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Top sports media in Canada

The outlets that cover sport in Canada — the sports press, the broadcasters, the agencies and the specialist titles.
✓ Last reviewed: September 2026

These are the outlets that cover sport in Canada — the sports press, the broadcasters that hold or have held rights, the national news agency where it carries sport, and the specialist titles of national standing. Single-sport titles without national standing are not listed here; they appear on the media list for their own sport.

How this list is ordered. By role and national standing — the sports press first, then the broadcasters that hold or have held rights, then the national news agency and the specialist titles. That order is set once and stays put, so a page that has been cited does not rearrange itself later. The Tranco figure against each outlet is shown for reference and does not set the order. Tranco is a research ranking of web domains that averages the Chrome User Experience Report, Cloudflare Radar, Majestic, Cisco Umbrella and Farsight over the preceding 30 days, on the list of September 2026. It ranks a whole domain, not a sports desk. A general daily's rank counts every reader it has, most of whom did not come for sport, so a national newspaper will sit above a dedicated sports title that has more sports readers than it does.

1. TSNBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 13,778 — An English-language sports television service licensed in 1983 and launched on 1 September 1984, held wholly by CTV Specialty Sports Holding Inc. per CRTC records dated 14 September 2026, beneath an 80 per cent Bell Media and 20 per cent ESPN split. 2. SportsnetBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 12,966 — Rogers Communications' English-language sports television group, launched in October 1998 and holder of the National Hockey League's Canadian national media rights under a 12-year agreement running from 2026–27 to 2037–38. 3. CBC SportsBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 1,179 — The English-language sports service of Canada's national public broadcaster, holder of Canadian Olympic broadcast rights for the Games of 2026 to 2032 and, from the 2026–27 season, no longer the home of Hockey Night in Canada. 4. RDSBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 48,630 — Le Réseau des sports, the French-language sports television service held under the same Bell Media parent as TSN, carrying Montréal Canadiens regional games, the CFL in French and Hockey Canada events, but not national NHL games from 2026–27. 5. TVA SportsBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 168,774 — Quebecor's French-language sports television service, launched in September 2011 and holder from 2026–27 of a 12-year sub-licence to the National Hockey League's national French-language package in Canada. 6. Radio-Canada SportsBroadcaster · Television · Tranco 6,241 — The French-language sports service of Canada's national public broadcaster, carrying the Olympic Games in French under the corporation's rights for 2026 to 2032 and building weekend programming around Canadian athletes from autumn 2026. 7. The Canadian PressNews agency · News agency · Tranco 400,817 — Canada's national news agency, founded in 1917 and operating in English and French as La Presse Canadienne; its sports wire supplies Canadian broadcasters and newspapers, and it presents the Conacher and Rosenfeld awards. 8. theScoreGeneral sports coverage · News site · Tranco 7,756 — A Toronto-based sports media application, formerly the television service The Score, owned since October 2021 by PENN Entertainment and operated alongside the theScore Bet sportsbook.