Canada media guide
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Canada has a long history of public broadcasting. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was set up in the 1930s in response to the growing influence of American radio.
Broadcasting in French and English, the CBC's radio networks carry speech-based and cultural programmes. It operates two national TV channels and TV and radio services for indigenous people in the north.
There are hundreds of licensed radio stations, many of them commercial. There is extensive take-up of multichannel TV. The broadcasting regulator rules that quotas of Canadian material must be carried by TV and radio stations.
The media are free to present a wide range of views and opinions. Outlets "are generally free of pressure from politicians, political parties, and political movements", Reporters Without Borders said in 2022.
There were 37.1 million internet users by July 2022, comprising 97% of the population (Internetworldstats.com). There are 33.3 million active users of social media (We Are Social, 2022).
Press
The Globe and Mail, external - Toronto-based national daily
La Presse, external - Montreal-based daily
Toronto Sun, external - daily
National Post, external - daily
Le Journal de Montreal, external - daily
Vancouver Sun, external - daily
Montreal Gazette, external - daily
The Toronto Star, external - daily
Maclean's, external - weekly news magazine
Television
CBC, external - public, operates English-language national network CBC Television and CBC News Network
Societe Radio-Canada, external - public, operates national French-language network Ici Radio-Canada Tele and news channel RDI
CTV, external - major commercial network
TVA, external - major French-language commercial network
Aboriginal People's TV Network (APTN), external - Winnipeg-based national network, via cable and satellite
CPAC, external - parliamentary and political channel
CRTC, external - regulator; its website has information about the main TV groups
Radio
CBC, external - public, operates English-language network CBC Radio One, cultural network CBC Radio Two
Societe Radio-Canada, external - public, operates French-language Ici Radio-Canada Premiere and Ici Musique
Radio Canada International, external - CBC external online outlet, in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic
CRTC, external - regulator; its website has information about the main radio groups