Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Sports in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 429 sports tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 28M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2M, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 9.6M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each sport, 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 100, 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 Soccer 9.6M 38.6 44.2% Sport
2 Basketball 9.6M 38.3 38.8% Sport
3 Golf 9.1M 43.2 41.5% Sport
4 Ice hockey 9.1M 38.0 43.8% Sport
5 Baseball 7.5M 37.8 41.7% Sport
6 American football 6.5M 36.1 41.9% Sport
7 Swimming 5.1M 43.3 49.7% Sport
8 Yoga 4.7M 42.2 61.2% Sport
9 Fishing 4.7M 43.8 41.5% Sport
10 Martial arts 4.3M 39.0 32.5% Sport
11 Skiing 4.2M 39.1 45.7% Sport
12 Mixed martial arts 4M 39.5 23.7% Sport
13 Volleyball 3.6M 37.8 40.1% Sport
14 Cycling 3.6M 40.2 40.3% Sport
15 Alpine skiing 3.3M 37.3 44.3% Sport
16 Combat sport 3.2M 34.7 23.3% Sport
17 Tennis 3M 40.2 39.4% Sport
18 Walking 3M 44.5 61.4% Sport
19 Gymnastics 2.9M 36.1 49.5% Sport
20 CrossFit 2.7M 40.1 50.8% Sport
21 Track and field 2.7M 36.8 46.8% Sport
22 Wrestling 2.7M 35.6 21.3% Sport
23 Extreme sport 2.6M 38.9 35.7% Sport
24 Mountain biking 2.4M 39.2 41.6% Sport
25 Road running 2.3M Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each sport 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 sport in Canada?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 9.6M people in Canada.

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