Canada daily radio audience by market 2016-2021

In the fall of 2021 Toronto radio stations had over 5.86 million listeners, and is by far the leading radio market in the country with consistently over five million listeners each quarter. Considering the average daily radio audience in in Canada, the figures for winter 2021 were the highest recorded in the timeline, and could have been connected to the coronavirus as consumers sought updates on the pandemic.

Average daily radio audience in the selected central market areas in Canada from May 2016 to August 2021 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Summer 2016	Fall 2016	Winter 2016/2017	Spring 2017	Summer 2017	Fall 2017	Winter 2017/2018	Spring 2018	Summer 2018	Fall 2018	Winter 2018/2019	Spring 2020	Summer 2020	Fall 2020	Winter 2020	Fall 2021
Toronto	5,321	5,408	5,408	5,408	5,408	5,517	5,517	5,517	5,517	5,641	5,641	5,765	5,765	5,765	5,860	5,856
Vancouver	2,229	2,257	2,257	2,257	2,257	2,299	2,299	2,299	2,299	2,348	2,348	2,369	2,369	2,369	2,468	2,461
Calgary	1,235	1,263	1,263	1,263	1,263	1,268	1,268	1,268	1,268	1,320	1,320	1,345	1,345	1,345	1,362	1,362
Edmonton	1,174	1,188	1,188	1,188	1,188	1,199	1,199	1,199	1,199	1,249	1,249	1,264	1,264	1,264	1,299	1,299
Montreal	797	805	805	805	805	813	813	813	813	833	833	849	849	849	863	857

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

May 30, 2016 to August 28, 2021

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

Average daily universe, Monday to Sunday, 2am to 2am

Supplementary notes

The figures for markets included in this statistic come from their respective reporting sheets.
The source provides the following explanation to the figures: "The universe is expressed as daily averages because it changes slightly daily as the in tab changes."
Central (Ctrl) Market Area - A BBM defined geographical area, usually centered around one urban center. The definition of a Central Market Area generally corresponds to Statistics Canada Census Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomeration, Cities, Counties.

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