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 May 2026

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05/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:40:54

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Transistor (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
2	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
9	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
10	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
14	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
15	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
16	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
17	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
18	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
23	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
24	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	42
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
28	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
29	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
30	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
31	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
32	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
33	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
36	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
38	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
39	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
40	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
41	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
42	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
43	Les 2 pieds dans le ruisseau.	Martin Zibeau et Mathieu Harton	Government & Organizations	80	Unknown	42
44	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
45	Gwleidydda	BBC Radio Cymru	Government	145	BBC	28
46	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
47	Plus vert qu’hier : mode d’emploi pour des élu·es en action	Mikael St-Pierre	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	37
48	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	75	Transistor	72
49	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
50	Government Transformed	Global Government Forum	Government	29	Acast	63
51	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
52	What's Up, Welland?	City of Welland	Government	178	Buzzsprout	58
53	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	网络键政圈 \| 一网打尽全网时事热点讨论	播客fans	Government	394	Ximalaya	43
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
59	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
60	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
61	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
62	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
63	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
64	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	108	Acast	79
65	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	149	Captivate	79
66	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	164	Acast	89
67	G2疯会	EdisonYuan	Government	25	Unknown	53
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
70	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
72	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
73	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
74	Canadian Government Executive Radio	Canadian Government Executive	Government	165	Libsyn	32
75	La science simplifiée	Ressources naturelles Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
76	Voix de la PI canadienne	l’Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC)	Government	44	Simplecast	59
77	Talking Feds	Todd Lyons	Government & Organizations	7	Feedburner	43
78	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	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
80	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
81	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
82	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	30	Buzzsprout	38
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
84	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
85	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
86	Defcast	Ministère des Armées	Government	54	Podcastics	73
87	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	100	BBC	28
88	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
89	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
90	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
91	Hé-coutez bien!	Statistique Canada	Government	37	Transistor	38
92	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
93	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	124	Buzzsprout	48
94	Protéger ceux qu’on aime, le balado du Curateur public	Curateur public	Government	4	Captivate	59
95	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
96	Gray Matters	The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Administrative State	Government	168	Spreaker	49
98	La Mentalité Verte - The Eco-Mindset	Alex Tyrrell	Government	39	Buzzsprout	72
99	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
100	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42

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