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 sept. 2025

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09/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 283

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:36:28

Top 5 authors

1. Samara Centre For Democracy (3 shows)

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

3. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (2 shows)

4. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	215	Acast	89
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
9	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	8	Simplecast	53
10	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
13	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
18	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
19	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
20	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
22	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
23	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
30	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
31	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
32	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
33	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
34	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
36	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
37	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	Une personne sur cinq : parlons santé mentale avec Florence K - Gouvernement du Québec	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	6	Unknown	58
40	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
42	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
43	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
44	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
45	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
46	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
47	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
48	Nonprofit SnapCast	Mickey Desai	Government	405	Pinecast	49
49	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	43
50	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
51	Project 2025 Exposed	Clophus	Government	2	Soundcloud	43
52	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
53	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
54	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
55	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
56	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
57	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
60	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
61	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
62	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
63	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
64	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
65	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
66	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
67	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
68	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
69	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
70	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Intelligent Community	The Intelligent Community Forum	Government & Organizations	97	Libsyn	38
72	The Effectiveness of Equine Therapy	Jordan Gourville	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
74	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
75	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
76	Les Personnages de la Chambre	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	8	Acast	53
77	The Maintainer Podcast	Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC)	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
78	City of Kingston Podcasts	City of Kingston Communications	Government	100	Libsyn	68
79	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
80	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
81	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
83	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
86	Cultivating Civility	Diane Kalen-Sukra	Government	11	Buzzsprout	78
87	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
88	Côtes à côtes - Balado de la Ville de Sherbrooke	Côtes à côtes - Balado de la Ville de Sherbrooke	Government	7	Soundcloud	59
89	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
90	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
91	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
92	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
93	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
94	AdvoKit	Dr. Tristin Engels	Government	8	RSS.com	48
95	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
97	Hidden Figures: of Women, by Women, for Women	Amari Huang	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
99	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
100	Grattan Institute	Grattan Institute	Government	325	Soundcloud	43

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