Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Canada

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Canada. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 04 Mar 2026

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03/04/2026

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Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:41:24

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Palais des congrès de Montréal (1 shows)

5. Fully Involved Firefighting (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Transistor (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	257	Acast	89
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
11	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
12	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
13	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
14	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
18	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
19	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
21	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
22	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
24	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
25	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
31	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
32	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
33	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
34	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
35	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
36	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
37	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
39	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	249	Simplecast	42
40	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
41	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
43	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	110	Acast	79
44	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
45	The Politics of Special Forces	The Kingston Consortium on International Security (KCIS)	Government	10	Squarespace	48
46	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
47	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	164	Acast	89
48	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
49	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
50	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
51	Clouds & Dirt Tree care	Arborist Jim	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
53	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
54	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
55	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
56	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
57	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
58	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
59	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
60	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
62	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
63	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
64	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
65	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	33	Transistor	78
66	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
67	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
68	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
69	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
70	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
71	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
72	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
73	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
74	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
75	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
76	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
77	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
78	Conspiracy Theories	Eva Paramo	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
79	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
80	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
81	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	The Policy Nerd, by UNESCO	UNESCO	Government	38	Ausha	38
83	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
84	Voix de la PI canadienne	l’Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC)	Government	44	Simplecast	59
85	Dock Fight	Jason Anson	Government	1	Buzzsprout	73
86	Rez Judicata: The Federal Indian Law Podcast	Rez Judicata	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
87	POLITLAB	POLITLAB	Government	1	Soundcloud	43
88	Suomi–Finland Podcast	Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C.	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
90	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
91	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
92	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	Ministère de la Sécurité publique	Ministère de la Sécurité publique	Government	6	Soundcloud	43
96	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
97	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
98	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
99	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
100	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42

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