Heartland Season 18 cover art – Picture: CBC
Heartland has wrapped up its season 18 run in Canada and has just begun airing in the United States, but it will be a while before some Netflix regions pick up the next batch of 10 episodes. Some will pick it up in 2025 while others will have to wait until 2026. Here’s an updated guide on when you can expect season 18 of Heartland to drop on Netflix in your area.
Season 18 was filmed throughout early 2024 and began airing on CBC (and on CBC Gem) beginning September 29th. The season kicks off with Heartland struggling with competition from Pryce Beef just as Amy agrees to help Nathan Pryce in a sheepdog competition. That’s when Lou, Jack, and Tim begin to feel the strain as a water shortage is on the horizon. The new season consists of 10 episodes in total, airing on CBC between October and December 2024.
All your favorites return, such as Amber Marshall as Amy Fleming-Borden, Shaun Johnston, Michelle Morgan, Chris Potter, Jessica Steen, Michelle Nolden, Ruby and Emmanuella Spencer (who collectively play Lyndy Borden), Baye McPherson, and Drew Davis.
When will Heartland season 18 be on Netflix in the United States?
We’ll begin with Netflix in the United States, which ironically remains both the best and worst place to watch Heartland.
It’s the best in that it’s the only Netflix region with the back catalog of episodes from season 1 onwards. But on the other hand, it’s also the last Netflix region to acquire new season rights. As a result, Season 17 of the show is not yet available on Netflix in the US.
The longer release dates are because UP Faith & Family has held the exclusive first-run rights to the show for a while now. That’s been the case for the past few seasons and will continue to be the case with Season 18, which began dropping on April 17th with new episodes released over the course of 10 weeks.
As we wrote in our season 17 Heartland release schedule guide, here’s the expected release date pattern, including season 18.
- Season 15 confirmed for May 30th release date
- Season 16 touched down on June 1st, 2024
- Season 17 of Heartland is expected to arrive sometime in Spring/Summer 2025 although our understanding is the license is up for renewal on August 1st, 2025
- Season 18, therefore, is expected to arrive on Netflix in the US in mid-2026 at the earliest.
Of course, as soon as we learn the release date, we’ll update this post, include it in one of our monthly previews, and list it on our ‘New on Netflix’ hub page.
When will Heartland season 18 be on Netflix Internationally?
Heartland remains on Netflix (although most of the earlier seasons are missing) in over 20 countries, according to Unogs, as of 2024. Those regions get new episodes of Heartland far quicker than the US.
For the past three seasons, Netflix has always received the new batches of episodes in May, following the show’s wrap-up. As a result, our working assumption is that Season 18 of Heartland will be available on Netflix in countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, India, Latin America, Europe, and Asia in mid-2025, although we don’t have a confirmed date just yet.
For those in Canada, you can watch season 18 right now via CBC Gem.
Picture: CBC
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