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Canadian Daily Trend Report About Circulation (TRAC)

First Quarter Data – January Through March 2015 (Released June 2015)

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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 4,612 4,612 4,274 338 4,427 Transcontinental The Western Star Corner Brook Saturday 4,819 4,819 4,752 67 4,645 Media 181,834

Transcontinental Weekday 28,937 28,937 15,527 13,410 23,924 The Telegram Atlantic Media St. John's Saturday 37,511 37,511 25,227 12,284 29,636 Group Inc. 499,088

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Transcontinental Weekday 13,903 13,903 12,979 924 12,988 The Guardian Atlantic Media Charlottetown Saturday 15,367 15,367 14,727 640 14,307 Group Inc. 413,852

Weekday 5,444 5,444 5,368 76 5,210 Transcontinental Journal Pioneer Summerside Saturday 5,862 5,862 5,836 26 5,574 Media 165,353

NOVA SCOTIA Weekday 17,717 17,717 15,203 2,514 16,685 Transcontinental Cape Breton Post Cape Breton Saturday 16,698 16,698 16,397 301 16,076 Media 378,096

QUEBEC Weekday 230,534 230,535 175,341 55,193 149,830 Le Journal de Média QMI Inc. Montréal Saturday 241,823 241,823 192,218 49,605 154,620 Montréal Sunday 226,596 226,596 177,663 48,933 144,803

Weekday 162,494 162,493 82,876 79,618 102,081 Le Journal de Média QMI Inc. Quebec City Saturday 171,230 171,230 91,007 80,223 107,758 Québec Sunday 162,885 162,885 83,218 79,667 102,762

ONTARIO , Weekday 6,380 6,380 6,217 163 6,381 a division of The Intelligencer Belleville Saturday 6,436 6,436 6,273 163 6,437 Inc. 176,639

Sun Media, Weekday 18,109 18,109 11,530 6,579 14,369 a division of The Expositor Brantford  Saturday 12,355 12,355 11,854 501 8,513 Postmedia Network Inc. 231,592

Sun Media, Weekday 4,872 4,872 4,715 157 4,872 The Chatham a division of Chatham Saturday 4,928 4,928 4,798 130 4,927 Daily News Postmedia Network Inc. 162,750

Sun Media, Weekday 6,998 6,998 6,874 124 6,998 a division of Standard Freeholder Cornwall  Saturday 7,085 7,085 6,960 125 7,083 Postmedia Network Inc. 99,793

Weekday 10,792 N/A* 8,657 2,135 10,167 Metroland Media Guelph Mercury Guelph  Saturday 10,745 N/A* 9,242 1,503 10,000 Group Ltd.

The Metroland Media Weekday 110,686 104,245 73,206 37,480 95,142 Hamilton  Hamilton Spectator Group Ltd. Saturday 113,135 106,698 78,194 34,941 96,491

Sun Media, Weekday 15,327 15,327 14,073 1,254 12,779 The Kingston a division of Kingston  Saturday 16,743 16,743 15,525 1,218 13,713 Whig-Standard Postmedia Network Inc. 334,071 Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC First Quarter Data – January Through March 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

ONTARIO (continued) Weekday 53,869 N/A* 43,537 10,332 46,345 Waterloo Region Metroland Media Waterloo  Saturday 52,969 N/A* 45,509 7,460 44,682 Record Group Ltd.

Sun Media, Weekday 57,900 57,900 45,294 12,606 45,078 The London a division of London  Saturday 61,689 61,689 49,419 12,270 47,936 Free Press Postmedia Network Inc. 978,800 52,822 17,229

Sun Media, Weekday 12,927 12,927 7,381 5,546 11,456 Niagara Falls a division of Niagara Falls  Saturday 7,923 7,923 7,431 492 6,446 Review Postmedia Network Inc. 259,983

Sun Media, Weekday 7,428 7,428 7,190 238 7,427 a division of North Bay  Saturday 7,679 7,679 7,428 251 7,679 Postmedia Network Inc. 169,817

Weekday 34,095 30,699 25,928 8,167 27,160 Sun Media, a division of Saturday 31,443 28,060 23,299 8,144 24,299 Sun Ottawa  Postmedia Sunday 32,745 29,371 24,979 7,766 25,068 Network Inc. 1,190,815 41,352 14,700

Sun Media, Weekday 16,204 16,204 8,771 7,433 13,171 The Peterborough a division of Peterborough  Saturday 9,738 9,738 9,023 715 6,638 Examiner Postmedia Network Inc. 317,236

The Weekday 22,916 22,916 12,009 10,907 20,718 The Standard St. Catherines St. Catherines  Saturday 13,780 13,780 12,978 802 11,337 Standard 360,180

Sun Media, Weekday 7,933 7,933 7,790 143 7,934 a division of The Observer Sarnia  Saturday 8,822 8,822 8,678 144 8,821 Postmedia Network Inc. 252,792

Sun Media, Weekday 8,273 8,273 7,985 288 8,273 a division of Sault Ste. Marie  Saturday 8,775 8,775 8,056 719 8,775 Postmedia Network Inc. 113,579

Sun Media, Weekday 8,380 8,380 8,183 197 8,380 a division of Sudbury Saturday 9,030 9,030 8,833 197 9,031 Postmedia Network Inc. 380,746

Weekday 420,531 271,583 250,609 169,922 319,779 Toronto Star Toronto Saturday 521,806 373,193 352,118 169,688 376,518 Newspaper Ltd. Sunday 379,813 231,555 266,567 113,246 265,021

Sun Media, Weekday 118,916 111,587 89,721 29,195 91,281 a division of Toronto Saturday 110,489 103,165 82,624 27,865 84,953 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 152,996 145,710 97,788 55,208 116,316

Sun Media, Weekday 10,193 10,193 6,876 3,317 7,350 a division of The Tribune Welland  Saturday 7,363 7,363 6,980 383 4,482 Postmedia Network Inc. 231,975

MANITOBA Sun Media, Weekday 61,351 59,862 14,181 47,170 57,647 a division of Winnipeg Saturday 53,019 51,542 15,347 37,672 49,426 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 53,867 52,394 16,708 37,159 50,626 Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC First Quarter Data – January Through March 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 41,483 37,980 23,471 18,012 35,445 a division of Sun Calgary  Saturday 42,601 39,139 26,606 15,995 37,011 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 51,184 47,768 36,055 15,129 44,903

Sun Media, Weekday 37,473 34,387 27,766 9,707 29,394 a division of Sun Edmonton  Saturday 35,995 32,934 28,654 7,341 28,382 Postmedia Network Inc. Sunday 45,894 42,880 37,892 8,002 37,776

BRITISH COLUMBIA Continental Weekday 5,300 5,290 4,724 576 3,703 Newspapers Saturday 4,932 4,922 4,378 554 3,352 Penticton Herald Canada Ltd., Penticton a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

Continental Weekday 9,514 9,500 7,616 1,898 9,012 Newspapers Saturday 9,238 9,223 7,487 1,751 8,733 The Daily Courier Canada Ltd., Kelowna a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

* Data not available ** FDSA Accreditation status reported as of May 26, 2015 Non-Paid Daily Newspaper TRAC First Quarter Data – January Through March 2015 Average Province Average Public Place Average Publication/Brand Publishing Company Market Edition Total Circulation Distribution Box Distribution

NOVA SCOTIA Weekly 45,457 29,328 16,129 Metro Metro Halifax Friday/Weekend 46,411 29,654 16,757

QUEBEC Weekly 154,700 125,015 29,685 24 Heures Média QMI Inc. Montréal Friday/Weekend 155,416 124,054 31,362

ONTARIO Weekly 44,936 25,874 19,062 Metro Metro Ottawa Friday/Weekend 46,101 25,761 20,340

Sun Media, a division of Weekly 191,645 3,051 188,594 Toronto Postmedia Network Inc. Friday/Weekend 192,988 3,086 189,902

Epoch Times Weekly N/A* N/A* N/A* Epoch Times Toronto (Chinese Edition) Friday/Weekend N/A* N/A* N/A*

Weekly 212,422 120,331 92,091 Metro Metro Toronto Friday/Weekend 223,251 129,942 93,309

MANITOBA Weekly 34,946 18,549 16,397 Metro Metro Winnipeg Friday/Weekend 38,242 18,511 19,731

ALBERTA Weekly 58,770 41,330 17,440 Metro Metro Calgary Friday/Weekend 61,034 41,140 19,894

Weekly 60,208 41,692 18,516 Metro Metro Edmonton Friday/Weekend 62,532 41,369 21,163

BRITISH COLUMBIA Sun Media, a division of Weekly 114,210 65,835 48,375 24 Hours Postmedia Network Inc. Friday/Weekend 114,081 65,813 48,268

Weekly 112,304 71,502 40,802 Metro Metro Vancouver Friday/Weekend 116,483 71,976 44,507

* Data not available