Canada’s former Investigation Discovery channel became Oxygen True Crime on January 1, 2025, according to Bell Media’s official announcement. That name change is the first thing to resolve when an older listing still says Investigation Discovery: the current Canadian brand is Oxygen True Crime.
The Canadian service’s own profile names Forensic Factor and Fear Thy Neighbour alongside unscripted franchises including Snapped and Dateline. These titles share a crime subject, but they do not all tell a case from the same angle. The method of storytelling is a useful way to choose between them.
At a glance
| Reference | Detail |
|---|---|
| Canadian brand transition | Investigation Discovery → Oxygen True Crime, January 1, 2025 |
| Canadian originals named | Forensic Factor; Fear Thy Neighbour |
Evidence and escalation are different subjects
The rebrand announcement describes Forensic Factor: A New Era around crime-scene investigators and detectives finding and interpreting evidence. That makes the investigative process a central attraction: how a detail becomes useful in understanding a case.
Fear Thy Neighbour is described as a docudrama about disputes between neighbors that escalate into violent confrontations. Its focus begins with relationships and conflict. If you want the mechanics of evidence, the forensic format offers one starting point; if you want the developing social conflict, the neighbor-focused format offers another.
A correspondent’s remembered story
Dateline: Unforgettable is introduced in the launch material as reports selected by Dateline correspondents because the cases stayed with them. The choice of story becomes part of the framing, adding the reporter’s perspective to the case being revisited.
That differs from assuming every crime program is a chronological reconstruction. A viewer can be interested in the investigation, the people involved or the reporter’s relationship with a story. Knowing which element drives a title helps set expectations for the kind of detail it will emphasize.
Keep the Canadian identity clear
Bell Media’s current Oxygen profile specifically identifies Canadian originals within the channel’s mix. Use that Canadian profile when matching an older Investigation Discovery entry to the renamed service. The shared Oxygen brand does not make a US running order a reliable description of the Canadian channel.
The January 2025 announcement is useful for the rename and format examples. Its launch dates and promotional preview were tied to that launch period; the lasting information is the identity transition and the channel’s documented true-crime focus.
Useful answers
What replaced Investigation Discovery in Canada?
Bell Media announced that its Canadian Investigation Discovery channel would become Oxygen True Crime on January 1, 2025. Its current Oxygen profile confirms the Canadian brand.
Are Forensic Factor and Fear Thy Neighbour the same kind of program?
The cited descriptions emphasize different approaches: forensic evidence and investigation in Forensic Factor, and escalating neighbor disputes in the docudrama Fear Thy Neighbour.