My favorite:
SCTV. It ran from 1976-84. I was too young to appreciate the humor during the initial run, but would always watch the reruns in the late 80s/early 90s. One of the most underrated comedy shows ever.
Well, ok but it's not exactly unknown. The stars went on to great careers.
I would say SNL is Canadian because the entire concept and execution is done by a Canadian - modelled against a CBC show he had "The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hart_and_Lorne_Terrific_HourKids in the Hall - if you don't know this then do.
Baroness Von Sketch - a new one that shows much promise
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Leaving out stand-up and sitcoms here but the going theory is that Canadians are the perennial outsiders - forced to watch the big show - and therefore excel at commentary. This is seen in academic theory (McLuhan) Journalism (anchor Peter Jennings &
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_expatriate_journalists_in_the_United_States ) Comedic observation (Sketch and Stand-up)