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 05 mars 2026

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03/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:41:31

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Library and Archives Canada (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Transistor (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	215	Acast	89
11	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
14	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
18	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
20	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
21	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
22	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
26	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government & Organizations	99	Blubrry Podcasting	43
29	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
31	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
32	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
33	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
34	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
36	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
37	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
38	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
39	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
40	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
41	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
42	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
43	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
44	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
45	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
46	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
47	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
48	WPS After Hours	Winnipeg Police Service	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
50	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
51	Clearer Than Truth	Nathan Kiker & George Bogden	Government	76	Buzzsprout	43
52	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
53	The Green Ribbon Panel	Green Ribbon Panel	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
54	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
55	BorgenUdenFilter	Lars Trier Mogensen, Henrik Qvortrup, Podads	Government	84	Simplecast	68
56	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
57	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
58	Digital Government Podcast	e-Governance Academy	Government	178	Buzzsprout	27
59	Rethinking Democracy	Middle East Institute	Government	27	Libsyn	53
60	Inspect and Protect	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
61	Transform Gov - the digital government podcast	Maeve Kneafsey	Government	84	Acast	83
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
64	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
65	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
68	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	244	Simplecast	42
69	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
70	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	The CDR Policy Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	99	Acast	79
72	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
73	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
74	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
75	The Politics of Special Forces	The Kingston Consortium on International Security (KCIS)	Government	10	Squarespace	48
76	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
77	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	159	Acast	89
78	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
80	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
81	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
82	Clouds & Dirt Tree care	Arborist Jim	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
84	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
85	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
86	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
87	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
88	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
89	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
90	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
92	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
93	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
95	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
96	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
97	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
98	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
99	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
100	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A

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