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 21 févr. 2026

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02/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 255

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:42:34

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Transistor (8 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
5	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
6	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
10	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
11	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
13	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
14	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
17	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
20	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
26	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
27	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
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
30	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
31	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
34	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
35	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
36	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	63	Podbean	42
37	Distintos no distantes	Tomás Chaves y Joshua Mitrotti	Government	34	Acast	59
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
39	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
40	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
41	Yurt Jurt	Bashtan Bashta	Government	25	mave	89
42	5 Minute Political Glossary	Graham Culbertson	Government	4	Captivate	48
43	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
46	The Real Truth About Alberta's Independence	Jarek Bucholc	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
49	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
50	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
51	Plus vert qu’hier : mode d’emploi pour des élu·es en action	Mikael St-Pierre	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	37
52	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
53	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
54	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
55	Boris	BBC Radio 4	Government	10	BBC	43
56	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
57	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
58	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
59	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
60	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
61	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
62	The Lincoln Local	TownofLincoln	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
63	Global Trade Deciphered	Privileged Discussions	Government	31	Buzzsprout	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
66	Small World, Big Problems	JHU SAIS Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies	Government	27	RSS.com	52
67	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
70	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
71	Red Lines	Largo High Red Cross	Government	1	N/A	N/A
72	Palmside Chat with Ambassador Michelle Kwan	U.S. Embassy Belmopan	Government	7	N/A	N/A
73	The DINFOS Way	Defense Information School	Government	38	N/A	N/A
74	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
75	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
77	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
78	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
79	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
80	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
82	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
83	The Great Anarchists	crispin sartwell	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
84	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
85	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
86	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
87	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
88	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
89	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	How It Falls Apart	Gary Colton	Government	34	Acast	79
91	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
93	The Drip Podcast	The Afro Canadian Political Literacy Foundation	Government	121	Acast	83
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
95	Growth Is Good	Foundation for Economic Development	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Bringing Forth The Truth	RightWingDebates	Government	1	N/A	N/A
97	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
98	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
99	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
100	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53

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