- Lean
- Left-Center (MBFC)
- Reliability
- High factual reporting (MBFC)
- Founded
- 1936
- Headquarters
- Montréal
- Owner
- CBC/Radio-Canada, a Canadian federal Crown corporation
- Funding
- Radio-Canada is the French-language service of CBC/Radio-Canada, a federal Crown corporation.
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Is Radio-Canada Left or Right?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates ICI Radio-Canada Left-Center, with a score of -3.4, saying the rating reflects editorial positions that lean left, while its sourcing is sound. AllSides and Ad Fontes Media have no separate rating for Radio-Canada, so its position on our chart rests on that single rater. Its English-language counterpart, CBC News, is rated by all three.
Because Parliament funds most of its budget, the main question about Radio-Canada is its independence from government. The Broadcasting Act guarantees the journalistic independence of CBC/Radio-Canada, and an ombudsman for its French services reviews complaints from the public and publishes its rulings. In 2024-25, the ombudsman published 18 reviews and found a breach of Radio-Canada's journalistic standards in three of them.
See where Radio-Canada sits next to other outlets on our media bias chart.
How Reliable Is Radio-Canada?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates ICI Radio-Canada's factual reporting High and its credibility High, with no failed fact checks recorded. Its journalistic standards require it to correct significant errors as soon as possible, on the platform where they appeared. In July 2026, the ombudsman found that a segment of Zone info, on the news channel ICI RDI, had breached the accuracy standard with a remark about a Québec party leader; Radio-Canada had admitted the error and aired a correction the next day.
How Radio-Canada Handles Corrections
Radio-Canada's journalistic standards say it corrects significant errors as soon as possible, on the same program or platform, and tells readers when an online story has been corrected. Complaints can go to the ombudsman of its French services.
Radio-Canada Bias: What the Ratings Show
Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Left-Center with High factual reporting.
Compare Radio-Canada with every other outlet on the media bias chart.
Radio-Canada 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 Radio-Canada.
| Rater | Bias rating | Factual / reliability |
|---|---|---|
| AllSides | Not rated (lean only) | |
| Ad Fontes Media | ||
| Media Bias/Fact Check | Left-Center (-3.4) | High, High Credibility |
Who Funds Radio-Canada?
Radio-Canada is the French-language service of CBC/Radio-Canada, a federal Crown corporation. In the year to March 2026, Parliament provided C$1,575.3 million, including an extra C$150 million for 2025-26, which is about three quarters of the corporation's funding; the rest comes mainly from advertising and subscriptions.
Why Radio-Canada Is in Aplomb
Radio-Canada brings national, Québec and international news in French from Canada's public broadcaster. It meets our six source criteria; in the app, its videos appear in the Québec tab rather than in Latest. What to watch for: only Media Bias/Fact Check rates its French service, and it places it slightly left, so it pairs well with a news agency such as The Canadian Press.
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Radio-Canada FAQ
Is Radio-Canada biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates ICI Radio-Canada Left-Center (-3.4), saying its editorial positions lean left while its sourcing is sound. AllSides and Ad Fontes Media have no separate rating for it.
Who funds Radio-Canada?
Mostly Parliament. Radio-Canada is part of CBC/Radio-Canada, a federal Crown corporation; in the year to March 2026, public funding made up about three quarters of the corporation's money, and the rest came mainly from advertising and subscriptions. The law guarantees its journalistic independence.
Is Radio-Canada reliable?
Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting High and its credibility High, with no failed fact checks recorded.
Is Radio-Canada the same as CBC?
They are the French and English services of the same public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada. In Aplomb, CBC News is in the Canada tab and Radio-Canada in the Québec tab.
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