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
76 Middle-distance running 808k 35.7 45.9% Sport
77 Table tennis 802k 36.3 26.9% Sport
78 Freestyle swimming 801k 39.2 59.2% Sport
79 Kickboxing 800k 35.2 27.5% Sport
80 Western riding 791k 44.9 58.7% Sport
81 Snorkeling 791k 41.0 45.8% Sport
82 Badminton 767k 36.1 32.6% Sport
83 Mountaineering 764k 37.6 47.2% Sport
84 Freestyle Motocross 741k 34.8 20.9% Sport
85 Cross-country skiing 733k 36.5 42.8% Sport
86 Taekwondo 730k 33.6 25.8% Sport
87 Parachuting 729k 40.6 51.7% Sport
88 Curling 723k 43.5 55.0% Sport
89 Cross-country cycling 707k 38.7 28.4% Sport
90 Triathlons 707k 38.0 40.2% Sport
91 Downhill mountain biking 692k 39.4 30.8% Sport
92 Iyengar Yoga 682k 42.6 69.0% Sport
93 Bouldering 676k 35.9 45.4% Sport
94 Beach volleyball 651k 36.5 46.2% Sport
95 Road cycling 648k 37.9 35.5% Sport
96 Half marathon 639k 36.9 42.7% Sport
97 Lacrosse 636k 38.3 36.3% Sport
98 Shooting 631k 32.3 26.6% Sport
99 Japanese martial arts 614k 39.5 29.4% Sport
100 Freediving 611k 38.0 52.4% 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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