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Circulation of daily, semi-weekly, and weekly publications, in cities of 20,000 population or over, 1935
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| Population 1931 | Daily1 | Semi-weekly2 | Weekly3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | circulation | number | circulation | number | circulation | |
| Montréal | 818,577 | 10 | 413,000 | - | - | 37 | 1,003,000 |
| Toronto | 631,207 | 7 | 611,000 | 2 | 18,000 | 40 | 970,000 |
| Vancouver | 246,593 | 6 | 176,000 | 3 | 5,000 | 12 | 83,000 |
| Winnipeg | 218,785 | 4 | 105,000 | 4 | 24,000 | 26 | 375,000 |
| Hamilton | 155,547 | 2 | 55,000 | - | - | 3 | 29,000 |
| Québec | 130,594 | 4 | 106,000 | - | - | 9 | 42,000 |
| Ottawa | 126,872 | 3 | 82,000 | 1 | 14,000 | 1 | 17,000 |
| Calgary | 83,761 | 2 | 38,000 | - | - | 2 | 33,000 |
| Edmonton | 79,197 | 2 | 58,000 | 1 | 2,000 | 4 | 15,000 |
| London | 71,148 | 2 | 50,000 | - | - | 5 | 73,000 |
| Windsor | 63,108 | 1 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Verdun | 60,745 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 27,000 |
| Halifax | 59,275 | 4 | 88,000 | - | - | 3 | 4,000 |
| Regina | 53,209 | 2 | 39,000 | - | - | 1 | 6,400 |
| Saint John | 47,514 | 2 | 32,000 | - | - | 2 | 20,000 |
| Raskatoon | 43,291 | 1 | 19,000 | - | - | 5 | 131,000 |
| Victoria | 39,082 | 3 | 24,000 | - | - | 2 | 27,000 |
| Trois Rivières | 35,450 | 1 | 11,000 | - | - | 2 | 9,300 |
| Kitchener | 30,793 | 1 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Brantford | 30,107 | 1 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hull | 29,433 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14,000 |
| Sherbrooke | 28,933 | 2 | 16,000 | - | - | 2 | 13,000 |
| Outremont | 28,641 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fort William | 26,277 | 1 | 6,300 | - | - | 1 | 5,000 |
| St. Catharines | 24,753 | 1 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Westmount | 24,235 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7,200 |
| Kingston | 23,439 | 1 | 11,000 | 1 | 2,000 | 1 | 4,000 |
| Oshawa | 23,439 | 1 | 3,200 | - | - | 1 | 5,000 |
| Sydney | 23,089 | 1 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sault Ste.-Marie | 23,082 | 1 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Peterborough | 22,327 | 1 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Moose Jaw | 21,299 | 1 | 4,400 | - | - | 3 | 13,000 |
| Guelph | 21,075 | 1 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Glace Bay | 20,706 | 1 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Moncton | 20,689 | 2 | 13,000 | - | - | 1 | 5,000 |
| Total | 3,386,272 | 72 | 2,075,800 | 12 | 65,000 | 170 | 2,930,900 |
| Notes: - Figures for circulation given in round numbers as some publications are not exactly reported. Compiled from McKim's Directory of Canadian Publications. - For newspapers, the average circulation is based on the 12 months ended September 30; for periodicals, the average circulation is based on the 6 months ended December 31. |
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| 1. Includes the sum of morning and evening editions of the same newspaper. Also includes papers issued five times a week. | |||||||
| 2. Includes papers published two, three or four times a week. | |||||||
| 3. Includes special Saturday and Sunday editions of daily papers. | |||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | |||||||
