Canada's Handyman Challenge

The all new Canada’s Handyman Challenge kicks off with our host Jillian Harris and judges Mike Holmes, Scott McGillivray and Bryan Baeumler traveling to Vancouver to pick the 4 best handymen to represent the West in the National Handyman Finals. Contestants build a perfectly functioning garden gate in 2 hours and applying crown moulding which is extra tricky when the walls have uneven angles. The 4 left standing are declared 'Western Canada' finalists.

Judges Mike Holmes, Scott McGillivray and Bryan Bauemler pick the 10 best handymen from Halifax to compete in challenge one. This time contestants build a chair in 2 hours and in the second round they’re given just 20 minutes to install a fully functional toilet! The 4 best are declared the 'Eastern Canada' finalists.

The judges went West, then East and now they’ve landed in Toronto to pick the best 10 handyman who will compete to represent Central Canada. For their first challenge, candidates must choose objects from a junk pile and build something fresh and fabulous in 2 hours flat! In Round 2 they must finish shingling a roof. The last 4 standing are declared the 'Central Canada' finalists.

Things heat up as our 12 finalists from West, East and Central Canada travel to the National Handyman Finals for their biggest test yet; a face-to-face challenge with each of our judges. Who can name all the tools? Who will identify all the errors in a poorly constructed kitchen wall? Who will figure out the 'Measure, Cut and Match' puzzle? The remaining 8 competitors are one step closer to the title of Canada’s Best Handyman.

This challenge calls for a little team spirit as our 8 National Finalists pair-up to build bunk beds. But the real test comes when the losing team gets a surprise 'face off' challenge; wall-painting against their former partner. And one of them is sent home. Our remaining 7 have just 40 minutes to wire and install a light-fixture. A seemingly simple challenge but deceptive enough to send 1 more contestant home – bringing the total down to 6 National Finalists.

What do you get when you give the final 6 handymen 2 hours and way too many tasks? A really good sense of who can achieve quality and quantity in a short time frame. Five make it to the next round building a staircase. One wrong cut and they will be eliminated. Only 4 competitors move on to final showdown to compete for the title of Canada’s Best Handyman.