Top Government Websites in Canada

Name: Top websites in Canada (Government)
Creator: Semrush
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Based on data from the Semrush Traffic Analytics tool, this page reveals the most visited websites. We will be updating this list on a monthly basis, so you can keep track of all the market shifts and spot changes in user interest.

Most Visited Government Websites in Canada, Updated April 2026

April 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

canada.ca

45.93M

56.27%25.85M

43.73%20.08M

↓26.31%

↓1.32%

Search

cra-arc.gc.ca

19.36M

59.02%11.42M

40.98%7.93M

↓21.54%

↑5.09%

Direct

ctvnews.ca

17.6M

25.48%4.49M

74.52%13.12M

↓27.21%

↓2.83%

Direct

gouv.qc.ca

13.17M

39.28%5.17M

60.72%8M

↓29.49%

↓6.1%

Direct

canadapost-postescanada.ca

11.98M

23.76%2.85M

76.24%9.13M

↓16.92%

↓9.62%

Direct

ontario.ca

8.88M

36.08%3.2M

63.92%5.67M

↓19.84%

↑4.86%

Direct

weather.gc.ca

8.44M

38.35%3.24M

61.65%5.21M

↓28.73%

↓8.73%

Direct

cic.gc.ca

6.85M

70.69%4.85M

29.31%2.01M

↓32.59%

↓7.46%

Direct

gov.bc.ca

6.82M

49.43%3.37M

50.57%3.45M

↓27.8%

↑3.05%

Direct

gov.on.ca

6.76M

35.43%2.39M

64.57%4.37M

↓9.55%

↑4.7%

Direct

alberta.ca

6.55M

44.37%2.91M

55.63%3.64M

↓37.53%

↑10.24%

Direct

quebec.ca

5.18M

39.91%2.07M

60.09%3.11M

↓23.18%

↑9.21%

Direct

cp24.com

4.76M

24.6%1.17M

75.4%3.59M

↓17.59%

↓10.81%

Direct

citynews.ca

4.72M

28.9%1.36M

71.1%3.36M

↓39.67%

↑5.09%

Direct

revenuquebec.ca

4.03M

46.88%1.89M

53.12%2.14M

↓15.37%

↑11.7%

Direct

clegc-gckey.gc.ca

3.82M

80.31%3.07M

19.69%752.38K

↓31.04%

↓2.87%

Referral

olg.ca

3.16M

24.18%765.1K

75.82%2.4M

↓3.26%

↓0.49%

Direct

hydroquebec.com

3.16M

22.5%711.1K

77.5%2.45M

↓51.6%

↑9.6%

Direct

toronto.ca

3.13M

48.22%1.51M

51.78%1.62M

↓27.64%

↑2.19%

Direct

services.gc.ca

3.09M

70.51%2.18M

29.49%910.14K

↓20.33%

↑21.96%

Referral

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Key Insights on Top Government Websites in Canada on April 2026

As of April 2026, canada.ca leads Government in Canada with 45.93M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (56.27% desktop / 56.27% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -26.31% and down year over year -1.32%. cra-arc.gc.ca holds second with 19.36M visits and a desktop-leaning mix (59.02% desktop / 40.98% mobile), while ctvnews.ca ranks third with 17.6M visits.

Across the leaders, saudigazette.com.sa is the most mobile-first (99.65% of visits), whereas dot.gov is the most desktop-reliant (81.24%). Momentum favors niagarafalls.ca in the latest month (638.32%), while brampton.ca shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: canada.ca is driven primarily by search, canada.ca by direct, and canada.ca by referral; overall, 84 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 10 are search-led, and 5 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

Our AI algorithms analyze petabytes of information from a blend of proprietary and external data pools, reflecting the online activities of over 200 million anonymized users.

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Top Government Websites in Canada