Canada's Worst Handyman

Canada's Worst Handyman

Category: Reality Television

Developed By: Proper Television

Star: Andrew Younghusband

Narrated By: Andrew Younghusband

Country of Origin: Canada

Number of Episodes: 7

Executive Producer: Guy O'Sullivan

Producer: Amy Hosking

Original Channel: Discovery Channel Canada


Original Run: March 13, 2006 to Present

Followed By: Canada's Worst Handyman 2

Related Shows: Canada's Worst Driver and Britain's Worst DIYer

This a competition style show where people who consider themselves handymen are put to the test until one person from the group ends up with the title "Canada's Worst Handyman".

The show is funny and you learn stuff too.  I know now that you can't use duct tape instead of cement.  That wasn't on the show either but I did learn some basics.  The show is not boring because the pace is kept quick.  We don't see everything but we are shown the best of the worst stuff. 

We see stuff we might have done and then we also see stuff that we don't think we would do.  It's a quality Canadian show with humor sprinkled all about.  The host is very patient and not scared of much.  Watch the show to see what I mean.  You can watch episodes in many ways including buying the dvds.  I get nothing so that's the end of the commercial.


Some of the competitor don't know how to use basic tools like drills, levels, and even instructions.

Before I continue the name of they show must have bothered someone. Canada's Worst Handyman is the title. If a woman wins then she is known as Canada's Worst Handyman. I thought I had a good thought about that but I'm a man and when ever I think I hear the ice cream truck in my head.

I think the show wouldn't work out well if it was Canada's Worst Handyperson. When you need ratings everything must be considered.

There are five contestants but unlike Canada's Worst Driver no one gets eliminated. Every episode one "handyman" is named most improved and another one is name least improved. The least improved gets a heavy duty punishment like doing the thing they suck at all night.

The show takes place at the Handyman Rehabilitation Centre, a building of the Regent Park public housing complex in Toronto, Ontario. Located at the corner of Dundas and Parliament, it was demolished following the filming of the show.


Contestants The five contestants for the first season are as follows:

Darryl Andrews:

a professional bodyguard from Warkworth, Ontario
he isn't confident about handyman work
A running theme for Darryl is that it always looks like he and his wife are going to breakup

Merle Auger:

a truck driver from Sucker Creek, Alberta
uses duct tape to fix everything
he usually doesn't measure or use a level
has many unfinished projects at home

Keith Cole:


a performance artist from Toronto, Ontario
doesn't like doing house repair work
is afraid of power tools
likes to delegate work to others while he avoids work

Barry Davis:

a subsitute teacher from Quadra Island, British Coumbia
doesn't think about safety when he does house repairs
once used a chainsaw indoors and almost electrocuted himself to death while fixing a clothes dryer while standing in a puddle

Jeannie MacCulloch:

a retired lady from Victoria, British Columbia
purchased a house hoping to restore it
can't read or understand instructions

Canada's Worst Handyman Experts

The experts for the first season are as follows:

Dr. Julie Hill, a psychologist who has taught psychology in two Ontario universities. Greg House, a general contractor with international experience, having managed both residential and commercial projects over a long career

Robin Lockhart, an interior designer specializing in high-end residential and commercial design. She is a graduate of the International Academy of Design