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Top 25 Journalism companies based in Canada

Name: Journalism companies based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 118 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 118 journalism companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 5,313 professional contacts across them, including 1,405 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers journalism companies headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

118Companies

5,313Contacts tracked

1,405Verified emails

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The 25 largest journalism companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 118 journalism companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to journalism companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Postmedia Network INC	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,109 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Postmedia Network Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Postmedia Network Canada Corp.(TSX:PNC.A, PNC.B), is a Canadian news media company representing more than 120 brands across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Metroland Media Group	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	888 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Metroland publishes six daily newspapers and several community news websites across Southern Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Toronto Star	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	667 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest newspaper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Torstar Corporation	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	163 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Torstar Corporation is a leading Canadian media and data company that aims to help people better understand the world and each other.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	CBC News	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CBC News services keep Canadians at home and abroad informed about their communities, their country and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Village Media	Strong evidence	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	127 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Village Media is a leading digital media company dedicated to strengthening local communities through trusted journalism, technology and civic engagement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Saltwire Network	Indirect evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	115 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SaltWire Network is the largest news media network covering Canada’s East Coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Calgary Herald	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With a bold transformation and a complete reimagining of news media, the Calgary Herald has changed how it creates and delivers content to audiences to focus primarily on local…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Windsor Star	Indirect evidence	Windsor, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With a bold transformation and a complete reimagining of news media, the Windsor Star has changed how it creates and delivers content to audiences to focus primarily on local news…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Médialo	Indirect evidence	Repentigny, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La petite entreprise familiale est devenue grande.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Saskatoon Starphoenix	Indirect evidence	Saskatoon, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your news at your fingertips, in print, online and mobile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Arsenal Media	Indirect evidence	St-lambert, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créée en 2012, l’entreprise est propriétaire de deux boutiques en ligne, Boutique Le Cargo et La rue principale, en plus d’opérer 23 sites web dont les sites web d’actualités…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Star Metroland Media	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are where millions of Canadians look for answers and where they learn about what matters most to their lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Great West Media L.P	Indirect evidence	St. Albert, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Icimédias	Indirect evidence	St-jean-sur-richelieu, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “regroupe 25 journaux répartis dans sept grandes régions du Québec et de l’Ontario : Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Haut-Richelieu, Mauricie, Thetford, Victoriaville et Cornwall.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Polytechnic INK Publishing Society	Indirect evidence	Surrey, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Runner is Kwantlen Polytechnic University's premiere student-owned newsmagazine and online outlet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Redpoint Media Group	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RedPoint Media Group is one of the largest independently owned media companies in Alberta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Overstory Media Group	Indirect evidence	Victoria, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Overstory Media Group is a community media company that builds trusted local publications, including the Georgia Straight, Vancouver Tech Journal, Capital Daily (Victoria), Fraser…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	LA Presse Canadienne	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Tous les jours, les 35 journalistes du service français de La Presse Canadienne sont à pied d’œuvre pour transmettre rapidement des nouvelles exactes, complètes, équilibrées et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	The Ontarion	Indirect evidence	Guelph, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Ontarion, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	The Discourse	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Discourse is an independent journalism company dedicated to in-depth reporting on complex issues facing Canada and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	The Carillon Newspaper	Indirect evidence	Regina, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Carillon has been the University of Regina student newspaper since 1962.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	The Coast	Indirect evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Coast is a local media company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Northern News Services	Indirect evidence	Yellowknife, NT, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NNSL Media is the umbrella of Northern News Services Limited’s seven weekly newspapers, two websites, and an array of social media channels across the Northwest Territories and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	The Brunswickan Publishing	Indirect evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Brunswickan is Canada’s oldest student publication, founded in 1867 when the University of New Brunswick was still King’s College.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: journalism companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names journalism companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of journalism companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name journalism companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Journalism companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

26.4%Verified-email coverage

45.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

22.0%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 118 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among journalism companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “journalism companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names journalism companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among journalism companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,405 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names journalism companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many journalism companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 118 journalism companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Postmedia Network INC, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most journalism companies?

Toronto leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Vancouver (10) and Montreal (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,405 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 118 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.