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 19 Oct 2026

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10/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:42:14

Top 5 authors

1. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	45	Simplecast	79
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	52	Megaphone	48
5	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	245	Acast	89
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
8	The 7/50 Podcast	The Centre for Constitutional Studies	Government	9	Libsyn	68
9	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
12	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
13	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	917	RSS.com	42
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
16	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	381	Transistor	73
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
18	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
19	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
21	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	35	Megaphone	48
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	11	BBC	22
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
25	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
26	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
30	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
31	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
32	Pascal Boniface - Sur Le Toit Du Monde	Pascal Boniface	Government	7	Transistor	53
33	Royal Aeronautical Society Podcast	AeroSociety Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	27
34	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
35	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
36	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	29	Buzzsprout	38
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	233	Libsyn	48
40	Epicenter	Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University	Government	20	Simplecast	69
41	Pod Save Podcast	Sound World Media	Government	1	Spreaker	53
42	Brave and Free	Thankful Slade	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
44	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
45	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2744	Megaphone	38
46	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	122	Libsyn	58
47	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
49	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	932	Megaphone	38
52	Rose City Politics	Rose City Politics	Government & Organizations	431	Spreaker	43
53	Global Governance Podcast	Global Governance Forum	Government	61	Buzzsprout	47
54	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
55	Inside the Firehouse	Stevens Point Fire Department	Government	18	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	74	Acast	62
58	L'Agenda	Samuel Lamarche, Jonathan Carreiro-Benoît	Government	76	Simplecast	53
59	The Capitol Forum	The Capitol Forum	Government	161	PRX	53
60	Les secrets de Donald Trump	RTL	Government	5	Audiomeans	48
61	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	Deftech Podcast	deftech - armasuisse	Government	7	Ausha	79
63	國防在線急	相振為＆FMTaiwan製作團隊	Government	32	SoundOn	63
64	The Fluffy Slipper Lounge	Lyndal and Darren Ludlow	Government & Organizations	4	Unknown	43
65	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	272	Libsyn	58
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
69	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
70	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
71	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	209	Unknown	32
73	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
74	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
75	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
76	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
77	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
78	L'ordre du monde	BFM Business	Government	44	Simplecast	38
79	Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	59	Acast	94
80	Libraries Change Lives	Public Libraries Victoria	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
82	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	29	Buzzsprout	32
83	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
84	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
85	Generaldebatte – Der Bundeswehr-Podcast	Redaktion der Bundeswehr	Government	2	podcaster.de	27
86	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
87	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
88	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
89	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	45	Simplecast	59
90	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
91	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
92	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1956	Megaphone	53
93	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
94	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
95	Productivity Puzzles	The Productivity Institute	Government	57	Podcast.co	84
96	The Allied Airpower Podcast	NATO Allied Air Command	Government	33	Substack	42
97	Red Ensign Group	Red Ensign Group	Government	11	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	Oral Arguments from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
99	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Government Transformed	Global Government Forum	Government	29	Acast	63

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