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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How to read this list

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
51 Windsurfing 1.3M 37.8 45.0% Sport
52 Cycle sport 1.3M 37.2 31.9% Sport
53 Bicycle touring 1.2M 41.3 34.2% Sport
54 Long-distance running 1.2M 35.5 46.9% Sport
55 Canadian football 1.2M 37.4 37.1% Sport
56 Surfing 1.1M 42.4 51.6% Sport
57 Bowling 1.1M 43.9 45.1% Sport
58 Angling 1.1M 41.3 31.6% Sport
59 Cross country running 1.1M 37.4 50.2% Sport
60 Yin yoga 1M 43.0 70.1% Sport
61 Freestyle skiing 1M 35.6 44.5% Sport
62 Wakesurfing 1M 39.4 40.4% Sport
63 Figure skating 1M 37.0 55.9% Sport
64 Cheerleading 1M 40.3 59.9% Sport
65 Ski touring 963k 35.5 46.7% Sport
66 Karate 961k 34.6 24.7% Sport
67 Softball 927k 40.5 35.5% Sport
68 Pilates 910k 38.2 60.2% Sport
69 Rafting 905k 42.7 48.2% Sport
70 Diving 904k 38.8 45.6% Sport
71 Ice fishing 893k 44.2 25.9% Sport
72 Marathons 876k 37.7 43.2% Sport
73 5K run 869k 36.3 46.9% Sport
74 Sledding 859k 40.2 35.9% Sport
75 Acrobatics 810k 37.8 62.9% 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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