Top Government Websites in Canada

Key Insights on Top Government Websites in Canada on January 2026

As of January 2026, canada.ca leads Government in Canada with 48.07M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (55.98% desktop / 55.98% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 32.06% and up year over year 1.64%. ctvnews.ca holds second with 23.6M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (27.61% desktop / 72.39% mobile), while gouv.qc.ca ranks third with 16.28M visits.

Across the leaders, al.com is the most mobile-first (96.52% of visits), whereas princeedwardisland.ca is the most desktop-reliant (88.07%). Momentum favors census.gc.ca in the latest month (1,841.3%), while drivebc.ca shows the steepest pullback. On a yearly view, census.gc.ca posts the strongest expansion (662.17%), contrasted with canadavisa.com (-50.23%).

Acquisition patterns also differ: canada.ca is driven primarily by search, canada.ca by direct, and canada.ca by referral; overall, 85 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 11 are search-led, and 3 lean on social.

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