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How to Watch Snooker in Canada

August 9, 2026

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Snooker is a genuinely awkward sport to follow from Canada, and it is worth being blunt about why: there is no Canadian broadcast deal. No Canadian network carries it, which leaves the sport’s own direct-to-consumer platform, WST Play, as the primary route. For a country that produced Cliff Thorburn — a world champion and one of the sport’s great figures — that is a thin offering, but it is the reality.

Key takeaways

There is no Canadian television deal for snooker.
WST Play is the main route, sold direct at roughly GBP 7 per month or GBP 70 per year.
That is approximately CAD $13 monthly or CAD $130 annually, subject to exchange rates.
UK afternoon and evening sessions land in the Canadian morning and early afternoon.
The World Championship at the Crucible runs 17 days from mid-April to early May.

Session Times in Canada

Snooker is played almost entirely in the UK, in multi-session days. Converted to Canadian time:

Typical snooker session times converted to Canadian time zones
Session	UK	Eastern	Mountain	Pacific
Morning	10:00 a.m.	5:00 a.m.	3:00 a.m.	2:00 a.m.
Afternoon	2:30 p.m.	9:30 a.m.	7:30 a.m.	6:30 a.m.
Evening	7:00 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	Noon	11:00 a.m.

The evening session at 2:00 p.m. Eastern is the workable one, and it is where the marquee matches are usually scheduled. Morning sessions are effectively unwatchable live from Canada.

The Season

World Championship (Crucible, Sheffield): mid-April to early May, seventeen days. The centrepiece of the season.
UK Championship: November and December.
Masters: January, invitational, London.
Ranking events: scattered through the season across the UK, China and elsewhere.
Tour Championship and Players Championship: late season, restricted fields.

The World Championship, UK Championship and Masters together form the Triple Crown, and winning all three is the sport’s benchmark achievement.

Why Snooker Suits Catch-Up Better Than Almost Anything

A World Championship final is best of 35 frames played across two days and four sessions — potentially eight hours of play. A first-round match is best of 19. This is a sport measured in days, not hours, and the notion of watching it all live from a different continent is not realistic.

What works from Canada is watching the evening session live and picking up the rest on replay, which is why a catch-up window matters more here than additional live channels ever could.

Options

WST Play: the sport’s own platform, sold direct at roughly £7 per month or £70 per year. Comprehensive, and the only route to the full tour.
TiviLeaf IPTV: includes international sports feeds that carry snooker during major events, alongside the Canadian lineup, from $9 CAD per month with a 7-day replay window. Plans and pricing are listed at tivileaf.com/#pricing.

Best Devices for Watching

Amazon Firestick / Fire TV: the most common streaming stick in Canadian homes. See the Fire TV setup guide.
Samsung and LG smart TVs: app support built in, no extra box needed. See the Samsung guide or the LG guide.
Apple TV: the smoothest option for 4K streams. See the Apple TV guide.
Android TV, Google TV and NVIDIA Shield: including budget boxes like the Walmart onn. See the Google TV guide.
iPhone, iPad and Android phones: for watching on the move or on a second screen.

Snooker is the least demanding sport there is for stream quality — a fixed overhead camera on a static table compresses almost perfectly. Any connection that handles standard streaming will handle snooker at full quality.

Included with TiviLeaf

Watch snooker with TiviLeaf

Every channel below comes in a single plan from $9 CAD/month.

What you get

International sports feeds for events without a Canadian broadcaster
International sports feeds carrying major snooker events
TSN, TSN2, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5

Why it is the better deal: WST Play is about $130 CAD a year for one sport. TiviLeaf bundles all of the above from $9 CAD/month.

One plan, not three. No juggling separate apps, logins and bills.
Instant activation. Set up in under ten minutes on any device you already own.
No contract. Monthly or yearly, cancel any time, no early-termination fee.
7-day replay. Miss it live and it is still there for a week — nothing to record.
Every screen. One subscription across your TV, phone and tablet.

View plans See the full channel list

FAQ

Is snooker on TV in Canada?

No. There is no Canadian broadcast deal for snooker, and no Canadian network carries it. WST Play, the sport's own direct-to-consumer platform, is the main route for Canadian viewers.

How much does WST Play cost in Canada?

Roughly GBP 7 per month or GBP 70 per year, which is approximately CAD $13 monthly or CAD $130 annually depending on the exchange rate.

What time is snooker in Canada?

UK morning sessions start at 5:00 a.m. Eastern, afternoon sessions at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, and evening sessions at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. The evening session is the most watchable and usually carries the marquee matches.

When is the World Snooker Championship?

It runs seventeen days from mid-April to early May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The final is best of 35 frames played across two days and four sessions.