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 28 Feb 2026

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02/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 270

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:41:21

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

4. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
8	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
14	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
15	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
16	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
17	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
18	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
22	Pod Bless America	Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr.	Government	91	Simplecast	63
23	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
26	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Pivotal States	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Government	27	Simplecast	68
29	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
30	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
31	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
32	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
33	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
34	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
38	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
39	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
40	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
41	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
42	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
43	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
44	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
45	Carte d'identités : Israéliens	RFI	Government & Organizations	10	Audiomeans	73
46	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
47	A Voz do Brasil	Rádio Senado	Government & Organizations	100	Unknown	38
48	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	241	Buzzsprout	62
49	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
50	EU Scream	EU Scream	Government	133	Buzzsprout	68
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
53	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
54	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
55	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
56	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	North Bay Centennial Stories	City of North Bay	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	Pascal Boniface - Sur Le Toit Du Monde	Pascal Boniface	Government	7	Transistor	53
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
62	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
63	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
64	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
65	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
66	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
67	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
68	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
69	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
73	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
76	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
77	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
78	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
79	The CDR Policy Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	98	Acast	79
80	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
81	The Govern...This!? Podcast	CJ - Political Inquisitor	Government	24	Transistor	52
82	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
83	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
86	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	244	Simplecast	42
87	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
88	Creusez le sujet! par Info-Ex	Info-Excavation	Government & Organizations	7	Unknown	58
89	In Our Defence	India Today Podcasts	Government	196	Spreaker	49
90	Real Talk Oshawa	City of Oshawa	Government	16	Podbean	52
91	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
92	Red Lines	Largo High Red Cross	Government	1	N/A	N/A
93	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	165	Soundcloud	43
94	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	204	Unknown	32
95	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
96	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
97	Government Policy Unpacked	Rupesh Patel	Government	14	Castos	63
98	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
99	暐瀚觀點｜黃暐瀚｜品觀點	暐瀚觀點｜黃暐瀚｜品觀點	Government	216	Firstory	43
100	The New Way	Dr Kate Byrne	Government	85	Buzzsprout	58

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