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.
The media are free to present a wide range of views and opinions. Reporters Without Borders says outlets "are generally free of pressure from politicians, political parties, and political movements."
Nearly all of Canada's media is owned by a small number of private groups. Postmedia Network owns the National Post, Toronto Sun, Montreal Gazette among others. Woodbridge, owned by Canada's Thomson family, owns the Globe and Mail as well as the international media corporation Thomson Reuters.
There were 36.7 million internet users by January 2024, comprising 94% of the population (Datareportal.com).
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
Aboriginal People's TV Network (APTN), external - Winnipeg-based national network, via cable and satellite
CBC Television, external - English language public TV network run by the public Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada
CPAC, external - parliamentary and political channel
CTV, external - major commercial network
CRTC, external - regulator; its website has information about the main TV groups
Global Television, external - major commercial network
Ici Radio-Canada Télé, external - French language public TV network run by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada
Omni TV, external - broadcasts in multiple languages, focused on immigrant communities
TVA, external - major French-language commercial network
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