- Lean
- Least Biased (MBFC)
- Reliability
- High factual reporting (MBFC)
- Founded
- 1917
- Headquarters
- Toronto
- Owner
- Canadian Press Enterprises Inc., owned by Torstar, The Globe and Mail and La Presse
- Funding
- The Canadian Press is a privately held company, Canadian Press Enterprises Inc., owned by Torstar, The Globe and Mail and La Presse through holding companies.
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Is The Canadian Press Left or Right?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates The Canadian Press Least Biased, with a score of -1.1, inside its center range of -1.9 to +1.9, and compares it with Reuters and the Associated Press. AllSides and Ad Fontes Media have not rated it, so its position on our chart rests on that single rater.
Like other news agencies, The Canadian Press writes for clients across the political spectrum, from national papers to local radio stations, and its principles tell reporters to stick to the facts without editorial opinion. Its ownership is the question worth knowing about: three Canadian publishers own it, and it says that stories involving them are reviewed by a senior editor and carry a note declaring the link. Its errors are on the record too. In October 2023, it published a correction saying a story and its headline had wrongly reported what Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said about India and Sikhs.
See where The Canadian Press sits next to other outlets on our media bias chart.
How Reliable Is The Canadian Press?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates The Canadian Press's factual reporting High and its credibility High, with no failed fact checks recorded. Its published news principles say that the discovery of a mistake calls for immediate correction, and that corrections must not be grudging. Its corrections go out on the same wire as its stories, so the newsrooms that ran an error receive the fix.
How The Canadian Press Handles Corrections
The Canadian Press publishes its news principles, including how errors are corrected. Corrections go out on its wire to the newsrooms that use its stories.
The Canadian Press Bias: What the Ratings Show
Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Least Biased with High factual reporting.
Compare The Canadian Press with every other outlet on the media bias chart.
The Canadian Press Bias Rating From Independent Raters
All bars use one shared scale: the shaded band is each rater's own center zone, lined up. How we combine the raters. Not every rater has rated The Canadian Press.
| Rater | Bias rating | Factual / reliability |
|---|---|---|
| AllSides | Not rated (lean only) | |
| Ad Fontes Media | ||
| Media Bias/Fact Check | Least Biased (-1.1) | High, High Credibility |
Who Funds The Canadian Press?
The Canadian Press is a privately held company, Canadian Press Enterprises Inc., owned by Torstar, The Globe and Mail and La Presse through holding companies. It earns its money by selling news, photos and video to other newsrooms and clients.
Why The Canadian Press Is in Aplomb
The Canadian Press supplies news to many of Canada's newspapers, broadcasters and websites, in English and in French, and works closely with the Associated Press. It meets our six source criteria; in the app, its videos appear in the Canada tab rather than in Latest. What to watch for: only Media Bias/Fact Check has rated it, and its owners are also news publishers, which is why its own policy for reporting on them matters.
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The Canadian Press FAQ
Is The Canadian Press biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Least Biased (-1.1), inside its center range, and compares it with Reuters and AP. AllSides and Ad Fontes Media have not rated it.
Who owns The Canadian Press?
Canadian Press Enterprises Inc., a private company owned by Torstar, The Globe and Mail and La Presse through holding companies. It says that stories involving its owners are reviewed by a senior editor and declare the link.
Is The Canadian Press reliable?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting High and its credibility High, with no failed fact checks recorded.
Is The Canadian Press the same as the Associated Press?
No. The Canadian Press is Canada's own national news agency, based in Toronto. It has a long-standing partnership with the Associated Press, the American news agency, which is also in Aplomb.
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