NBA League Pass in Canada (2026-27): Plans, Blackouts, Prime Video and Bell

What is NBA League Pass in Canada?

NBA League Pass is the NBA's own streaming subscription. The NBA calls it “the best way to stream out-of-market NBA games live and on demand,” with full game replays, condensed games and alternate feeds such as each team's home and away broadcasts. You can buy it from the NBA on NBA.com or in the NBA app, and it is also sold through Prime Video and Bell TV.

In Canada there is one big catch: League Pass blacks out every game that is broadcast nationally in Canada. Those games come back on demand roughly 3 hours after they end. Certain NBA Cup games, All-Star Weekend and playoff games after the first round are blacked out live too (see blackouts below), so League Pass suits fans who follow US teams, not fans who mainly want the Raptors.

Back to contents

NBA League Pass plans in Canada (2026-27)

NBA.com sells two League Pass plans, which you can pay for by the season or by the month, plus a one-team option. Both full plans include Multiview of up to 4 games at once (on select devices), home and away broadcasts, full game replays and condensed games.

NBA.com says a season-long plan gives you live games through the end of the regular season, plus on-demand access through the playoffs and from June to September. It renews automatically before the next season, and the NBA emails you 30 days before the charge; to stop it, opt out of the renewal. Monthly plans can be paused or cancelled at any time, effective at the end of the current billing cycle.

Which plan should you get?

• League Pass if you watch on one screen and don't mind commercials.
• League Pass Premium if people in your home watch on more than one device at the same time (up to 3), or you want to download games to watch offline.
• Team Pass if you follow one out-of-market team, such as the Lakers or the Warriors.
• None of them if you mainly want the Raptors: see watching the Raptors below.

Back to contents

NBA League Pass blackouts in Canada

The NBA's help page is direct: in Canada, League Pass blackouts include all nationally broadcast games. Those games are available on demand roughly 3 hours after the game has ended. On top of that, Canadian fans don't get live access on League Pass to:

• certain NBA Cup games;
• All-Star Weekend;
• playoff games after the first round (on demand roughly 3 hours after they end).

Where do you watch a blacked-out game live? The NBA says Canadians should be able to see it on “a national broadcaster such as Sportsnet or TSN.” Raptors coverage is split between TSN and Sportsnet, so League Pass isn't the way to watch the Raptors live.

Blackouts follow your location

Blackouts are based on your current location, which the NBA sets from your IP address or, if they're turned on, your device's location services. To see which games are blacked out, the NBA points Canadian fans to its Canadian blackout schedule, which is NBA.com's schedule for Canada.

Back to contents

Where to buy NBA League Pass in Canada

Ways to get League Pass in Canada include the NBA (on NBA.com or in the NBA app), a Prime Video add-on channel and Bell TV. The NBA's Canadian blackout rules are written for League Pass in Canada, and Bell's terms say blackouts may apply to its version.

Back to contents

NBA League Pass on Prime Video in Canada

In Canada, Prime Video offers NBA League Pass and NBA TV as add-on channels. That is a separate add-on subscription, not part of a Prime membership, and it is a different thing from the NBA games Prime Video carries itself.

So if you already have Prime, you already have Prime Video's NBA games. League Pass, on Prime Video or elsewhere, adds out-of-market games beyond those, with its Canadian blackouts; TSN and Sportsnet carry many US games too. The NBA's League Pass blackouts page names only Sportsnet and TSN for Canada and, apart from its rule for playoff games after the first round, doesn't say how League Pass treats Prime Video's games there, so for one of those, watch it on Prime Video, and check the NBA's schedule for Canada before you count on League Pass.

Back to contents

NBA League Pass on Bell TV: Fibe channels 1415 and 1471–1481

Bell sells “NBA League Pass with NBA TV Canada” as a TV add-on for current Bell TV residential customers. Existing Fibe TV customers add it in My Account.

Bell's terms

• The subscription continues from season to season.
• Bell sends notice of the regular-season price and the cancellation deadline before the season begins. Its sports-packages page listed no price for it as of October 2026.
• There are no cancellations or refunds once the season has started.
• Installments go on your monthly Bell bills after the season starts. Blackouts may apply.

For Raptors games on Bell TV, you need TSN and Sportsnet channels in your package. Bell's TSN & Sportsnet pack, at $23/month, includes TSN1–5, Sportsnet and Sportsnet ONE but not Sportsnet 360; the Sports Fan pack, at $25/month (as of October 2026, plus tax), includes Sportsnet 360 too.

Back to contents

What League Pass is good for, and what needs TSN, Sportsnet or Prime Video

League Pass makes the most sense if you follow a team from the US. A fan of the Lakers, Warriors, Celtics or Knicks gets that team's out-of-market regular-season games, minus the ones League Pass blacks out in Canada (games broadcast nationally here and certain NBA Cup games), with national games on demand roughly 3 hours after they end. For a game on Prime Video, watch it on Prime Video, or check the NBA's schedule for Canada before you count on League Pass. Each team page lists that team's upcoming games, with the Canadian channel where it's been announced.

Back to contents

Watching the Raptors: TSN, Sportsnet and Prime Video

Raptors coverage is split between TSN and Sportsnet: Sportsnet's announced 2025-26 schedule had 41 national Raptors broadcasts, on Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE and Sportsnet+. For 2026-27, Sportsnet+ lists 35 regular-season Raptors games; TSN hadn't published its 2026-27 regular-season Raptors schedule as of Oct 1, 2026. To watch them live you need both networks, on TV or through their streaming services.

• Sportsnet+: Sportsnet+ says both plans include 35 regular-season Raptors games and “half of all playoff games,” along with 200+ US NBA games. Standard is $34.99/month (as of October 2026, plus tax).
• Sportsnet+ TV Provider Add-on: for people who already get Sportsnet through a TV provider, at $12.99/month (as of October 2026, plus tax). It adds 125+ NBA matchups on top of the Sportsnet channels you already get through your TV provider.
• TSN Standard, at $24.99/month (as of October 2026, plus tax), streams TSN1–5 live, including the NBA. TSN Premium, at $29.99/month (as of October 2026, plus tax), adds 75 more NBA games.
• Prime Video, included with Prime: its announced 2026-27 schedule includes two Raptors games, against the Pistons (Nov 20, 2026) and the Timberwolves (Jan 7, 2027), and it has the exclusive Play-In and Eastern Conference Finals and select first- and second-round playoff games.
• In French: RDS carries select Raptors and NBA games.

For game-by-game channels, see the Toronto Raptors page. More ways to watch the NBA in Canada are in how to watch the NBA in Canada, and the two networks are compared in Sportsnet vs TSN. For tonight's games and channels, see what's on tonight.

Back to contents

What about NBA TV and NBA TV Canada?

NBA TV comes up alongside League Pass in a few places; Bell and Rogers list it as NBA TV Canada:

• Bell TV: the add-on is called NBA League Pass with NBA TV Canada (Fibe TV channels 1415 and 1471–1481), and NBA TV Canada is also in Bell's Sports Fan pack.
• Prime Video: NBA TV is offered as an add-on channel, alongside League Pass.
• Rogers: the Sports theme pack, at $25/month (as of October 2026, plus tax), includes NBA TV Canada, along with Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, TSN1–5 and more, where it's available for your TV service.
• Fubo Canada: NBA TV is available only through the Sports Plus add-on or the “Cricket with Sports Plus” plan.

Back to contents