Who Owns the Media in Canada

Much of the media is owned by large national or transnational corporations. In Canada, by law, the media must be Canadian-owned. However, the chart below shows this ownership is concentrated into the hands of a few.

Owners	Media
CanWest Global	Television Global Television CH Television Film Alliance Atlantis Magazines The Financial Post TV Times Newspapers National Post Calgary Herald Edmonton Journal Ottawa Citizen Montreal Gazette Victoria Times-Colonist Vancouver Sun Vancouver Province Regina Leader-Post Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Internet Canada.com
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Government	Television CBC (English and French) CBC Newsworld Radio CBC Radio One CBC Radio Two Radio-Canada (French) Internet cbc.ca
CTVGlobeMedia	Television CTV Discovery Network TSN Newspapers Globe and Mail> Report on Business Internet ctv.ca
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network	Television Aboriginal Peoples Network