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==Canada==
{{Main|XM Radio Canada}}

In November 2004, [[Canadian Satellite Radio]] filed an application with the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] to bring the XM service to Canada. Along with [[Sirius Canada]] and the consortium of [[CHUM Limited]] and [[Astral Media]], CSR was one of three applications for national [[subscription radio]] services submitted to the CRTC.

On June 16, 2005, the CRTC approved all three applications. The decisions were appealed to the Canadian federal cabinet by a number of broadcasting, labor, and arts and culture organizations, including the [[Friends of Canadian Broadcasting]], [[CHUM Limited]], and the [[National Campus and Community Radio Association]]. The groups objected to the satellite radio applicants' approach to and reduced levels of [[Canadian content]] and French-language programming, along with the exclusion of Canadian non-commercial broadcasting. After a lengthy debate, Cabinet rejected the appeals on September 9, 2005.

XM's Canadian channels appeared on US receivers on November 17, 2005. On November 29, 2005, XM Canada officially launched.