Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Horror movies Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Horror movies in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Horror movies has an estimated audience of 5,492,241 people in Canada.

The average Horror movies fan in Canada is 36.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

The audience is concentrated in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta.

Top brand affinities include Stranger Things, Fantasy movies, Action figure, with strongest over-indexing on Stranger Things (1.89× the country average).

Demographically, the Horror movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Family Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 10 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Horror movies fan in Canada is balanced, around 36.8 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Stranger Things.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Horror movies profile in Canada.

Audience size
5.5M
in Canada
Gender
49.6%
50.4% male
Age
36.8
average years
Country rank
#425
Topic in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Horror movies fans

49.6% are female, 50.4% are male, average age 36.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.6%
Female
50.4%
Male
Demographic split for Horror movies audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female49.6%
Male50.4%
Average age36.8
Estimated audience size5,492,241
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.8
average years
Age distribution of the Horror movies audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2922%
30-3920%
40-4918%
50+16%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide Horror movies audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Horror movies
CountryShare
United States22.4%
India5.6%
China4.3%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Canada average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Horror movies audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Horror movies fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Ontario~3.5M1.52×
02Alberta~800K1.22×
03Manitoba~200K1.13×
04British Columbia~900K1.08×
05Saskatchewan~200K1.05×
06Nova Scotia~200K0.98×
07New Brunswick~100K0.95×
08Newfoundland and Labrador~70K0.85×
09Prince Edward Island~20K0.77×
10Quebec~700K0.54×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Horror movies audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Horror movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Speculative fictionLiterature2.20×
02Stranger ThingsMovies & TV1.89×
03Finn WolfhardMovies & TV1.68×
04Action figureKids & Family1.66×
05ZendayaMovies & TV1.65×
06Sadie SinkMovies & TV1.63×
07Grey's AnatomyMovies & TV1.62×
08Emma StoneMovies & TV1.61×
09Game of ThronesMovies & TV1.60×
10Horror fictionMovies & TV1.59×
11Tabletop role-playing gameGames1.58×
12Japanese artArts & Culture1.57×
13NerdTechnology & Electronics1.56×
14Independent musicMusic & Radio1.53×
15Fantasy moviesMovies & TV1.52×
16Tabletop gameGames1.52×
17Pokémon (video game series)Games1.52×
18DeviantArtInternet & Social Media1.51×
19MinecraftGames1.51×
20How to Train Your Dragon (film)Movies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Horror movies audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Horror movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.31×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.17×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Horror movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.95×
Social Media UsageJOY0.98×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.98×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Horror movies have in Canada?

Horror movies has an estimated audience of 5,492,241 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and British Columbia.

02

What is the gender split and age of Horror movies fans?

49.6% of Horror movies fans are female, 50.4% are male, with an average age of 36.8 years.

03

Which brands do Horror movies fans like most?

Horror movies fans show strongest brand affinity for Stranger Things (1.89×), Fantasy movies (1.52×), and Action figure (1.66×) over the country average.

04

Where do Horror movies fans live in Canada?

Horror movies fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~3.5M), British Columbia (reach ~900K), and Alberta (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Horror movies fans also like?

Beyond Horror movies itself, the audience over-indexes on Fantasy movies (1.52×), Action figure (1.66×), Speculative fiction (2.2×), and Tabletop game (1.52×) compared to the Canada average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Canada who actively search for Horror movies. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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