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 06 Sep 2025

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09/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 303

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:38:37

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Samara Centre For Democracy (3 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	251	Acast	89
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
7	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	10	Simplecast	58
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
15	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	382	Transistor	73
16	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
17	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
18	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
19	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
20	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
21	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
26	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
27	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	49	Libsyn	43
33	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
34	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
35	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
36	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
37	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
38	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
41	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
42	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
44	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
46	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
47	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
49	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
51	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
53	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
54	The Policy Nerd, by UNESCO	UNESCO	Government	38	Ausha	38
55	Навальный Live	Навальный Live	Government & Organizations	2	Soundcloud	59
56	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
57	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
58	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
59	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
60	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
64	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
65	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
66	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	113	RSS.com	52
67	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
69	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
70	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	104	Acast	73
71	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
72	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	75	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Nonprofit SnapCast	Mickey Desai	Government	424	Pinecast	43
74	Project 2025 Exposed	Clophus	Government	2	Soundcloud	43
75	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
76	Why is problem solving the mst important leadership quality ?	osama	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
78	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
79	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
80	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
82	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
83	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
84	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
85	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
86	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
87	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
88	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
89	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	The Intelligent Community	The Intelligent Community Forum	Government & Organizations	97	Libsyn	38
91	The Effectiveness of Equine Therapy	Jordan Gourville	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
93	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
94	Les Personnages de la Chambre	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	8	Acast	53
95	The Maintainer Podcast	Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC)	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	City of Kingston Podcasts	City of Kingston Communications	Government	100	Libsyn	68
98	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
99	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
100	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68

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