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Toronto Star

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.

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Is Toronto Star left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Toronto Star 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 Toronto Star beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read Toronto Star beside another title from Canada and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two Canada dailies covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Toronto Star's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Toronto Star 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 . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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