 Final logo used from September 1, 2015 to September 1, 2025 | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Headquarters | Montreal,Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Language | French |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled toletterboxed480i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Teletoon Canada, Inc. (Corus Entertainment) (branding licensed fromDisney Branded Television) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09-01) |
| Replaced | Télétoon Rétro |
| Closed | September 1, 2025; 2 months ago (2025-09-01) |
| Links | |
| Website | La Chaîne Disney (archived July 2025) |
La Chaîne Disney was a Canadian French-languagespecialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary ofCorus Entertainment under license fromThe Walt Disney Company, and launched on September 1, 2015, replacingTélétoon Rétro. It was a localized version of the U.S. subscription networkDisney Channel, broadcasting live-action and animated programming aimed at children in French in Canada.
The launch of the network came alongside a licensing deal reached between Disney and Corus, who acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming library, and the announcement of aCanadian version of Disney Channel broadcasting in English that launched concurrently. Previous rightsholderDHX Media never operated any Disney Channel-branded services in English or French, and its only French-language Disney-branded property was a French-language Canadian version of the preschool children's brandDisney Junior.
French-language dubs of Disney Channel programs were historically aired byRadio-Canada and laterVrak.TV. The latter channel was co-owned withFamily Channel. Vrak.TV was separated from Family with the acquisition ofAstral Media byBell Media; in an attempt to relieve concerns surrounding Bell's total market share in English-language television following the merger, Bell elected to divest Family Channel and its sister networks toDHX Media, which included Astral'sFrench-language version of Disney Junior.[1]
On April 16, 2015,Corus Entertainment announced that it had acquired long-term, Canadian multi-platform rights to Disney Channel's programming library; the cost and duration of the licensing deal were not disclosed. Alongside the licensing deal, Corus announced that it would officially launch a Canadian version of Disney Channel; the service will consist of linear television channels in English and French, along withTV Everywhere andvideo-on-demand services for digital platforms.[2][1]
The French-language service, La Chaîne Disney, launched concurrently with its English-language counterpart on September 1, 2015. It replacedTélétoon Rétro in its previous channel allotments, operating under the same CRTC license.[3][4]
In 2018, the channel was rebranded to match its English-language counterpart modifying slightly its logo.
On July 10, 2025, Corus announced that they would close La Chaîne Disney alongside a selection of children's channels (Nickelodeon,Disney XD,Disney Jr. andABC Spark) at midnight on September 1, 2025 (due to existing financial pressure at the company), the 10th anniversary of the channel's launch.[5] Despite the closure, Corus confirmed that it would continue to air Disney content on its other channels. For the time being,the English-language counterpart was not affected. The last show to air on the channel before midnight was the French dub of3 Amigonauts, with the episode "Glasses Half Fail / Burt's Biggest Boom", after which the channel ceased operations with aslate stating "Cette chaîne n'est plus disponible".[6]
La Chaîne Disney's programming mainly consisted of French-language dubs of existing programs fromDisney Channel. As no French versions of each brand ever existed,Disney XD andDisney Junior programs were also included, as part of their respective programming blocks,Disney Junior sur la chaîne Disney[7] and, previously,XD Zone (shown on air asDisney XD Zone). They also used to air Disney Channel shows on blocks based on their respective themes.[8][9]
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