[10] The series was created by Canadian comedian Brent Butt, who imagined what his life might be like had he remained in a small Saskatchewan town rather than pursuing stand-up comedy.

[6] Brent Butt was a driving force as creator, writer, showrunner, executive producer, actor and, occasionally, director of the show.

[14] Paul Mather, Mark Farrell, Brent Butt, Andrew Carr, Kevin White, Robert Sheridan, Norm Hiscock, Dylan "Worts" Wertz and Gary Pearson all contributed to writing the series.

David Storey, Mark Farrell, Robert de Lint, Jeff Beesley and Brent Butt provided direction in the program.

"[16] While it is not, in fact, the first Canadian-produced sitcom ever aired on CTV, having been preceded by The Trouble with Tracy, George, Snow Job, Excuse My French, and Check It Out!, it is the first CTV sitcom in which the network itself has held a primary production role, rather than acting solely as a holder of broadcast rights, and the first to postdate the network's late-1990s corporate restructuring from a cooperative of its affiliated stations into a conventional corporation.

Dog River's police force, consisting entirely of veteran Davis Quinton (Lorne Cardinal) and rookie Karen Pelly (Tara Spencer-Nairn), keep the peace in the small town—a very simple task—and the officers have an overabundance of free time.

Finally, Brent's best friend Richard Henry "Hank" Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick), who is constantly unemployed, spends his time hanging out with Dog River's residents and drinking coffee, for which he rarely pays, at The Ruby.

Butt's main co-writers were This Hour Has 22 Minutes writers Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, Kevin White, and Andrew Carr.

Two segments of production footage with time code circulated on YouTube also seemed to indicate a series finale as imminent despite the show's continued success in Canada and recent U.S. sale.

[26] Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall played Marvin Drey, a disliked Revenue Canada agent, in "Tax Man", the second episode of the series.

Canadian Idol judges Sass Jordan, Zack Werner, Jake Gold, and Farley Flex appeared as themselves rating Brent's rendition of "It would never rain in Dog River ...

Pat Fiacco, then-mayor of Regina, appears in the episode "Whataphobia" as Stan, the owner of Dog River's miniature golf course.

During episode "Physical Credit", Read receives a browbeating from Oscar (which first aired the day after closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics).

Olympic long-track speed skater medal winner Cindy Klassen makes a cameo appearance in the fourth season episode "Dog River Dave".

After Davis says that "Michael Bublé isn't jazz", the camera cuts to the actual singer, who says sadly that he is "a gifted vocalist who defies genres".

In episode four of the sixth season, "Meat Wave", Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist David Suzuki also appears in a cameo.

According to the Corner Gas tagline, it is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from nowhere, but still within a relatively short drive to "The City", where characters are often shown going to shop or attend "support meetings", in the case of Davis and Lacey.

The third-season episode, "Fun Run" has one character drive to Weyburn for a lark, suggesting Dog River is probably closer to Regina than it is to Saskatoon.

In order to play down this unsavoury branch of her family tree, Lacey instead used a story that Karen made up: that pioneers somehow got hold of a hot air balloon, got an aerial view of the town site, and noticed that the creek formed a shape similar to that of a dog's leg.

The remnants of the Corner Gas and Ruby standing sets, along with the grain elevator labelled "Dog River" are visible from ground level at the junction of Highways 39 and 714.

However, by 2016, the Ruby and Corner Gas sets had once again fallen into disrepair and, due to being built on a bog, had begun to sink and were declared unsafe.

Another example occurs (mentioned in the same episode) when coyotes wander into town to eat cats, prompting the incorrectly spelled headline "Cattle Killed by Werewolfs [sic]."

An example of amusingly fabricated reporting can be seen in the first episode, in which a headline reads "Moose Jaw Gets NBA Franchise," and at an unseen time, they declared that Canada was apparently at war with Switzerland.

Their sound is described as similar to "a small animal caught in some kind of machinery," and their sole gig since 1986 was booked due to the humorous nature of their poor performance.

Besides all of the 19 season 5 episodes, the set includes Corner Gas character commentaries, "My Happy Place" in a music video format and bloopers.

Curiously, though, almost all of these episodes have never add any on-screen actor credits nor captions (such as the show's writers/directors) over any of the live action, suggesting that perhaps the DVD company had to go back to the original film elements in order to get an anamorphic picture.

[48] Corner Gas has spawned a merchandising business, with hundreds of retail items, sold-out live touring productions, and best-selling DVDs.

A companion book to the show, called Tales from Dog River: The Complete Corner Gas Guide, was published on November 4, 2006.

It was written by Toronto journalist Michele Sponagle and was produced in conjunction with CTV, Penguin Canada, and Prairie Pants Productions.

[51] A follow-up to the book called Dog River Confidential: The Super, Even More Complete Corner Gas Guide, also by author Michele Sponagle, was released by Penguin Canada on November 10, 2009.