Christmas is one of the happiest times for children, and what’s a better way to make it even more comfortable than playing some good Christmas movies? So here are the top picks for the best Christmas movies for kids on Netflix Canada for the holiday season.
Best Kids Christmas Movies on Netflix in Canada
These Christmas movies are all suitable for children, available on Netflix Canada for viewing, and are listed by the runtime. So whether you are looking for a short 25-minute respite or a longer family event, we’ve got you covered.
1. A StoryBots Christmas (2017)
- Genre: Kids’ TV, Kids Music, Education for Kids
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed By: Evan Spiridellis, Jeff Gill
- Runtime: 25m
- Starring: Edward Asner, Judy Greer, Erin Fitzgerald, Fred Tatasciore, Evan Spiridellis, Jeff Gill, Jim Meskimen, Gregg Spiridellis, Nate Theis
Bo mistakenly thinks her friends don’t like her Christmas presents, so she heads to the North Pole and asks Santa to teach her how to make better presents. On this quest, she discovers that Christmas is more than just gifts.
2. An Elf’s Story (2011)
- Genre: Kids music, family movies, movies based on books
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed By: Chad Eikhoff
- Runtime: 26m
- Starring: Brendan Dooling, Michael May, Doug Williams, Leslie Bellair, Meak Moore
A young elf helps Santa complete his Naughty or Nice list and makes it his mission to help a naughty nine-year-old believe in Christmas again.
3. Super Monsters and the Wish Star (2018)
- Genre: Kids’ TV, kids music, TV cartoons
- Rating: TV-G
- Directed by: Avi Arad
- Runtime: 27m
- Starring: Elyse Maloway, Vincent Tong, Erin Mathews, Andrea Libman, Alessandro Juliani, Nicole Anthony, Diana Kaarina, Ian James Corlett, Britt McKillip, Kathleen Barr, Gigi Saul Guerrero
As Pitchfork Pines prepares for Christmas, the monsters eagerly await their wishes to come true. Lobo’s wish is fulfilled when his favourite cousin comes to visit him, and Glorb wishes to be everywhere all at once.
4. Shrek the Halls (2008)
- Genre: Family movies, movies based on books, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-PG
- Directed by: Gary Trousdale
- Runtime: 28m
- Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas
When Shrek promises Fiona and their children a happily-ever-after-worthy Christmas, he’s forced to learn to enjoy the holiday season and everything that comes with it.
5. Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle (2018)
- Genre: Kids’ TV, sitcoms, TV comedies
- Rating: TV-G
- Directed by: Jon Rosenbaum
- Runtime: 29m
- Starring: Gavin Lewis, Theodore Barnes, Shelby Simmons, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams
Teddy has never missed the Festival of Lights, a tradition now threatened because the bowling alley has been snowed in. But, the Prince of Peoria Emil insists that the Christmas moose will save the day!
6. Angela’s Christmas (2018)
- Genre: Children & family movies
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed by: Damien O’Connor
- Runtime: 30m
- Starring: Malachy McCourt, Ruth Negga, Vivian Drew
This short Christmas story is set in Ireland in the 1910s and features young This short Christmas story is set in Ireland in the 1910s and features young Angela, who is determined to ensure everyone in her town has a great Christmas.
7. Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
- Genre: British, family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed by: Steve Cox
- Runtime: 30m
- Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Laura Aikman
Shaun the sheep is excited for Christmas, but his excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid for bigger stockings leads to Timmy going missing.
8. Santa Pac’s Merry Berry Day (2016)
- Genre: Kids’ TV, TV cartoons, TV comedies
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed by: Moto Sakakibara
- Runtime: 44m
- Starring: Erin Mathews, Sam Vincent, Andrea Lidman, Ashleigh Ball, Ian James Corlett
Pac tries to stop Betrayus as he tries to ruin Berry Day for Pacworlders by capturing Santa Pac. In this quest to keep Berry Day the happiest day ever, he unravels a curious mystery about his parents.
9. DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays (2017)
- Genre: Musicals, kids’ TV, kids music
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed by: Blake Lemons
- Runtime: 45m
- Starring: Kelly Clarkson, Ana Ortiz, Ben Schwartz, Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten, Matt Jones, Ron Funches
In this wonderful holiday special that will bring joy to every kid, Oh’s good-intended efforts of bringing Christmas joy to his fellow Boovs almost destroy the whole Boov city.
10. Angela’s Christmas Wish (2020)
- Genre: family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-Y
- Directed by: Damien O’Connor
- Runtime: 47m
- Starring: Andy O’Connor, Ruth Negga, Moe Dunford
In the sequel to the critically acclaimed short film, Angela sets out to reunite in the sequel to the critically acclaimed short film, Angela sets out to reunite her family, including her father, who is working in Australia, in time for Christmas.
11. Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas (2018)
- Genre: British, kids’ TV, family movies
- Rating: TV-G
- Directed by: Marek Losey
- Runtime: 57m
- Starring: Jaylen Barron, Billy Angel, Manpreet Bambra
Easily one of the best Christmas movies for kids, Bright Field prepares for Easily one of the best Christmas movies for kids, Bright Field prepares for the Mistletoe Ball when Zoe finds an old family ornament leading to her finding a family secret. On the other hand, Gaby is faced with a new, mean boss.
12. A Christmas Prince (2017)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, dramas
- Rating: TV-PG
- Directed by: Alex Zamm
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Starring: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige, Honor Kneafsey
Young reporter Amber goes undercover as a tutor to see the young prince who will be a future king. While trying to keep her secret, she finds some royal intrigue and finds love.
13. Deck the Halls (2006)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, comedies
- Rating: PG
- Directed by: John Whitesell
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Starring: Danny Devito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis
When an optometrist decides to decorate for the holidays, his designs are upstaged by his neighbour, who aims to create a Christmas display that can be seen from space.
14. The Knight Before Christmas (2019)
- Genre: Romance, comedy, family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-14
- Directed by: Henry Selick
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Whitehouse, Emmanuelle Chriqui
When medieval magic sends a real-life knight to present-day Ohio, Brook, a high-school science teacher who doesn’t believe in love, starts to fall for him.
15. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022)
- Genre: Musicals, family movies
- Rating: TV- Y7
- Directed by: Stephen Donnelly
- Runtime: 1h 36m
- Starring: Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, Johnny Flynn, Fra Fee, Giles Terera, Trevor Dion Nicholas, James Cosmo
One of the best kids Christmas movies this year, this animated musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic Christmas story, Ebenezer Scrooge must face his past and change his future before time runs out!
16. The Claus Family (2020)
- Genre: Dutch movies, family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-G
- Directed by: Matthias Temmermans
- Runtime: 1h 37m
- Starring: Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker, Bracha van Doesburgh
When Holiday-hating Jules’ grandfather suddenly falls ill, Jules learns the family’s magical secret when he realizes he is the only one who can save Christmas.
17. The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020)
- Genre: Romance, comedy, family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-G
- Directed by: Michael Rohl
- Runtime: 1h 37m
- Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Nick Sagar, Sam Palladio
Margaret’s Christmas coronation complicates her love life, so her double, Stacey, steps in to save the day. But, unfortunately, their plan gets complicated when a third look-alike arrives on the scene.
18. Klaus (2019)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, comedies
- Rating: PG
- Directed by: Sergio Pablos
- Runtime: 1h 38m
- Starring: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Sergio Pablos
This English-language Spanish animated Christmas movie features a postman named Jason who befriends a toymaker, Klaus, in the remote winter town of Smeerensburg.
19. Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Genre: British, family, children & family
- Rating: PG
- Directed by: Sarah Smith
- Runtime: 1h 40m
- Starring: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen
When Santa Claus forgets to deliver an essential package, he entrusts the task to his son, Arthur, who must carry out this critical Christmas mission.
20. The Princess Switch (2018)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, dramas
- Rating: TV-PG
- Directed by: Michael Rohl
- Runtime: 1h 42m
- Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar, Suanne Braun, Mark Fleischmann, Amy Griffiths, Sara Stewart, Pavel Douglas, Robin Soans, Calliope Taylor, Natali Yura, Alexa Adeosun
Stacy, a young baker from Chicago, and Margaret, the Duchess of Montenaro, look identical. Before Christmastime, they decide to switch places so Margaret can experience life as an average person before she gets married, which launches a wild series of events for both girls.
21. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: PG
- Director: Ron Howard
- Runtime: 1h 45m
- Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Clint Howard
When two recently bereaved siblings plot to capture Santa on Christmas Eve, they must change course and instead work with him and his elves to save Christmas.
22. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, comedies
- Rating: TV-PG
- Directed by: Clay Kaytis
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Starring: Kurt Rusell, Darby Camp, Judah, Lewis, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
When an overworked elf runs off to the real world in search of the magic of Christmas, he gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a young boy.
23. David and the Elves (2021)
- Genre: Polish, family movies, children & family movies
- Rating: TV-PG
- Directed by: Michal Rogalski
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Starring: Cyprian Grabowski, Jakub Zajac, Anna Smolowik
When an overworked elf runs off to the real world in search of the magic of Christmas, he gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a young boy.
23. A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
- Genre: Family movies, movies based on books, children & family movies
- Rating: PG
- Directed by: Gil Kenan
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Starring: Maggie Smith, Michel Huisman, Kristen Wiig, Sally Hawkins, Toby Jones, Stephen Merchant
When a boy named Nikolas and his pet reindeer Blitzen set out on a quest north to find his father, he discovers more than he bargains for, including a village of elves.
24. The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
- Genre: Family movies, children & family movies, comedies
- Rating: PG
- Directed by: Chris Columbus
- Runtime: 1h 55m
- Starring: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp, Jahzir Bruno, Julian Dennison, Judah Lewis
The characters of the first Christmas Chronicles movie return in this sequel, where Kate runs away to the North Pole, where she discovers a plan to foil Christmas.
25. Happy Holidays from Madagascar (2005)
- Genre: Kids’ TV, TV cartoons, family watch together TV
- Rating: TV-PG
- Runtime: 1 season
- Starring: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, John DiMaggio, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock
The Madagascar crew accidentally hurts Santa Claus when they mistake him for an evil red goblin, causing him to lose his memory. Now, he can’t deliver presents to all children, and it’s up to Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria to do it for him.
