Kids in Canada

Kids in Canada is a Canadian mockumentary-style comedy-drama series. It aired on CTV between February 9, 2018 and May 5, 2023.

Plot
The series takes place at the fictional Eagle Park Children's Home in Toronto, and documents the lives of the staff and young people and their everyday trials and tribulations.

Characters
Staff


 * Karen Williams (Olunike Adeliyi)-Head care worker. She has over fifteen years of experience, and has a tough but kind and fair attitude. She is from a large Jamaican-Canadian family, and is married with a son.
 * Ahmad Hosseini (Jade Hassoune)-A graduate student from Kingston University, with a degree in social work and child care, and Karen's co-worker. He has only been a care worker for two years after leaving university, and has a tenacious nature. He is Iranian-Canadian.
 * Phil Thomas (John Reardon)-Karen's other colleague, and chef at Eagle Park. He is amiable, friendly and always on hand to offer advice. He has no children of his own, but also acts as the main carer for his nephew, who is autistic.

Care home residents


 * Hannah Turner (Peyton Kennedy)-A feisty girl who isn't scared to speak her mind. She loves art, and often posts her art work on her Instagram page called planet_hannah. She initially lived with her grandmother after her parents died in a car crash, but came to Eagle Park when her grandmother became too ill to care for her. At the beginning of season 3, she leaves Eagle Park to start a Creative Arts course in Los Angeles.
 * Sam Parker (Drew Davis)-A bubbly, energetic boy who enjoys cracking jokes, pulling pranks and making his friends laugh. He is mixed-race; his mother is Nigerian, and his father, who left when he was three months old, was a white Canadian; their relationship led to his mother's Muslim family disowning her. He leaves midway through season 2, and he and his mother settle in New York City.
 * Abbad Rahman (Filip Geljo)-A tough but loving boy with a love of basketball. He is of Bangladeshi-Canadian descent, and his mother died when he was three; his father, struggling to cope, sent him to live with his aunt and uncle, before he ended up at Eagle Park. He eventually reconciles with his father, and towards the end of Season 2, leaves to pursue a basketball coaching course in New York City.
 * Katie Tyler (Elle McKinnon)-An outgoing girl with a sunny disposition. She loves animals, especially her two German Shepherds Freddy and Casey, who currently live with her aunt, due to her living at Eagle Park and her mother's new apartment not allowing dogs. She is later taken in by a lesbian couple midway through Season 3 and moves to Hamilton with them.
 * Lucy Kwame (Ava Augustin)-A shy but goodhearted young girl with a big heart. Of Ghanaian-Canadian descent, she was mostly raised by her older brother after their parents died in a car crash, but was taken into foster care when she was five years old. Despite her tough start to life, she retains an optimistic nature.
 * Ashton Reid (Luke Roessler)-Affectionately nicknamed Ash, he is a quirky boy with a good heart and a love of science and nature. He has Asperger's syndrome, and is very knowledgable on many subjects. He reunites with his estranged father in Season 3, after not seeing him for years, but after seeing that he still hasn't changed, he cuts ties with him.
 * Maya Parekh (Saara Chaudry)-A blunt but caring girl, she was taken into Eagle Park with her younger sister; she was born in Mumbai, India, but moved to Canada when she was six months old. She loves sport, particularly soccer, and she and her sister later reunite with their estranged mother and move to San Francisco with her.
 * Devi Parekh (Birva Pandya)-Maya's younger sister. She loves drawing, particularly artwork depicting animals. Unlike her sister, she was born in Canada, and was taken into foster care alongside her. She loves music, especially Ariana Grande and Katy Perry.
 * Ethan Martinez (Raphael Alejandro)-A quirky boy with an endearing nature. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to a Mexican father and a white Canadian mother; their relationship led to his mother's family disowning her.

Introduced in Season 1


 * Samar "Sam" Rahman (Stephen Lobo)-Abbad's father.