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 30 Apr 2026

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04/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 297

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:03

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 shows)

2. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. RSS.com (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	52	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
8	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	123	RSS.com	38
9	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	250	Acast	89
13	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
14	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
17	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
18	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
22	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
23	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
25	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
26	Protéger ceux qu’on aime, le balado du Curateur public	Curateur public	Government	4	Captivate	59
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	458	Megaphone	58
28	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
29	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
30	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
31	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
32	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	66	Podbean	42
33	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
35	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
38	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
44	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
45	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
46	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
47	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
49	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	99	Buzzsprout	73
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	Modern American Diplomacy	The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)	Government	28	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
54	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
55	د ژوند لاره - راه زندگی	Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani	Government	50	RSS.com	52
56	Pod Bless America	Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr.	Government	91	Simplecast	63
57	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
58	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
59	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
60	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
61	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
62	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
64	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
65	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	382	Transistor	73
66	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
67	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
68	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
70	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
71	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	112	RSS.com	52
72	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	108	Acast	79
73	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	28
74	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
75	The Public Circle w/ Adam Olsen	Adam Olsen	Government	43	Spotify for Podcasters	68
76	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
77	The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare	Chris Mayer National Security and Strategy Consultant	Government	100	Podbean	42
78	Continuing the Conversation \| The Surface Navy Association Podcast	Surface Navy Association	Government	4	Podbean	52
79	Future Discontinuous	FALTER and IWM	Government	16	Acast	94
80	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
81	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	37	Transistor	43
82	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
83	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
84	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
86	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
87	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
88	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
89	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
90	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	438	Megaphone	53
91	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
92	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
93	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
94	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
95	La science simplifiée	Ressources naturelles Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
96	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
97	Reconcile. Everyday Conversations	Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan	Government & Organizations	18	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
98	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
99	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32

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