On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in History Television.

On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as Shaw Communications gained control of History Television as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media.

In addition to shows acquired from its American counterpart, History also produces and commissions several original programs of its own, including Restoration Garage, Yukon Gold, and Vikings.

The channel also frequently commissions original documentary television films on historical topics, with noteworthy examples having included the World War II documentaries The Real Inglorious Bastards[6] and Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust,[7] the four-part Black Canadian history series BLK, An Origin Story,[8] and the Indigenous Canadian history True Story.

[9] Under the History Television branding, the network also aired a special called Fact & Film, which shows a program on a topic and then a movie on the same subject.