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Top 13 News media companies based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 27 news media companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 3,636 professional contacts across them, including 749 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers news media 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 20, 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
27Companies
3,636Contacts tracked
749Verified emails
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The 13 largest news media companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 27 news media companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to news media 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,109 contacts →

Strong 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 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceWinnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,000332 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Canwest is Canada's leading international media company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000163 contacts →

Partial 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 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500145 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CBC News services keep Canadians at home and abroad informed about their communities, their country and the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Strong evidenceHalifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500115 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SaltWire Network is the largest news media network covering Canada’s East Coast.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Strong evidenceCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50088 contacts →

Strong 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 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceWindsor, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20080 contacts →

Strong 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 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceSaskatoon, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20056 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Your news at your fingertips, in print, online and mobile.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20050 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 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceRegina, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Your news at your fingertips, in print, online and mobile.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Strong evidenceYellowknife, NT, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20010 contacts →

Strong 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 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceDonnacona, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Courrier De Portneuf Coop is a newspapers company based out of 276 Rue Notre Dame, Donnacona, Quebec, Canada.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Olive Media is a Canadian private company based in Toronto & intending to be one of the leading media corporations globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

Showing 13 of 27 news media companies based in Canada

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News media companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
20.6%Verified-email coverage
134.7Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
40.7%Largest-city concentration · Toronto
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
5
11-50
4
51-200
7
201-500
4
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
5
5,001-10,000
1

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 27 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 news media 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 “news media 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 news media 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 news media 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, 749 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 20, 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.

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 news media 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 news media companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 27 news media 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 news media companies?

Toronto leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Barrie (1) and Calgary (1).

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 749 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 27 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 20, 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.