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 Mar 2026

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03/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:44:52

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
2	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
3	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
4	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	426	RedCircle	58
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
12	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
13	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
15	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
16	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
19	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
25	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pod Save Podcast	Sound World Media	Government	1	Spreaker	53
29	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
30	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
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
33	The Growing Point Podcast	thegrowingpointpodcast	Government & Organizations	39	Podbean	37
34	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
35	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
36	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
37	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	204	Unknown	32
40	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
43	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
44	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	244	Simplecast	42
47	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
48	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
49	Police-Mentors Podcast	rvcz52bouchar	Government	8	Podbean	42
50	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
51	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
52	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
53	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
54	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
55	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
56	Experience Full Audiobook in Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedurals	hotaudiobook.com	Government	2000	Unknown	53
57	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
58	Sunday Supplement	BBC Radio Wales	Government	5	BBC	28
59	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Inside Cyber Diplomacy	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	43
61	High-Heeled Diplomacy	Maya Walborsky	Government	18	Spotify for Podcasters	43
62	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
63	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
64	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Plus vert qu’hier : mode d’emploi pour des élu·es en action	Mikael St-Pierre	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	37
66	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
67	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
68	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
69	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
70	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
72	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
73	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
74	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
75	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
76	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
77	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	15	Unknown	32
78	Royal Palace Podcast	Royal Palace Media LLC	Government	35	Unknown	32
79	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Grain Farmers of Ontario	Grain Farmers of Ontario	Government	10	Blubrry	43
81	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
82	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
83	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
84	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
85	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	393	Soundcloud	53
86	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
87	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
88	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
89	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
90	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	297	Libsyn	32
91	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
92	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
93	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
95	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
97	The Last Wire Podcast	The Last Wire Podcast	Government	9	Unknown	38
98	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
99	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
100	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48

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