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Yep, it's easy to get lost in history. Dates were never my strong suit. I meant to say 1982. So, no muss no fuss. The point that Canada had dependence on Great Britain as a Dominion until 1982, impacted culture and legislation, only much later would it be seen as the strong arm of the CRTC for broadcasters. The main reason there was no color broadcasting in Canada prior to Sept 1966 was because the Federal government of the Dominion was expected to foot the bill for conversion. When Lester B Pearson became Prime Minister in 1963 he helped sway Senate approval for funding, of course, it did not happen over night. If you read through my references, I understand that this amount was about $15 Million in 1966 to get color launched in the September of that year. The motivation was political. Canada had won the honor of hosting the 1967 World Expo in Montreal, so Canada was under some pressure to foot the bill and get color launched. It's important to recall that Canadian consumers were not clamoring for expensive $750 color TVs made in the USA, perhaps rich Canadians may have living near a US city. Back then Canada had no free trade with the US on imported consumer electronics. There were tariffs on imported tv sets to help Canadian TV set makers supply local demand. In addition, Canadian manufactures were not being offered tax incentives for building color TV sets that they couldn't sell.
Of course, you're right ...RF signals tend to ignore international borders, especially line of site transmitters on tall communication towers. So, the proximity of cross border signals would make say, Windsor-Detroit area a good place to look for roundies. Toronto or Hamilton with signals propagating over Lake Ontario from Rochester, and the there's Vancouver being close to Seattle. Montreal could be a possibility too. My guess would be to look in large estates of well-to-do professionals or the wealthy to find such gems today.
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