Canada Ad Spending Benchmarks 2026

Forecasts and Insights for Total Media, Digital, Search, Display, Retail Media, CTV, Social Media, and Programmatic Ad Spending

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Canada’s ad market is regaining momentum as digital dominates spending. Mobile, connected TV (CTV), and retail media are reshaping budgets even as trade tensions threaten the total macroeconomic outlook.
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This is our Q3 2026 “Canada Ad Spending Benchmarks.” In each edition of this series, we look at the latest forecasts for total media ad spending and digital ad spending by format, device, and industry. This collection also includes forecasts by channel as well as a deck dedicated to programmatic. Each deck in this series gives marketers the data they need to benchmark their own spending.

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Paul Briggs

Contributors

Bill Fisher
Principal Analyst, UK
Madan Kumar
Copy Editor
Emma Noyes
Senior Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Oscar Orozco
Senior Director, Forecasting
Heather Sprung
Director, Report Editing
Matt Torpey
Senior Data Visualization Editor
Johann Valderrama
Data Visualization Editor
Yoram Wurmser
Principal Analyst
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