Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Events in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest events in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.8k events tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup 2026, Ice Hockey World Championships and NHL lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 74M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.3M, and the largest, FIFA World Cup 2026, reaches around 30M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each event, 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
1 FIFA World Cup 2026 30M 36.5 32.0% Soccer
2 Ice Hockey World Championships 30M 36.6 38.6% Ice hockey
3 NHL 14M 38.2 41.6% Ice hockey
4 NFL 11M 35.0 42.7% American football
5 FIFA World Cup 10M 36.2 27.9% Soccer
6 NBA 9.7M 34.8 36.0% Basketball
7 MLB 6.8M 36.1 36.7% Baseball
8 Ultimate Fighting Championship 6.3M 35.7 24.0% Martial art
9 Australian Open (golf) 4.2M 40.6 0.0% Golf
10 PGA Tour 3.6M 36.9 33.7% Golf
11 Formula One 3.5M 36.4 24.6% Motorsport
12 NBA Finals 3.4M 31.4 38.1% Basketball
13 Mother's Day 3.4M 42.0 72.7%
14 NBA playoffs 3.3M 31.5 38.8% Basketball
15 Premier League 3.3M 36.4 29.5% Soccer
16 UEFA Champions League 3.2M 33.6 29.3% Soccer
17 WWE 3.1M 39.1 25.5% Wrestling
18 Stanley Cup 2.6M 36.7 39.5% Ice hockey
19 Masters Tournament 2.5M 36.9 34.0% Golf
20 Major League Soccer 2.5M 35.2 41.5% Soccer
21 Father's Day 2.4M 42.6 65.7% Video game
22 Super Bowl 2.4M 31.9 39.1% American football
23 PGA Championship 2.2M 36.4 35.5% Golf
24 Golden Globe Award 2.1M 42.1 59.6% Award
25 Duanwu Festival 2M 52.0 78.5%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular events compiled?

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

FIFA World Cup 2026 currently leads with an estimated audience of 30M people in Canada.

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