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What Canada is talking about

Measured attention, not opinion polls: what people search for (Google Trends), what they read (Wikipedia page views) and what the news covers and how (GDELT, every 15 minutes). For what people think, see the opinion surveys.

Today

Searching

Google Trends CA · 15 Nov 2026
  1. jets 500+
  2. snake new 500+
  3. devils vs capitals new 500+
  4. juan díaz new 500+
  5. vingt55 new 500+
  6. prince harry, duke of sussex new 500+
  7. united states border patrol new 200+
  8. kimberly polman new 200+
  9. mavericks vs cavaliers new 200+
  10. league 2 new 200+
  11. pluie new 200+
  12. re zero season 5 new 200+
  13. kyle connor 100+
  14. bia mesquita new 100+
  15. lpl new 100+
  16. banfield vs boca new 100+
  17. donte johnson new 100+
  18. mexico vs jamaica new 100+
  19. macy chiasson new 100+
  20. xrp new 100+

Reading

Wikipedia top pages · 13 Nov 2026
  1. Jensen Huang en in 11 countries 46.6k
  2. Avril Lavigne en in 6 countries 20.3k
  3. Nvidia en in 8 countries 16.5k
  4. Colette Kress en in 9 countries 15.6k
  5. Alice Huang (executive) en in 7 countries 13.5k
  6. Sam Hartman en 10.8k
  7. Deaths in 2026 en in 3 countries 10.1k
  8. Chris Van Hollen en 8.2k
  9. Anthony Clark (actor) en 7k
  10. Lisa Su en in 4 countries 6.7k
  11. Russell Brand en in 5 countries 6.7k
  12. 2026 Streamer Awards en 6.2k
  13. Jensen Huang spying scandal en 6.1k
  14. You Can See Everything en 5.4k
  15. Elizabeth Holmes en 5.3k
  16. Ebenezer (2026 film) en in 3 countries 5.3k
  17. Grand Theft Auto VI en in 3 countries 5.2k
  18. SS United States en 5.1k
  19. David Walliams en in 3 countries 4.8k
  20. The Body (TV series) en in 3 countries 4.7k

In the news

GDELT · outlets in Canada · last 2 days
  • Leader 856
  • General government 660
  • Manmade disaster implied 596
  • Education 554
  • General health 540
  • Affect 496
  • Medical 483
  • Msm 377
  • Delay 298
  • Security services 285
  • Kill 282
  • Social 281

People

Mark Carney · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · Danielle Smith

Organisations

United States · Google · Aviation Administration · Postmedia Network Inc · Associated Press · White House · Air Canada · Vancouver International Airport · Instagram · Canadian Armed · Microsoft · Facebook

"new" = first day in the trending list; "N days" = trending on N of the last 14 days. Traffic is Google's rounded search-volume band. GDELT themes are machine-tagged from articles published by outlets in the country (in any language); people and organisations are extracted automatically and can be noisy.

Rising

New in the lists today.

  • Avril Lavigne
  • Colette Kress
  • Alice Huang (executive)
  • Sam Hartman
  • Chris Van Hollen
  • Anthony Clark (actor)
  • 2026 Streamer Awards
  • Jensen Huang spying scandal

Evergreen

In the lists on most recent days (searches: 5+ of 14, pages: 10+ of 30).

  • Deaths in 2026 29d
  • You Can See Everything 29d
  • Elizabeth Holmes 29d
  • VisionQuest 21d
  • Ansel Adams 11d

Topics in the news · Canada

Share of news by topic

% of articles from outlets in this country, per day (GDELT GKG)

Topics are keyword groups over GDELT's GKG themes; an article can be in several. Collection started in Oct 2026, so the history fills up from there.

Source: The GDELT Project updated 1 min ago

This week vs the world

% of articles, last 7 days
TopicHereAll countriesMore
War & conflict22.5%20.3%
Crime19.2%22.9%
Jobs15.0%12.8%Jobs & cost of living →
Energy13.0%11.0%Energy →
Elections7.6%9.5%less herePolitics →
Protest6.9%7.7%Politics →
Migration4.7%3.6%more herePopulation & migration →
Housing3.5%2.0%more hereEconomy →
Cost of living3.1%2.4%more hereEconomy →
Climate3.0%1.8%more hereEnergy →
AI2.0%2.5%less here
Health1.9%1.1%more herePopulation & migration →
Trade1.9%0.2%more hereEconomy →
Robotics0.1%0.1%Robotics →
Self-driving0.0%0.0%more hereSelf-driving →
Source: The GDELT Project · to 15 Nov 2026

Around the world

Elections: share of the news, last 7 days

By the country of the outlet, not of the story. Tone is GDELT's average document tone (negative = more negative words). Countries with fewer than 50 (tone) or 200 (topic) articles in the week are left grey. Click a covered country to open its trends.

Source: The GDELT Project

Elections across countries

% of each country's news articles per day (GDELT GKG)
Source: The GDELT Project updated 1 min ago

Everywhere vs local

Read everywhere

Wikipedia articles in the top lists of 3+ countries on the latest day.

  1. Jensen Huang11 countries · 627.7k views
  2. Colette Kress9 countries · 199.7k views
  3. Nvidia8 countries · 213.4k views
  4. Alice Huang (executive)7 countries · 126.4k views
  5. Avril Lavigne6 countries · 109.9k views
  6. Russell Brand5 countries · 93.8k views
  7. Lisa Su4 countries · 57.9k views
  8. Deaths in 20263 countries · 97.7k views
  9. Mauricio Pochettino3 countries · 70.2k views
  10. David Walliams3 countries · 56k views
  11. Ebenezer (2026 film)3 countries · 55.5k views
  12. The Body (TV series)3 countries · 43.2k views
  13. Archive of Our Own3 countries · 39.3k views
  14. Grand Theft Auto VI3 countries · 26.8k views
  15. UEFA Nations League3 countries · 24.2k views
  16. Wild Horse Nine3 countries · 16.3k views

Only here

Top pages in Canada that no other tracked country has in its list.

  1. You Can See Everything5.4k views
  2. Mélanie Joly4.7k views
  3. Chris Malachowsky4k views
  4. Stellantis3.9k views
  5. VisionQuest3.8k views
  6. Play That Funky Music3.6k views

Related

Sources: Source: Google Trends (hourly per country, every 3 h per region) · Source: Wikimedia Foundation pageviews API (daily top lists; language editions for the world view) · Source: The GDELT Project (15 min) · Source: Hacker News via the Algolia HN Search API. Not included: Reddit and YouTube (their APIs need keys), X (no open API), China's Google Trends and per-country Wikipedia lists (not published).

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