Media Resources

Ontario is home to all of Canada’s national media outlets. The following organizations are all excellent sources of information on Ontario, Canada, and the world.

Television
 

There are several major television networks in Ontario:

  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canada’s national public broadcaster.
  • CTV, Canada’s largest private television network.
  • Global TV, Canada’s third largest network, hosted on the Canada.com website.
  • City TV – Pioneers of the concept of videojournalism and is best known for its unconventional approach to news and local programming.
  • OMNI – Canada’s first multilingual/multicultural channel.  It broadcasts 60% of it’s programming in no less than 15 languages to more than 18 cultures.
Newspapers
 

Canada has two national newspapers:

  • The Globe and Mail
  • The National Post

Most cities and towns in Ontario also have a daily paper, such as:

  • The Toronto Star
  • The Toronto Sun
  • The Ottawa Citizen
  • The Ottawa Sun
  • The London Free Press
  • The Kingston Whig-Standard
  • The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
  • The Sudbury Star
  • The Windsor Star
  • The Kitchener-Waterloo Record
  • Peterborough Examiner
  • Hamilton Spectator
  • St. Catharines Standard
  • Barrie Examiner
  • Belleville, The Intelligencer
  • Brantford, The Expositor
  • The Brockville Recorder and Times
  • Cornwall, Standard-Freeholder
  • Guelph Mercury
  • North Bay, Nugget
  • Orillia, Packet and Times
  • Ottawa, Le Droit
  • Sarnia, The Observer
  • Sault Ste. Marie, Star

There are also a number of local newspapers catering to Canadians with international heritage:

  • India Abroad
  • Portuguese Sun
  • The New Korea Times
  • Chinese News
  • Ming Pao
  • Sing Tao
  • Arab News International
  • Lo Specchio
Magazines
 

Ontario and Canada support a huge range of magazines, including:

  • Maclean’s Magazine: Canada’s national newsmagazine.
  • Canadian Business: a weekly business magazine.
  • The Walrus: a general-interest and current affairs magazine.
  • Flare: Canada’s fashion magazine.
  • Lou Lou: The latest in hot fashions and where to get them.
  • Hello:  Canada’s juicy gossip magazine.