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 17 Feb 2026

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02/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:38:37

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (7 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

4. Peter Roberts (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
10	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
19	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
20	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
21	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
22	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
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
29	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
30	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
31	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
34	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
37	Plus vert qu’hier : mode d’emploi pour des élu·es en action	Mikael St-Pierre	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	37
38	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
39	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	15	Unknown	32
40	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
41	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
42	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
43	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
45	EU Scream	EU Scream	Government	133	Buzzsprout	68
46	The Man Behind The Rose	7NEWS Podcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	63
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	146	Captivate	79
49	Cuba In Conversation	Cuba Conversation	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	63
50	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
51	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
52	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
53	City Planning Matters	Alex Hoffman	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	63
54	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
55	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
56	Joy FM Top Story	Multimedia Ghana	Government	88	StreamGuys	38
57	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
58	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
59	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
60	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
61	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
62	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	49	Libsyn	73
63	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
64	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
65	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
66	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
67	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
68	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	117	Libsyn	63
69	TOA Talks	Town of Ajax	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
70	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
71	In the National Interest	Center for the National Interest	Government	35	RSS.com	73
72	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
73	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
74	שיחות על דמוקרטיה	המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה \| Israel Democracy Institute	Government	22	Simplecast	53
75	Civil Action with Brian & Shant	civilaction	Government	98	Podbean	32
76	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
77	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
78	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
79	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
80	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
81	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
82	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
84	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
85	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
86	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
87	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
88	Inspecter et protéger	Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	ASIAL Security Insider	Australian Security Industry Association Limited	Government	158	Blubrry	49
90	This Does Not Compute	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	79	Megaphone	43
91	BetTheHouse	Nick Luck Daily	Government	29	Soundcloud	38
92	In General Terms	U.S. Army Major General Michael B. Lalor	Government	6	Transistor	80
93	Stefanos Karavidas Podcast (Ανωνύμου Έλληνος)	Stefanos Karavidas	Government	168	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	49	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	59
95	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
96	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	63	Podbean	42
97	The Lincoln Local	TownofLincoln	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
98	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
99	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

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