CBC News

CBC News is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of Canada's press. In Canada, The Globe and Mail and CTV News are listed as Centrist, while National Post is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open CBC News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read CBC News beside another title from Canada and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Public-service broadcasters usually carry a wider spread of civic, regional and cultural stories than commercial rivals, and lead less often on conflict or celebrity — so the gap between CBC News's front page and a commercially funded one is often less about opinion than about what each considers newsworthy in the first place. Because CBC News is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from Canada on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-17. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.