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3,026 journalists in Canada (September 2026)

3,026 journalists are on file in Canada, 2.4% of the 127,602 on file. 912 are reporters and 1,601 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

3,026 Journalists on file
912 Reporters
1,601 Editors
1.76 Editors per reporter

Canada has 1.76 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Canada
Editors 1,601 52.9%
Reporters 912 30.1%
Anchors and presenters 157 5.2%
Columnists 126 4.2%
Other editorial 94 3.1%
Correspondents 69 2.3%
News producers 42 1.4%
Critics and reviewers 25 0.8%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

858 of the 3,026 journalists on file in Canada carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 148 17.2%
Entertainment 104 12.1%
Business 83 9.7%
Culture and arts 80 9.3%
Politics 63 7.3%
Finance and markets 52 6.1%
Science 39 4.5%
Investigative 35 4.1%
Health 29 3.4%
Foreign affairs 24 2.8%
Crime and courts 23 2.7%
Technology 22 2.6%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Canada

OutletTypeJournalists in CanadaAll journalists on file
The Globe and Mail Newspapers 328 347
CTV News Wire agencies 231 240
Toronto Star Newspapers 215 219
Bell Media Broadcasters 191 198
Postmedia Network Inc. Wire agencies 163 166
Sun Media Newspapers 110 129
Corus Entertainment Broadcasters 101 101
Winnipeg Free Press Newspapers 64 64
CBC News Broadcasters 62 63
Tsn - the Sports Network - Canada Broadcasters 56 65
Pattison Media Broadcasters 43 43
Blue Ant Media Broadcasters 39 41
CBC/Radio-Canada Broadcasters 39 39
The New York Times Newspapers 34 2,168
La Presse Newspapers 32 37
The Canadian Press Wire agencies 29 29
Bloomberg Online outlets 26 1,785
Her Campus Media Online outlets 24 293
Saltwire Network Newspapers 23 23
TVO Broadcasters 19 23

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Canada, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 3,026 journalists in Canada, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/canada/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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