Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Newspaper publishers based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 74 newspaper publishers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 3,870 professional contacts across them, including 695 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers newspaper publishers 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.
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The 25 largest newspaper publishers based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 888 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Metroland publishes six daily newspapers and several community news websites across Southern Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 667 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest newspaper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 559 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sun Media Corporation, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 268 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Winnipeg Free Press is an award-winning daily local newspaper serving Winnipeg and surrounding areas in Manitoba, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Edmonton's most trusted voice, providing a professional perspective on news, business, sports and entertainment that's read by more northern Albertans than any other daily…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advocate Printing & Publishing, the largest independent printer in Atlantic Canada, was founded in 1891.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BIV hosts a range of events and provides business news and commentary you need to stay on top of your game and find your competitive edge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Province serves an audience and advertisers in Vancouver, B.C, by publishing news, sports and entertainment content on a variety of platforms - including mobile apps, a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Metro is the most-read free daily newspaper brand in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Carillon has been the University of Regina student newspaper since 1962.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Island Press Limited is Prince Edward Island's largest full service Island-owned media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “It has been more than 100 years since the words were put to paper, but the pages still tell a story.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “News Media Canada is the voice of the print and digital media industry in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “allNewfoundlandLabrador is Atlantic Canada's essential daily report on the region's business and political news.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Peak Publishing Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Review is an award-winning weekly community newspaper, proudly serving the community since 1893-132 years at the heart of hyperlocal news.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Prince Albert Daily Herald began as the Prince Albert Advocate weekly newspaper in 1894.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hebdos Québec favorise la croissance et l'excellence de l'industrie de la presse hebdomadaire au Québec et concerte ses actions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “News-Net is home to the most advanced solutions available to the publishing industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: newspaper publishers. 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 newspaper publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of newspaper publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name newspaper publishers. 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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Newspaper publishers based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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 74 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 newspaper publishers, 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 “newspaper publishers”. 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 newspaper publishers), 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 newspaper publishers, 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, 695 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 newspaper publishers, 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 newspaper publishers are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 74 newspaper publishers 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?
Metroland Media Group, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most newspaper publishers?
Toronto leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Mississauga (4) and Winnipeg (3).
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 695 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 74 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.