The Fifth Estate

Season 50

Each week the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.

Where to Watch The Fifth Estate • Season 50

15 Episodes

  • Dawson Creek: We want our town back
    E1
    Dawson Creek: We want our town backLocal news is disappearing, so we asked viewers for their stories. One person pointed us to Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel besieged by killings and a wave of disappearances. Many residents say the RCMP has evaded accountability. Until now.
  • Road to Ruin
    E2
    Road to RuinCanadian animation pioneer Daniel Langlois was known for films like the Matrix and Jurassic Park. When the millionaire and his partner were killed in Dominica last December, it exposed a web that extends into politics and corruption.
  • Stronach: Power and Silence
    E3
    Stronach: Power and SilenceBillionaire Frank Stronach stands charged with 18 counts of sex crimes; the Fifth Estate has found further claims from the last several years Mark Kelley takes the allegations directly to Stronach.
  • The Election and the War
    E4
    The Election and the WarDonors and political action committees could use the war in Gaza to influence the U.S. election
  • Conspiracy in Coutts
    E5
    Conspiracy in CouttsA judge has ruled that two protesters involved in convoy blockade in Coutts Alta, where willing
  • Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption
    E6
    Cracked: Crimes Behind EncryptionVancouver’s Sky ECC promised confidentiality to customers with its encrypted cellphones, which were a hit with criminals but also the target of an international police sting. The investigation that brought thousands of criminals, and Sky, down.
  • The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of Truth
    E7
    The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of TruthWe debuted in 1975 with a goal of holding power accountable, which remains a core tenant decades later. As Canada’s flagship investigative documentary program turns 50, we go behind the stories.
  • Pet Care Inc.
    E8
    Pet Care Inc.The cost of owning a pet has skyrocketed as big business moves into vet care.
  • The Shadow War on Libraries
    E9
    The Shadow War on LibrariesNow more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories
  • Inside job: Airport gold heist
    E10
    Inside job: Airport gold heistIt was a sensational heist — $20 million in gold stolen from Canada’s busiest airport. On a chase that spans the globe — from India to Dubai to rural Pennsylvania, we make surprising discoveries about the gold, guns and the suspects still at large.
  • The second term project 2025
    E11
    The second term project 2025Donald Trump's tariff war has people on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border in a panic. From behind the scenes of inauguration day to the oil fields of Alberta — is there a plan behind the chaos? Project 2025 provides the blueprint.
  • Tax Hack: Identity Theft
    E12
    Tax Hack: Identity Theft“Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds”
  • A Sister's Promise
    E13
    A Sister's Promise“A Sister’s Promise,” documents Meggie’s journey as she hits the streets of east London searching for tips in her sister’s case. We’re there as the 62-year-old woman tracks down people of interest and grills them about what they know about Sonya’s death.
  • Trapped: The Online Terror Network
    E14
    Trapped: The Online Terror NetworkThis week is The Fifth Estate’s second investigation into 764, a satanic neo-Nazi network targeting vulnerable kids online and forcing them to harm their pets, themselves and others — and even take their own lives.
  • The Fifth Estate: The Next 50 Years of Investigative Journalism
    E15
    The Fifth Estate: The Next 50 Years of Investigative JournalismFor 50 years, The Fifth Estate has exposed the wrongdoings of the most powerful people. But with few organizations still committed to this kind of work, what does the future hold? Some answers from an esteemed panel of investigative journalists.

 

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