Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Toronto Star Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Toronto Star in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Toronto Star has an estimated audience of 2,805,079 people in Canada.

The average Toronto Star fan in Canada is 45.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

The audience is concentrated in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

Top brand affinities include Toronto Blue Jays, CNN, Sustainable energy, with strongest over-indexing on Toronto Blue Jays (1.89× the country average).

Demographically, the Toronto Star audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Family Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 10 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Toronto Star fan in Canada is balanced, around 45.3 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Toronto Blue Jays.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-09-29.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Toronto Star profile in Canada.

Audience size
2.8M
in Canada
Gender
52.6%♀
47.4% male
Age
45.3
average years
Country rank
#1123
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-31%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Toronto Star

52.6% are female, 47.4% are male, average age 45.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.6%
Female
47.4%
Male
Demographic split for Toronto Star audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female52.6%
Male47.4%
Average age45.3
Estimated audience size2,805,079
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.3
average years
Age distribution of the Toronto Star audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2913%
30-3919%
40-4926%
50+34%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

78.2%

of the worldwide Toronto Star audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Toronto Star
CountryShare
Canada78.2%
United States9.9%
Spain1.9%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Canada average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Toronto Star audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Toronto Star fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Ontario~2M5.10×
02Prince Edward Island~10K0.88×
03Nova Scotia~60K0.76×
04Newfoundland and Labrador~30K0.64×
05New Brunswick~40K0.62×
06Alberta~200K0.52×
07British Columbia~200K0.46×
08Saskatchewan~40K0.41×
09Manitoba~40K0.37×
10Quebec~200K0.33×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Toronto Star audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Toronto Star audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sustainable energyHome & Garden3.54×
02Emmy AwardMovies & TV2.63×
03LinkedInInternet & Social Media2.48×
04Online newspaperNews2.25×
05Home insuranceBusiness & Career2.15×
06Wealth managementBusiness & Career2.12×
07Renewable energyBusiness & Career2.08×
08CNNMovies & TV1.94×
09InnovationBusiness & Career1.93×
10Toronto Blue JaysSports1.89×
11FedExBusiness & Career1.88×
12TMZInternet & Social Media1.84×
13Public transportCars & Mobility1.84×
14First class travelTravel & Leisure1.82×
15Tesla MotorsCars & Mobility1.75×
16Breaking newsMovies & TV1.63×
17UniqloShopping1.62×
18Organic foodFood & Beverages1.53×
19Real propertyHome & Garden1.53×
20RedditInternet & Social Media1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Toronto Star audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Toronto Star audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE2.01×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.91×
Community OrientationOPEN1.55×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Toronto Star audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL0.61×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.86×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.94×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Toronto Star have in Canada?

Toronto Star has an estimated audience of 2,805,079 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.

02

What is the gender split and age of Toronto Star fans?

52.6% of Toronto Star fans are female, 47.4% are male, with an average age of 45.3 years.

03

Which brands do Toronto Star fans like most?

Toronto Star fans show strongest brand affinity for Toronto Blue Jays (1.89×), CNN (1.94×), and Sustainable energy (3.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Toronto Star fans live in Canada?

Toronto Star fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~2M), Quebec (reach ~200K), and British Columbia (reach ~200K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Toronto Star fans also like?

Beyond Toronto Star itself, the audience over-indexes on CNN (1.94×), Sustainable energy (3.54×), Online newspaper (2.25×), and TMZ (1.84×) compared to the Canada average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Canada who actively search for Toronto Star. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence — modeled from anonymized, multi-source behavioral signals (search, social, events), updated monthly. Data status: 09/2026.

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