Canada Ad Spending 2022

Digital Ad Spending Drives the Total Ad Market Upward

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About This Report
Our latest forecasts for ad spending in Canada, which include our first-ever estimates for Google and Meta, show strong growth overall and an accelerated shift to digital.
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Executive Summary

Canada’s advertising market is in full recovery mode. Last year, it reclaimed the spending it lost in 2020, thanks to strong reinvestments in social media and digital video. And this year, ad spending will continue to accelerate, fueled mainly by digital formats.

3 KEY QUESTIONS THIS REPORT WILL ANSWER

  1. How much spending will advertisers dedicate to digital in 2022?
  2. What digital formats are growing the fastest?
  3. Which companies are the biggest digital players in Canada?

WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT? Our in-depth forecasts for traditional and digital ad spending in Canada, with a focus on the formats that are driving the most growth.

KEY STAT: This year, for the first time, digital ad spending will be more than double traditional ad spending, accounting for 68.3% of the total ad market in Canada.

authors

Paul Briggs

Contributors

Ethan Cramer-Flood
Senior Forecasting Writer
Iwona Drapala
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Angela Kim
Senior Researcher
Paul Verna
Principal Analyst
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