - Halifax
  3. Minor Disappointment - Vancouver
  4. Manny Dingo - Toronto
  5. Hot Wheelz - Edmonton
  6. Jaylene Tyme - Vancouver

Further appearances

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Multiple performers have gone on to be featured in other film and television series after their appearances on Canada's a Drag.

From season one Berlin Stiller (now The Girlfriend Experience) competed on season four of Canada's Drag Race.[9]

From season two Icesis Couture won season two of Canada's Drag Race and competed on season one of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World,[10] Tynomi Banks competed on season one of Canada's Drag Race and season two of Canada vs. the World,[11] Irma Gerd competed on season three of Canada's Drag Race,[12] and Yovska competed on season three of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula and season one of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans.[13]

From season three Vivian Vanderpuss competed on the third season of Canada's Drag Race,[12] Francheska Dynamites was the subject of a full-length documentary film: Francheska: Prairie Queen,[14] and Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé began starring in their own children's television series The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Canada's a Drag: The time has come for our drag performers to sashay into the spotlight they deserve". CBC Arts. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ^ ""Canada's a Drag" Returns for Another Season With Kings and Queens Slaying the North". www.newnownext.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  3. ^ "Meet the Super-Fab Queens from Up North on "Canada's a Drag"". The WOW Report. 2019-02-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig Takeuchi, "True North strong and fierce: Vancouver drag queens among performers spotlighted in Canada's a Drag" Archived 2020-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgia Straight, February 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada, May 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Eric Volmers (February 13, 2019). "Calgary's Duke Carson struts his stuff on CBC's Canada's a Drag". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland". The Racket. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  8. ^ Savannah Bagshaw (February 16, 2019). "Kelowna local shares past struggles in new episode of Canada's A Drag". PentictonNow. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "Meet 'Canada's Drag Race' season 4 cast of queens". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  10. ^ "See the 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' cast of international all-stars". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  11. ^ Duncan, Charlie (2024-06-26). "The confirmed cast of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World season two is a gag". PinkNews. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  12. ^ a b "Meet the 'Canada's Drag Race' season 3 queens". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  13. ^ "Boulet Brothers resurrect all-star 'Dragula' cast for 'Titans'". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  14. ^ "FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN » CIFF". www.ciffcalgary.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  15. ^ Aslam, Yasmeen (February 18, 2022). "There's a new Canadian kids' show starring drag performers and we love it". Today's Parent.
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