Popularity ranking · Canada

The 66 most popular Film Festivals in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 66 largest film festivals in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Banff Mountain Film Festival lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.3M people. Across all 66 entries the average audience size is 28k, and the largest, Toronto International Film Festival, reaches around 1M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each film festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 66, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Toronto International Film Festival 1M 41.3 55.4% Film festival
2 Vancouver International Film Festival 147k 46.8 57.8% Film festival
3 Banff Mountain Film Festival 97k 48.4 94.6% Film festival
4 Venice Biennale 86k 35.3 55.4% Film festival
5 Telluride Film Festival 56k 45.3 72.5% Film festival
6 New York Film Festival 54k 47.4 56.9% Film festival
7 BFI London Film Festival 37k 43.2 56.9% Film festival
8 Sundance Film Festival 32k 39.2 55.2% Film festival
9 Cannes Film Festival 32k 38.0 53.2% Film festival
10 San Sebastián International Film Festival 31k 43.2 57.5% Film festival
11 Calgary International Film Festival 27k 41.4 75.6% Film festival
12 Busan International Film Festival 26k 41.9 46.7% Film festival
13 Venice Film Festival 18k 37.5 54.8% Film festival
14 Chicago International Film Festival 18k 40.2 53.3% Film festival
15 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 14k 46.0 53.8% Film festival
16 Berlin International Film Festival 14k 37.7 53.8% Film festival
17 Tribeca Film Festival 13k 39.7 52.7% Film festival
18 Toronto After Dark Film Festival 13k 33.8 46.3% Film festival
19 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 10k 47.9 46.3% Film festival
20 Palm Springs International Film Festival 9.9k 47.7 50.6% Film festival
21 Sitges Film Festival 9.3k 36.0 48.0% Film festival
22 Fantastic Fest 9.2k 40.4 74.5% Film festival
23 Festival du nouveau cinéma 7.7k 33.5 60.2% Film festival
24 Art Film Fest 6.8k 52.3 51.1% Film festival
25 Rome Film Festival 3.2k 32.0 56.9% Film festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular film festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each film festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest film festival in Canada?

Toronto International Film Festival currently leads with an estimated audience of 1M people in Canada.

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