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Estimated numbers and circulations of reporting daily and weekly English-language newspapers, by province, 1954 to 1956

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Estimated numbers and circulations of reporting daily and weekly English-language newspapers, by province, 1954 to 1956
  1956
  Daily Weekly
  number circulation number circulation
Canada 86 3,248,092 747 3,957,087
Newfoundland 3 32,276 4 30,725
Prince Edward Island 2 19,446 1 5,626
Nova Scotia 5 149,557 26 81,906
New Brunswick 3 80,657 17 53,612
Quebec 5 314,080 24 1,556,3502
Ontario 41 1,688,314 252 1,637,072
Manitoba 6 207,848 67 82,684
Saskatchewan 4 101,602 164 146,205
Alberta 5 215,017 108 174,775
British Columbia 12 439,295 82 183,917
Yukon and Northwest Territories - - 2 4,215
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958.