Vrak

Vrak
2016-present Vrak logo
Launched	September 1, 1988
Owned by	Bell Media
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	Canada
Language	French
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Formerly called	Le Canal Famille (1988–1996) Canal Famille (1996–2001) Vrak.TV (2001–2014)
Replaced
Sister channel(s)	Z Canal D Canal Vie Cinépop
Website	VRAK (French)
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV	Channel 140 (SD) Channel 1870 (HD)
Shaw Direct	Channel 770 (SD) Channel 397 / 231 (HD)
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems	Check local listings
IPTV
Bell Aliant Fibe TV	Channel 845 (SD) Channel 945 (HD)
Bell Fibe TV	Channel 150 (SD) Channel 1150 (HD)
MTS	Channel 411 (SD)
Optik TV	Channel 8031 (SD) Channel 2031 (HD)
SaskTel	Channel 265 (SD)
Telus Quebec	Channel 29 (SD) Channel 529 (HD)
VMedia	Channel 115 (SD) (QC)
Zazeen	Channel 210 (HD)

Vrak (stylized as VRΔK) is a Canadian French-language Category A specialty channel aimed at youth audiences. Since 2013, Vrak is owned by Bell Media.

Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1987, Le Canal Famille was launched on September 1, 1988 as a replacement to the youth channel TVJQ (Télévision des Jeunes du Québec, otherwise known simply as Télé des Jeunes). Canal Famille was created by Premier Choix TVEC which itself was already owned by Astral at the time.

Le Canal Famille, name translated as The Family Channel, which was the name of another Canadian youth channel that also began airing in 1988.

Le Canal Famille was renamed VRAK.TV on January 2, 2001.

Vrak.TV was separated from its sister channel in 2013 due to the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Media; Bell sold off Family Channel (along with the French version of Disney Junior and two English-language TV services) to DHX Media.

Vrak.TV was simply renamed to just Vrak on August 25, 2014.

Since its creation as Le Canal Famille, the channel airs animated series, teenage sitcoms and light dramas. Many of them are French translations of English programs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, What I Like About You, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, The O.C., Life with Derek, Smallville, SpongeBob SquarePants, That '70s Show, 90210, Gossip Girl, and many others. It also aired programs from Disney Channel; due to the launch of La chaîne Disney by Corus Entertainment, the last remaining Disney Channel show on the channel, Good Luck Charlie (Bonne chance Charlie in French), was removed from the schedule in September 2016. The channel also features local Quebec French language productions, such as Il était une fois dans le trouble and Une grenade avec ça?. Other series that the channel popularized were Dans une galaxie près de chez vous and Radio Enfer. The channel started running movies weekly as of 2010.