Top Publishers in Canada — 2026 Data

Comprehensive publisher intelligence for the Canada advertising market. Red Volcano tracks 76,367 publisher websites in Canada, with 6,314 verified ads.txt files. Data updated weekly from proprietary crawlers.

● Data last updated: March 09, 2026
76,367
Publishers Tracked
8.3%
ads.txt Adoption
Rubiconproject
Top SSP
News And Media
Top Vertical
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Top 50 Publishers in Canada

The highest-ranked publisher websites in Canada based on global traffic rank, filtered to sites with a verified ads.txt file. Each publisher's technology stack and SSP relationships are detected weekly by Red Volcano's crawlers.

#DomainGlobal RankMonthly PageviewsCategoryads.txt LinesHeader Bidding Partners
1nhl.com#85857,341,018Sports16TheMediaGridAdvertising.comBetween+15
2ebay.ca#1,33628,553,938E-Commerce And Shopping35Not detected
3theweathernetwork.com#1,42346,602,948Science And Education29JW PlayerSharethroughSmart AdServer+40
4ctvnews.ca#2,17932,676,682News And Media143AAXAdformOpenRTBCordless.co+58
5radio-canada.ca#2,30728,479,590Arts And Entertainment82ConcertAFPBetween+16
6bestbuy.ca#2,39020,749,471Computers Electronics And Technology4BlueTheMediaGridCriteo+13
7rogers.com#2,41023,045,016Computers Electronics And Technology729Not detected
8expedia.ca#2,54014,321,806Travel And Tourism17Not detected
9kijiji.ca#2,69115,119,408E-Commerce And Shopping41PubMaticAdvertising.comBetween+53
10canadapost-postescanada.ca#2,78822,423,740Business And Consumer Services8Not detected
11sportsnet.ca#3,13421,819,338Arts And Entertainment257AAXThe Trade DeskBetween+29
12centris.ca#3,22711,839,098Business And Consumer Services148Not detected
13journaldemontreal.com#3,38019,823,138News And Media72OptableBetweenConcert+26
14globalnews.ca#3,38521,987,012News And Media213AAXHybrid.aiOutbrain - Old+41
15wayfair.ca#3,44312,203,952Home And Garden16Not detected
16theglobeandmail.com#3,58318,875,848News And Media25AAXAdvertising.comAFP+56
17ticketmaster.ca#3,84813,401,171E-Commerce And Shopping2Not detected
18bell.ca#4,12911,118,921Computers Electronics And Technology134Not detected
19meteomedia.com#4,25917,527,434Science And Education27JW PlayerSharethroughSmart AdServer+35
20tvanouvelles.ca#4,32517,007,098News And Media72OptableBlueConcert+23
21tsn.ca#4,42218,183,913Sports178AAXAdvertising.comBetween+56
22hippomato.com#4,56823,768,631Other616Not detected
23autotrader.ca#4,7768,105,903Vehicles159Duration MediaHybrid.aiTheMediaGrid+30
24cineplex.com#5,04310,397,515Arts And Entertainment33AdformAdKernelAppNexus+39
25eliteprospects.com#5,05010,914,802Sports1864InMobiBetweenBlue+216
26crave.ca#5,15611,715,390Arts And Entertainment170AxisHybrid.aiBlue+12
27thestar.com#5,30912,880,505News And Media350AAXAdvertising.comBetween+39
28cp24.com#5,78114,041,893News And Media143AAXAdvertising.comAFP+56
29hockeydb.com#6,0428,893,778Sports870QuantcastBlueBetween+32
30citynews.ca#6,09612,652,848News And Media25733AcrossCriteoOpenX+22
31redflagdeals.com#6,9608,476,208E-Commerce And Shopping1133AAXBlueOptable+239
32journaldequebec.com#7,1969,615,273News And Media72OptableBetweenConcert+24
33ricardocuisine.com#7,2619,532,326Food And Drink127Advertising.comJW Playerxe.works+92
34rds.ca#7,53010,845,924Sports178AAXAxisBetween+54
35snow-forecast.com#7,8799,634,455Science And Education414AAXBlueInMobi+70
36dailyfaceoff.com#8,4397,661,176Sports152AAXBetweenTheMediaGrid+19
37skyscanner.ca#8,7905,158,130Travel And Tourism78C1XReloadTim Media+19
38nationalpost.com#8,8208,343,190News And Media220Advertising.comBlueOTM+112
39lifelabs.com#9,0214,145,417Health174Not detected
40hfboards.com#9,2496,018,909Sports1054BetweenBlueDiscoveryDsp+14
41poshmark.ca#9,3314,326,227Lifestyle379BetweenBlueQT+14
42dailyhive.com#9,3368,602,209News And Media647BlueAdvertising.comPubMatic+25
43rew.ca#10,4873,055,564Business And Consumer Services53OpenXOutbrain - OldPubMatic+18
44blogto.com#11,0406,100,489Travel And Tourism365BlueAdvertising.comTheMediaGrid+62
45cargurus.ca#11,3974,280,089Vehicles42AAXAdformOpenRTBBlue+21
46castanet.net#12,3654,937,445News And Media9533AcrossBlueCriteo+31
47opentable.ca#12,6944,403,410Food And Drink17Tim MediaviA4G+19
48circulaires.com#13,0132,766,447Food And Drink7Not detected
49albertahealthservices.ca#13,7293,604,215Health1Not detected
50flipp.com#13,8812,763,458E-Commerce And Shopping1Not detected

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SSP Market Share in Canada

The most common SSP and monetization partnerships among publishers in Canada, based on ads.txt analysis. These represent the SSP domains most frequently declared across 6,314 verified ads.txt files.

Rubiconproject
536 pubs
Pubmatic
275 pubs
Inmobi
270 pubs
Sharethrough
186 pubs
Openx
182 pubs
Infolinks
176 pubs
Aniview
150 pubs
Smaato
133 pubs
Sonobi
126 pubs
Taboola
113 pubs
Gumgum
86 pubs
Primis.Tech
78 pubs

Header Bidding Landscape in Canada

The most widely adopted header bidding partners among publishers in Canada. 2,216 publishers (35.1% of ads.txt-enabled sites) use at least one header bidding partner.

TheMediaGrid
2,063 pubs
Criteo
1,785 pubs
Duration Media
1,713 pubs
Between
1,658 pubs
Blue
1,443 pubs
OpenX
1,378 pubs
PubMatic
1,342 pubs
QT
1,274 pubs
AppNexus
1,264 pubs
Index Exchange
1,227 pubs
xe.works
1,089 pubs
Brave
1,043 pubs
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Publisher Verticals in Canada

Breakdown of publisher categories in Canada. The distribution shows which content verticals dominate the advertising landscape in this market.

News And Media
710 pubs
Food And Drink
305 pubs
Sports
204 pubs
Travel And Tourism
178 pubs
Arts And Entertainment
145 pubs
Games
119 pubs
Arts And Entertainment
106 pubs
Business And Consumer Services
98 pubs
Arts And Entertainment
79 pubs
Law And Government
79 pubs
Jobs And Career
78 pubs
Community And Society
77 pubs

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Frequently Asked Questions

Red Volcano currently tracks 76,367 publisher websites in Canada, of which 6,314 have a verified ads.txt file. This data is refreshed weekly by our proprietary crawlers, making it one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date publisher databases for the Canada market.

Based on Red Volcano's data, TheMediaGrid is the most widely adopted header bidding partner among publishers in Canada, while Rubiconproject leads in SSP/monetization partnerships. The dominant publisher vertical is News And Media.

The leading SSPs in Canada by publisher adoption include Rubiconproject, Pubmatic, Inmobi, Sharethrough, Openx. Red Volcano provides detailed breakdowns of every SSP's publisher footprint, sellers.json transparency, and growth trends.

Red Volcano's Web Discovery platform lets you search and filter all 76,367 tracked publishers in Canada by vertical, traffic, ad technology, SSP relationships, and more. Book a demo to explore the full dataset with advanced filters, exports, and monitoring tools.

Red Volcano refreshes all publisher data weekly, including ads.txt files, technology detection, traffic estimates, and SSP relationships. This ensures you always have the most current view of the Canada advertising landscape.

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