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Canadian Daily Trend Report About Circulation (TRAC)

Fourth Quarter Data – October Through December 2015 (Released February 2016)

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The Daily Newspaper Trend Report About Circulation (TRAC), published quarterly, reports average quarterly total circulation for all members with paid and non-paid daily newspapers, unless otherwise noted, including:

Paid Daily Newspaper Non-Paid Daily Newspaper Total Circulation Total Circulation • Paid Circulation • Non-Paid Circulation • Sponsored/Free Circulation • Public Place Distribution • Circulation by Geographic Area (CMA/Non-CMA) • Box Distribution • Net Unique Individuals FDSA Accreditation Audited Web Data Social Media Connections

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Newspaper Website Social Media Circulation by Geographic Area Average Average Average Average Monthly Province Publishing FDSA Total Net Average Sponsored/ Average Average Unique Twitter Facebook Publication/Brand Company Market Accredited** Edition Circulation Recipients Paid Free CMA CTZ & RTZ Browsers Followers Likes

NEWFOUNDLAND Weekday 3,829 3,829 3,790 39 3,719 Transcontinental Western Star, The Corner Brook Saturday 4,007 4,007 3,969 38 3,900 Media 166,965

Transcontinental Weekday 24,637 24,637 13,746 10,891 18,561 Telegram, The Atlantic Media St. John's Saturday 32,732 32,732 22,276 10,456 24,455 Group Inc. 455,790

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Transcontinental Weekday 13,361 13,361 12,982 379 12,815 Guardian, The Atlantic Media Charlottetown  Saturday 14,566 14,566 14,566 0 13,897 Group Inc. 331,862

Weekday 5,120 5,120 5,075 45 5,027 Transcontinental Journal Pioneer Summerside  Saturday 5,446 5,446 5,446 0 5,334 Media 104,430

NOVA SCOTIA Weekday 16,659 16,659 15,108 1,551 16,224 Transcontinental Cape Breton Post Cape Breton  Saturday 15,870 15,870 15,689 181 15,393 Media 309,903

QUEBEC Weekday 260,725 260,725 174,409 86,316 167,662 Journal de Média QMI Inc. Montréal Saturday 257,643 257,643 180,448 77,195 163,203 Montréal, Le Sunday 263,676 263,676 181,345 82,331 167,334

Weekday 162,111 165,996 82,717 79,394 105,043 Journal de Média QMI Inc. Saturday 169,725 174,611 89,208 80,517 110,714 Québec, Le Sunday 162,305 166,911 82,642 79,663 106,161

ONTARIO , Weekday 6,025 6,025 5,858 167 6,026 a division of Intelligencer, The Belleville Saturday 6,035 6,025 5,888 147 6,035 Inc. 157,670

Sun Media, Weekday 19,699 19,699 11,216 8,483 16,077 a division of Expositor, The  Saturday 11,977 11,977 11,473 504 8,257 Postmedia Network Inc. 278,852

Sun Media, Weekday 4,680 4,680 4,565 115 4,679 Chatham a division of Chatham  Saturday 4,833 4,833 4,725 108 4,833 Daily News, The Postmedia Network Inc. 149,168

Sun Media, Weekday 7,169 7,169 6,839 330 7,170 a division of Standard Freeholder Cornwall  Saturday 7,274 7,274 6,944 330 7,272 Postmedia Network Inc. 96,688

Metroland Media Weekday 129,696 123,713 71,876 57,820 100,232 Hamilton Spectator, The Hamilton  Group Ltd. Saturday 133,538 127,020 76,963 56,575 102,502

Sun Media, Weekday 15,854 15,854 13,963 1,891 13,397 Kingston a division of Kingston  Saturday 17,207 17,207 15,335 1,872 14,289 Whig-Standard, The Postmedia Network Inc. 307,240

Sun Media, Weekday 64,262 64,262 44,530 19,732 51,821 a division of London Free Press, The London  Saturday 67,630 67,630 48,383 19,247 54,142 Postmedia Network Inc. 1,054,544 Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC Fourth Quarter Data – October Through December 2015

Newspaper Website Social Media Circulation by Geographic Area Average Average Average Average Monthly Province Publishing FDSA Total Net Average Sponsored/ Average Average Unique Twitter Facebook Publication/Brand Company Market Accredited** Edition Circulation Recipients Paid Free CMA CTZ & RTZ Browsers Followers Likes

Sun Media, Weekday 14,217 14,217 7,057 7,160 12,810 Niagara Falls a division of Niagara Falls  Saturday 7,559 7,559 7,075 484 6,152 Review Postmedia Network Inc. 239,704

Sun Media, Weekday 7,270 7,270 6,959 311 7,270 a division of North Bay  Saturday 7,442 7,442 7,107 335 7,441 Postmedia Network Inc. 197,989

Weekday 34,270 30,040 26,149 8,121 26,946 Sun Media, a division of Saturday 32,435 27,272 23,609 8,826 25,174 Sun Ottawa  Postmedia Sunday 33,449 29,229 25,718 7,731 25,384 Network Inc. 1,364,752

Sun Media, Weekday 18,423 18,423 8,529 9,894 15,481 Peterborough a division of Peterborough  Saturday 9,410 9,410 8,727 683 6,386 Examiner, The Postmedia Network Inc. 278,957

Sun Media, Weekday 26,664 26,664 11,256 15,408 24,593 a division of Standard, The St. Catharines  Saturday 12,740 12,740 11,986 754 10,469 Postmedia Network Inc. 317,686

Sun Media, Weekday 7,986 7,986 7,654 332 7,986 a division of Observer, The  Saturday 8,467 8,467 8,157 310 8,466 Postmedia Network Inc. 214,998

Sun Media, Weekday 7,710 7,710 7,453 257 7,712 a division of Sault Star, The Sault Ste. Marie  Saturday 8,125 8,125 7,434 691 8,125 Postmedia Network Inc. 108,488

Sun Media, Weekday 8,430 8,430 8,251 179 8,429 a division of Sudbury Star, The Sudbury Saturday 9,014 9,014 8,844 170 9,014 Postmedia Network Inc. 340,118

Weekday 280,849 280,327 170,014 110,835 220,672 Toronto Star Toronto Saturday 397,264 397,127 272,942 124,322 288,351 Newspaper Ltd. Sunday 233,449 233,316 186,721 46,728 160,474

Sun Media, Weekday 119,802 109,996 86,474 33,328 91,689 a division of Toronto Saturday 114,371 103,618 80,476 33,895 88,059 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 130,733 121,174 95,071 35,662 94,534 6,257,379

Weekday 53,304 46,222 42,668 10,636 48,708 Waterloo Region Metroland Media Waterloo  Saturday 52,159 48,481 44,631 7,528 46,999 Record Group Ltd.

Sun Media, Weekday 10,945 10,945 6,608 4,337 8,260 a division of Tribune, The  Saturday 7,050 7,050 6,682 368 4,322 Postmedia Network Inc. 180,637

MANITOBA Sun Media, Weekday 45,863 44,076 13,680 32,183 42,384 a division of Winnipeg Saturday 38,514 36,828 14,555 23,959 35,192 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 39,304 37,616 16,032 23,272 36,032 867,124 Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC Fourth Quarter Data – October Through December 2015

Newspaper Website Social Media Circulation by Geographic Area Average Average Average Average Monthly Province Publishing FDSA Total Net Average Sponsored/ Average Average Unique Twitter Facebook Publication/Brand Company Market Accredited** Edition Circulation Recipients Paid Free CMA CTZ & RTZ Browsers Followers Likes

ALBERTA Sun Media, Weekday 41,915 37,004 23,290 18,625 36,116 a division of Sun Calgary  Saturday 42,993 38,830 25,752 17,241 37,576 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 52,881 48,718 34,986 17,895 46,712 1,697,557

Sun Media, Weekday 36,721 32,534 26,453 10,268 29,199 a division of Sun Edmonton  Saturday 35,237 30,838 26,945 8,292 28,160 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 44,251 40,382 35,788 8,463 36,755 1,063,635

BRITISH COLUMBIA Continental Weekday 9,340 9,340 7,409 1,931 8,870 Daily Courier, The Newspapers Kelowna  Saturday 9,317 9,317 7,531 1,786 8,793 Canada Ltd. Sunday 9,033 9,033 7,246 1,787 8,573

Continental Weekday 5,231 5,231 4,556 675 5,208 Penticton Herald Newspapers Penticton  Saturday 5,120 5,120 4,423 697 5,036 Canada Ltd. Sunday 4,877 4,877 4,195 682 4,859

** FDSA Accreditation status reported as of February 16, 2016 Non-Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC Fourth Quarter Data – October Through December 2015 Average Province Average Public Place Average Publication/Brand Publishing Company Market Edition Total Circulation Distribution Box Distribution

NOVA SCOTIA Weekly 48,268 31,132 17,136 Metro Metro Halifax Friday/Weekend 49,134 31,328 17,806

ONTARIO Weekly 49,657 26,879 22,778 Metro Metro Ottawa Friday/Weekend 51,893 27,643 24,250

Sun Media, a division of Weekly 210,293 100,745 109,548 Toronto Postmedia Network Inc. Friday/Weekend 213,381 106,341 107,040

Epoch Times Weekly 10,655 9,954 701 Epoch Times Toronto (Chinese Edition) Friday/Weekend 24,174 23,165 1,009

Weekly 208,210 70,727 137,483 Metro Metro Toronto Friday/Weekend 218,937 71,129 147,808

MANITOBA Weekly 36,375 18,196 18,179 Metro Metro Winnipeg Friday/Weekend 38,795 18,188 20,607

ALBERTA Weekly 61,048 41,756 19,292 Metro Metro Calgary Friday/Weekend 61,038 40,305 20,733

Weekly 61,099 31,109 29,990 Metro Metro Edmonton Friday/Weekend 61,582 32,423 29,159

BRITISH COLUMBIA Sun Media, a division of Weekly 110,601 61,431 49,170 24 Hours Postmedia Network Inc. Friday/Weekend 116,230 61,556 54,674

Weekly 112,676 73,808 38,868 Metro Metro Vancouver Friday/Weekend 117,342 75,806 41,536