Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sneakers (footwear) Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sneakers (footwear) in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sneakers (footwear) has an estimated audience of 4,209,530 people in Canada.

The average Sneakers (footwear) fan in Canada is 39.0 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

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

Top brand affinities include Bad Bunny, Foot Locker, New Balance, with strongest over-indexing on Bad Bunny (4.26× the country average).

Demographically, the Sneakers (footwear) audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Indulgence.

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

The typical Sneakers (footwear) fan in Canada is balanced, around 39.0 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Bad Bunny.

Category: Fashion & Accessoires · Type: Topic

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 Sneakers (footwear) profile in Canada.

Audience size
4.2M
in Canada
Gender
52.3%
47.7% male
Age
39.0
average years
Country rank
#614
Topic in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+28%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sneakers (footwear) fans

52.3% are female, 47.7% are male, average age 39.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.3%
Female
47.7%
Male
Demographic split for Sneakers (footwear) audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female52.3%
Male47.7%
Average age39.0
Estimated audience size4,209,530
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.0
average years
Age distribution of the Sneakers (footwear) audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2921%
30-3920%
40-4919%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.7%

of the worldwide Sneakers (footwear) audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sneakers (footwear)
CountryShare
United States18.6%
Japan8.5%
China5.2%
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 Sneakers (footwear) audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Sneakers (footwear) fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01British Columbia~800K1.32×
02Ontario~2.5M1.30×
03New Brunswick~100K1.16×
04Quebec~1M1.15×
05Nova Scotia~100K1.04×
06Alberta~500K0.89×
07Prince Edward Island~20K0.85×
08Manitoba~100K0.84×
09Newfoundland and Labrador~50K0.81×
10Saskatchewan~100K0.73×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Sneakers (footwear) audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sneakers (footwear) audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Bad BunnyMusic & Radio4.26×
02Foot LockerShopping3.73×
03CarharttFashion & Accessoires3.61×
04PumaFashion & Accessoires3.58×
05New BalanceFashion & Accessoires3.42×
06StussyFashion & Accessoires3.12×
07BalenciagaFashion & Accessoires3.00×
08ConverseFashion & Accessoires2.68×
09UniqloShopping2.56×
10BirkenstockFashion & Accessoires2.06×
11Ugg bootsFashion & Accessoires2.02×
12StreetwearFashion & Accessoires1.97×
13Under ArmourFashion & Accessoires1.93×
14NikeFashion & Accessoires1.88×
15GucciFashion & Accessoires1.88×
16AdidasFashion & Accessoires1.84×
17Michael KorsFashion & Accessoires1.81×
18Golf ChannelSports1.62×
19Louis VuittonFashion & Accessoires1.62×
20Drop shippingShopping1.58×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sneakers (footwear) 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 Sneakers (footwear) audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.97×
IndulgenceJOY1.42×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.26×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sneakers (footwear) audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.78×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.81×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.82×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Sneakers (footwear) have in Canada?

Sneakers (footwear) has an estimated audience of 4,209,530 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.

02

What is the gender split and age of Sneakers (footwear) fans?

52.3% of Sneakers (footwear) fans are female, 47.7% are male, with an average age of 39.0 years.

03

Which brands do Sneakers (footwear) fans like most?

Sneakers (footwear) fans show strongest brand affinity for Bad Bunny (4.26×), Foot Locker (3.73×), and New Balance (3.42×) over the country average.

04

Where do Sneakers (footwear) fans live in Canada?

Sneakers (footwear) fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~2.5M), Quebec (reach ~1M), and British Columbia (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Sneakers (footwear) fans also like?

Beyond Sneakers (footwear) itself, the audience over-indexes on Foot Locker (3.73×), New Balance (3.42×), Uniqlo (2.56×), and Streetwear (1.97×) 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 Sneakers (footwear). 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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