Movies & TV
Explore: New Movies & TV
Kanopy is an online video streaming service providing on-demand access to movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos. Access thousands of titles on your favourite device for free - all you need is your Library card!
Kanopy provides access to thousands of videos from producers such as The Great Courses, PBS, Media Education Foundation, Cohen Films, and more. Kanopy also includes Canadian independent films, documentaries and foreign language titles.
Kanopy Kids offers a diverse selection of both educational and entertaining films and TV series aimed at children ages 2-8. Learn more about Kanopy Kids.
Kanopy
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Web browsers
On a Windows computer, Mac, or Chromebook, you can use Kanopy in your web browser at kanopy.com. We recommend using the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge.
Mobile devices
You can download the Kanopy mobile app on supported mobile devices:
- iPhones/iPads with iOS 11.0+ (get it from the Apple App Store)
- Android devices with Android 7.1+ (get it on Google Play)
- Amazon Fire tablets with FireOS 6+ (get it from the Amazon Appstore)
Note:Â Video playback is not supported in mobile device browsers. Use the mobile app for the best Kanopy experience on mobile devices.
Smart TVs
You can download the Kanopy TV app on supported smart TVs:
- Android TV and Google TVÂ with Android 7.1+
- Apple TVÂ with tvOS 12.0+
- Fire TVÂ with FireOS 6+
- Roku with RokuOS 12.5+
- Telstra TVÂ (any model)
- Samsung TV (Most models from 2019 or later with Tizen 5.0+. See this chart to find your Tizen version)
Watch a video overview of supported devices
This information is as of June 2024.
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This error occurs when your library card number has already been added to a different Kanopy account. You will be given a hint as to what email address the account is using in the error message. To resolve, log out of the account that you are currently signed into. Then, log in using the email address that was provided in the error message. Once you have logged in using the appropriate email address, you will be able to proceed with watching films on Kanopy. If the email address displayed does not belong to you and you suspect someone may be using your library card number, please contact Kanopy at support@kanopy.com.
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This message displays if the library card number that has been entered does not exist at the library. Please double check that the library card number that was entered is correct, and that you are entering it for the correct library.