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Wikipedia / Project Runway Canada

Project Runway Canada is a Canadian television adaptation of the American reality television series Project Runway, which debuted on the Slice network on October 8, 2007. The second season aired on Global. The series' host is fashion model Iman, while Canadian designer Brian Bailey acts as the contestants' mentor. The series was canceled after the second-season finale.

In April 2025, Crave announced a revival of the series, hosted by judge Coco Rocha, joined by judges Jeanne Beker and Spencer Badu, with Aurora James as mentor. It began streaming in November 2025.

Format

Project Runway Canada uses the same format as the American version of Project Runway that aired on the Bravo and Lifetime networks.

Series overview

Season 1 (2007)

Project Runway Canadas debut season premiered on October 8, 2007 and aired until December 12, 2007 on the Slice network. Iman, Shawn Hewson, and Rita Silvan served as judges, while Brian Bailey served as mentor. The show won the 'Best Reality Program or Series' award at the 23rd Gemini Awards. The winner of the season was Evan Biddell who won $100,000 to start a line, a portfolio photo shoot with L'Oreal Paris and a spread with ELLE Canada magazine featuring the winning model, Ashley Heart.

Season 2 (2009)

Season 2 aired on Global in January 2009 with the same panel all returning. The winner of the season was Sunny Fong, winning the cover and a feature spread in ELLE Canada with winning model Victoria, a professional portfolio photo shoot courtesy of L'Oréal Paris, a 'Runway to Retail' business mentorship with Winners, and $100,000 to start his own fashion line.

Season 3 (2025)

After a sixteen-year hiatus, Project Runway Canada was rebooted in 2025 for a third season and introduced an entirely new panel. Supermodel Coco Rocha served as host and judge, joined by fashion journalist Jeanne Beker and designer, Spencer Badu. Designer and activist Aurora James served as mentor to the contestants. The reboot premiered on Crave on November 14, 2025, produced by Bell Media Studios in association with Fremantle. Filming took place at Toronto Metropolitan University. Although this was the third season, this season is officially marketed as "Season 1" due to production changes and the acquisition of Canadian Project Runway rights by Bell Media.

The season followed the same competition structure as earlier iterations of the series: designers competed in weekly timed challenges, presented garments on the runway, and were evaluated by a judging panel, with one or more contestants eliminated each episode. The first season featured ten episodes released weekly on Crave. Episode summaries and guest judges were released by Crave and Bell Media alongside weekly episode drops.

Leeland Mitchell won and received a CAD $100,000 career investment, a feature in Elle Canada, and additional sponsor-related prizes provided through challenge integrations.

Project Runway Canada was renewed for a fourth season on March 9, 2026. The panel is expected to return.

Contestants

Twelve designers from across Canada competed in Season 3. Contestant details were sourced from the official cast announcement released by Bell Media.

Progress

Legend:

  1. The designer advanced to the Finale.

Awards

In 2008, at the 23rd Gemini Awards, Project Runway Canada won a Gemini Award for "Best Reality Program or Series".

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