You can watch TSN without blackouts by using StreamLocator to set your streaming location to a Canadian region outside your team’s blackout territory, so TSN works even if you’re outside Canada or stuck in a restricted home market. If you want TSN without regional blocks. Whether you live in Canada or you’re trying to subscribe from abroad this is the setup that lets you stream your games instead of seeing blackout messages.
TSN carries the NHL, the CFL, Formula 1 and the tennis Grand Slams it holds, and TSN+ costs C$29.99 a month or C$249.99 for the year. It only streams inside Canada, and even inside Canada it blacks out games in the home region of the teams playing, which is exactly why fans miss matchups they expected to watch. This guide covers what TSN+ costs after the April 2026 price rise, how the blackout rules actually work, how to use StreamLocator to avoid them, what to do if you need to subscribe from outside Canada, and which sports TSN and TSN+ include.
C$29.99 a month, or C$249.99 for a year, which works out around C$20.83 a month. Those figures took effect on 14 April 2026, up from C$24.99 monthly and C$199.90 annually, so any guide still quoting the old numbers is out of date. If you subscribe directly, you can manage the plan through the Account Management portal. TSN does not offer refunds, so choose monthly versus annual carefully before you pay.
Bell also sells a bundle of Crave and TSN at C$37.99 a month, which is worth having only if you actually want Crave's film and drama catalogue as well.
Hockey. NHL coverage through the regular season and into the playoffs, which is the reason most people subscribe.
Canadian football. The CFL, which is not carried in full anywhere outside Canada.
Motorsport and tennis. Formula 1 race weekends, and the Grand Slam tennis TSN holds.
Everything else. Golf, curling, and a share of the NBA and MLB schedule.
This is the part that confuses people, so it is worth stating plainly: a blackout applies to where the game is being watched from, not to who is watching. TSN uses your location, not your account, to decide whether a game is blocked. TSN blacks out a game in the home territory of the teams involved when the local broadcaster is showing it there, because leagues grant exclusive rights in specific areas, blackouts are enforced to comply with NHL broadcasting agreements, and TSN holds regional broadcast rights for four NHL teams through the regional sports network model.
So a Leafs game is blacked out on TSN for a connection in the Toronto region, and is not blacked out for a connection elsewhere in Canada. The same rule applies in another market too: a viewer in Vancouver can run into the same issue in local markets when local rights holders have the game. Choosing a Canadian region outside the relevant territory means the game simply is not subject to a blackout for that connection.
That is also why this page is useful to people inside Canada as well as outside it. A viewer in Toronto has the same problem as a viewer in Berlin, for a different reason.
Setting it up on your home wi-fi router is worth the extra five minutes if more than one person in the house watches, because it covers every device at once, including the ones that cannot run an app.
A Canadian way to pay is the straightforward route, since TSN is geo-restricted to Canada only and signup depends on appearing to connect from the right country. If you do not have one, buy the subscription inside the TSN app on a Canadian Apple ID topped up with Canadian gift cards, which is the same approach that works for several other Canadian services.
Make sure StreamLocator is running before you open the sign-up page in a browser or the app, so TSN sees a Canadian connection while you register, as it is geo-restricted and only streams within Canada.
TSN and StreamLocator are two separate subscriptions. Bell Media charges you for the sport, StreamLocator charges you for the access that reaches it, and the same StreamLocator subscription works with other services.
Each route on its own cheapest committed plan, comparing the main streaming service options by price and access. Adding another streaming platform can mean extra cost, so this is where you save money.
If your sport sits with a different Canadian broadcaster, we also have guides to Sportsnet Now and Fubo in Canada.
Between the Canada-wide geo-block and the regional blackouts, TSN is one of the sports services that can be unavailable both to Canadians abroad and to Canadians at home watching their own team. Neither restriction is about whether you have paid.
Start your free 7-day trial, pick a Canadian region, and watch games on the relevant channels so you can watch TSN from anywhere.
Yes. TSN only streams inside Canada and is geo-restricted based on your detected location, so on its own it will not work abroad. Blackouts are based on where you are watching, not your account. If you run into issues, make sure location services are enabled so TSN can verify the right region. With StreamLocator running, TSN sees a Canadian connection and your subscription plays as it does at home.
C$29.99 a month, or C$249.99 for a year, which works out around C$20.83 a month. Those prices took effect on 14 April 2026, up from C$24.99 and C$199.90. A bundle with Crave is sold at C$37.99 a month.
A blackout applies to the region a game is being watched from, not to your account. TSN checks your ip address to determine your location for blackout enforcement. If your ISP maps that ip address to the wrong region, correcting the geolocation can resolve a false blackout. TSN blacks out a game in the territory of the team involved. With StreamLocator choosing a Canadian region outside that territory means the game is not blacked out for that connection, so it plays.
A Canadian payment method is the straightforward route, though most people sign up through a tv provider if their package includes TSN. The alternative is to buy the subscription standalone inside the app using a Canadian Apple ID topped up with Canadian Apple gift cards.
No. They are two separate subscriptions. Bell Media charges you for TSN, and StreamLocator charges you for the access that helps you reach geo-blocked broadcast platforms from outside Canada or outside a blackout region, with no separate extra cost for TSN inside the StreamLocator plan because the TSN subscription is still paid to Bell Media. The same StreamLocator subscription works with other streaming services too.
NHL hockey, the CFL, Formula 1, tennis including the Grand Slams it holds, golf, curling, and a share of NBA and MLB coverage. For Canadian sport specifically there is no substitute for it.
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