The Canadian Press

Canadian private news agency established in 1917
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The Canadian Press
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The Canadian Press

Summary

The Canadian Press is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Canadian Press is in the country of Canada[3].
  • The Canadian Press's image is recorded as TheCanadianPress.jpg[4].
  • The Canadian Press's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • The Canadian Press's instance of is recorded as news agency[6].
  • The Canadian Press's instance of is recorded as privately held company[7].
  • The Canadian Press's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • The Canadian Press's founder is recorded as Parliament of Canada[9].
  • The Canadian Press's owned by is recorded as The Globe and Mail[10].
  • The Canadian Press's owned by is recorded as Power Corporation of Canada[11].
  • The Canadian Press's owned by is recorded as Torstar[12].
  • The Canadian Press's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[13].
  • The Canadian Press's ISNI is recorded as 0000000089959103[14].
  • The Canadian Press's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131293522[15].
  • The Canadian Press's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86803018[16].
  • The Canadian Press's industry is recorded as news media[17].
  • +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Canadian Press[18].
  • The Canadian Press's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02mchr[19].
  • The Canadian Press's official website is recorded as http://www.thecanadianpress.com[20].
  • The Canadian Press's facet of is recorded as Canadian identity[21].
  • The Canadian Press's affiliation is recorded as Associated Press[22].
  • The Canadian Press's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Canadian-Press[23].
  • The Canadian Press's legal form is recorded as cooperative[24].
  • The Canadian Press's X is recorded as CanadianPress[25].
  • The Canadian Press's Instagram username is recorded as the.canadianpress[26].
  • The Canadian Press's Facebook username is recorded as the.canadianpress[27].

Body

Founding

The Canadian Press's founder is recorded as Parliament of Canada[9]. +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Operations

The Canadian Press's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[13].

Industry

The Canadian Press's industry is recorded as news media[17].

Ownership

Owners include The Globe and Mail[10], a daily newspaper[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1936[30], headquartered in Toronto[31]; Power Corporation of Canada[11], a business[32], in Canada[33], founded in 1925[34], headquartered in Montreal[35]; and Torstar[12], a business[36], in Canada[37], founded in 1958[38], headquartered in Toronto[39].

Why It Matters

The Canadian Press ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . thecanadianpress.com. thecanadianpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . thecanadianpress.com. thecanadianpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-canadian-press
MLA “The Canadian Press.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-canadian-press.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-canadian-press_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Canadian Press}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-canadian-press}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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