Canada news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Canada news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Canada media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Canada's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 5 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 2 we place on the left, 2 near the centre and 1 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (The Globe and Mail, National Post and Toronto Star), 1 public broadcaster (CBC News) and 1 television news channel (CTV News). The public-service broadcaster is CBC News — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Canada sits in North America, on Crosswire's Americas hub. By outlets tracked it is 2nd of the 2 countries in North America and 6th of the 35 across the Americas, where the average is 4.7 outlets per country. Its neighbours in North America with hubs of their own are United States (14).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Canada's main news outlets?
Across Canada's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, CBC News and Toronto Star; near the center, The Globe and Mail and CTV News; on the right, National Post. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Globe and Mail is a daily newspaper based in Toronto and widely regarded as Canada's national newspaper of record. It provides in-depth coverage of national and international news, politics, and business, and is generally seen as centrist to centre-right in its editorial stance.
The National Post is a Canadian daily newspaper distributed nationally and based in Toronto. Known for a conservative editorial orientation, it covers national and international news, politics, and business, and is one of Canada's principal national titles.
CBC News is the news service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's national public-service broadcaster. It provides television, radio, and online coverage of national and international affairs in English and is one of the country's most widely used news sources, operating under a public-service mandate.
The Toronto Star is Canada's largest-circulation daily newspaper, founded in 1892 and published by Torstar. Long guided by the progressive Atkinson Principles of its former publisher, it is widely characterized as centre-left and rated Lean Left by AllSides. Its coverage spans Canadian politics, the Greater Toronto Area, business and investigative reporting.
CTV News is the news division of CTV, Canada's largest privately owned television network, operated by Bell Media. Its flagship program CTV National News has long ranked among the country's most-watched newscasts, and its website provides national and local coverage from newsrooms across Canada. Its reporting is generally regarded as mainstream and centrist.
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