Canadian weekly newspaper circulation is down 8.5% in 2008 compared to 2007 levels

Below is a list of Canada's top 25 Newspapers by 2008 weekly circulation

Rank Newspaper Weekly Circulation 2008 Weekly Circulation 2007
1 Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation ▼ 2,349,760 3,260,621
2 The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of 935 000, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star and is widely described as Canada's newspaper of ▼ 1,996,582 2,024,320
3 Le Journal de Montréal Le Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid newspaper ▼ 1,577,987 1,921,652
4 La Presse ▼ 1,504,674 1,524,582
5 National Post The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by CanWest Global Communications and is published every Monday through Saturday. It was founded in 1998 by media magnate Conrad Black ▼ 1,182,206 1,236,020
6 Toronto Sun The Toronto Sun is an English language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily "Sunshine Girl" feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance ▼ 1,162,864 1,358,292
7 Vancouver Sun The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province of British Columbia on February 12, 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., which is affiliated with CanWest Global Communications company. It is published six days a week, Monday to ▲ 1,060,139 1,030,691
8 The Gazette The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is now the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, with three daily English newspapers having shut down during the second half of the 20th century ▲ 1,057,294 974,021
9 The Province The Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898 ▲ 995,027 878,836
10 Ottawa Citizen The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language conservative-leaning daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper has a circulation of 141,540 ▼ 900,197 919,931
11 Winnipeg Free Press The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province ▲ 889,457 885,986
12 Calgary Herald The Calgary Herald is a daily newspaper published in the Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta ▼ 852,599 866,553
13 Edmonton Journal The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the CanWest News Service division of CanWest Global Communications ▼ 839,365 873,754
14 The Chronicle-Herald ▲ 752,397 736,371
15 Le Journal de Québec ▼ 617,781 749,293
16 Le Soleil ▲ 610,173 587,813
17 Hamilton Spectator ▼ 573,663 649,822
18 The Times-Colonist ▼ 488,988 502,675
19 London Free Press The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada ▼ 455,939 571,621
20 Windsor Star ▲ 408,882 408,133
21 Edmonton Sun ▼ 401,207 478,392
22 Calgary Sun ▼ 347,434 428,648
23 The Record The Waterloo Region Record is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, including the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, as well as the surrounding area. Since December 1998, the Record has been published by Metroland Media Group, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Torstar Corporation ▼ 347,127 394,388
24 The StarPhoenix ▲ 335,990 334,532
25 The Leader-Post ▼ 306,848 309,805

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