Top Documentary Podcasts in Canada

The latest Apple Podcasts Documentary chart for Canada, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked August 22, 2026.

1

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

2

Au Parloir

Cédric Bergeron

3

EXTRAS

Studio SF

4

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

5

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

6

The Mandelson Files | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

7

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

8

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

9

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

10

Paper Trail

ProPublica

11

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

12

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

13

Otherworld

Otherworld

14

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

15

What I survived

Jack Laurence

16

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

17

Manger les riches

Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias

18

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

19

World of Secrets

BBC

20

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

21

Focus: Adults in the Room

KUOW News and Information

22

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

23

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

24

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

25

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

26

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

27

OnlyFantasy

Audible

28

Question Everything

Brian Reed

29

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

30

What It Was Like

Superreal

31

Better in Person with Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics Radio

32

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

33

ChannelB پادکست فارسی

Ali Bandari

34

Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix)

CBC

35

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

36

I'm Not A Monster Presents...

BBC Sounds

37

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

38

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

39

Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies

Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann

40

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

41

Left To Their Own Devices

Toronto Star

42

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

43

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

44

Radio Marz | پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز

Marzie

45

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

46

Inconceivable Truth

Audiochuck

47

Sold a Story

APM Reports

48

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

49

Embedded

NPR

50

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

51

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

52

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

53

Johnathan Walton Media

Johnathan Walton

54

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

55

Pipeline

Daily Mail

56

PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies

Minuit

57

Bailey Sarian

Bailey Sarian

58

How I Survived

That's Life!

59

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

Audacy

60

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

61

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

62

Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media

Louie Media

63

Dark Stories

Dark Stories

64

Thunder Bay

Canadaland

65

Extreme

BBC

66

Radio Ambulante

My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts

67

Stories from a Stranger

HigherGround

68

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

69

7 jours sur Terre

7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay

70

Debt Heads

Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster

71

The Redefector

Audiochuck

72

The Know Rogan Experience

Cross Pond Productions

73

Fighting Crime

Arnold Ventures

74

The Commune

Stuff Audio

75

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

76

MimmPodcast | پادکست میم

مهدی عباسی

77

The Shrink Next Door

Audible | Bloomberg

78

The Pornhub Empire

CBC

79

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

80

The Missing Sister

iHeartPodcasts

81

Direct Action Combat Podcast

infopnb

82

L'heure de grande écoute

Transistor Média

83

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

84

SuperHuman

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

85

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

86

The Brothers Ortiz

Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts

87

Noble

Audiochuck

88

Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

89

Crackdown

Crackdown Productions

90

JAXXON PODCAST

Jaxxon Podcast

91

La société de minuit

Tatiana Benhamou

92

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

93

Dalton Fischer Podcast

Dalton Fischer

94

Sound, Light & Frequency

iHeartPodcasts

95

Leaving Eden Podcast

Leaving Eden LLC

96

Consciousness Cassettes

Ky Dickens

97

The Brohio Podcast

Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy

98

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

99

A Whole Other Country

Marfa Public Radio

100

The Battle For Free Speech

Journalist Michael Fox, The Real News Network

101

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

102

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

IRONCLAD

103

La liste de Paul Arcand

Cogeco Média

104

To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll

Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth

105

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

106

Belief Hole | Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks

SpectreVision Radio

107

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

108

COMMONS

CANADALAND

109

Mind Games

Kaleidoscope

110

Alien UFO Podcast

Simon Bown

111

Into The Dirt

Tortoise Media

112

La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir

The French Whisperer

113

Jungle Prince

The New York Times

114

The Flood

The Australian

115

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

116

Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast

Clem Dallaway

117

Stuff Matters with Ed Conway

Sky News

118

A Very British Cult

BBC Radio 4

119

Chroniques Obscures

Neoxi

120

Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman

Tortoise Media

121

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

122

搞钱女孩

搞钱女孩小辉

123

Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!

Byte & Pieces

124

Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter

Forbidden Knowledge Network

125

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera Network

126

Más Allá del Rosa

Jessica Fernández

127

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

128

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

129

WTF is on my Mind?!

Mark Vicente

130

Atonement: The John Paulk Story

iHeartPodcasts

131

Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine

Dr. Ed Hasan

132

Mallen Baker: Faultlines

Mallen Baker

133

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

134

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

The Vanguard Wall Podcast

135

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

136

Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

137

Elon's Spies

Tortoise Media

138

Gay Girl Gone

CBC

139

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

140

MIS(TER)GENDERED

Sar White

141

Rádio Novelo Apresenta

Rádio Novelo

142

BioHacked: Family Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

143

Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée

Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée

144

Ce qui se dit la nuit

Julie Vigneron

145

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

146

Al Jazeera Documentary

Al Jazeera Network

147

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

148

The Other Latif

WNYC Studios

149

Days Like These

ABC Australia

150

Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast

Message Heard

151

Le Poids du Cloud

Victor Galarreta

152

On podcast پادکست آن

mersen

153

The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

Sony Music Entertainment

154

AsianBoss-Asian History Podcast

AsianBoss

155

Abuse of Power with David Rudolf and Sonya Pfeiffer

Campfire & Acast Studios

156

LESBIAN ECHOES

Beth Maples-Bays

157

The Gas Man

Tortoise Media

158

History's Great Mysteries

Nick

159

The Improvement Association

Serial Productions & The New York Times

160

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

161

The Vanishing of Janis Rose

Sony Music Entertainment

162

The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

163

Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed

Lynn Studio

164

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Earwolf & Seth Rogen

165

Cultimatum: The Cult & Human Trafficking Podcast

Anonymous Andrew & Melody

166

Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel

RTBF

167

The Wind

Fil Corbitt, The Wind

168

pepe&chema podcast

pepe&chema

169

Le bureau des complots

RTBF

170

Pariah

Tortoise Media

171

Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

172

Welcome to Paradise

CBC

173

Journalista

iHeartPodcasts

174

Pig Iron

Tortoise Media

175

The Unabomber: The Man, the Myth, and the Manifesto

The Harvard Crimson

176

Mysteries at Bedtime

Jack Laurence

177

À la poursuite de Gilles Villeneuve

QUB radio et Le Guide de l'auto

178

Spicy Alien After Dark

Alien

179

Le dernier vol de Raymond Boulanger : Révélations

iHeartRadio

180

Hooked on Freddie

Audible

181

Pablo Escobar: Escape from La Catedral

Spotify Studios

182

Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative

Radiotopia

183

Destins Extraordinaires

Europe1

184

Signal Hill

Signal Hill

185

Into The Fog with Peter Laws

Peter Laws

186

Reasons We Serve: Police Careers & Officer Experience

Reasons We Serve

187

Chameleon: The Michigan Plot

Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media

188

The Hunt for a Vaccine

ALK

189

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera Network

190

Short Cuts

BBC Radio 4

191

The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)

Foreign Policy magazine

192

Reflector

Longview

193

Collapse: Disaster in Surfside

Treefort Media & Miami Herald

194

بودكاست مع الصاهود

الإذاعة والتلفاز

195

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

196

28ish Days Later

BBC Radio 4

197

Ripple

American Public Media

198

Manger les riches

Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias

199

Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

iHeartPodcasts

200

Odessa

The New York Times

201

The Vegan Report

Rayane Laddi

202

SCAMMERLAND

Superreal

203

A Vida Dupla do Espião Traidor

Observador

204

Kerning Cultures

Kerning Cultures Network

205

Trapped in Treatment

iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros

206

Urban Legends And Mythology

Michael Ferrell

207

Frecuencia Paranormal

Frecuencia Paranormal

208

人文清华讲坛 | 清华大学名校公开课 | 认知提升必听 | 社会热点

人文清华

209

Absolute Crime

Absolute Crime

210

The Kings of The Yukon Podcast

Chip Warren

211

Injustices

Louie Media

212

Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History

Geno Samuel

213

Mel Robbins - Audio Biography

Inception Point AI

214

The Canadian Podcow

Sarah Sache & Andrew Campbell

215

Relatos Forenses Podcast

pepe&chema

216

Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott

Zara McDermott

217

The Obit Project

Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

218

Escafandro

Rádio Escafandro

219

On Assignment

Reuters

220

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

221

Mysteries Abound Patreon Feed

Paulrex

222

Thread Horreur By Delkor

Delkor

223

Storytime

Storytime

224

Concrete Mama: The Podcast

Unincarcerated Productions

225

Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

226

My Year in Mensa

iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus

227

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

228

Tales of Taboo

Ali Weiss

229

The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic

Tortoise Media

230

Breech Birth Podcast

Sasha Hopkins

231

The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things

Strange True Stories with Kyle Risi & Adam Cox

232

The FreeNZ Podcast

FreeNZ

233

Nightmare Creature (Creepy Military Stories)

Nightmare Creature

234

Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique

Thomas Hellman

235

Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan

Productions Innu Assi

236

Mysteries and Monsters

Mysteries and Monsters

237

Catastrophic Failure

Times Union

238

Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing

Julie Bindel

239

Dosis

La No Ficcion

240

小邁想聽

邁淵明

241

Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted

Osbourne Media

242

Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg

iHeartPodcasts

243

The Donor Podcast

Costard & Touchstone Productions, Inc.

244

Phénomènes

Ouest Track Radio

245

The Takeover

Canada's National Observer

246

Offbeat

Offbeatshow.com

247

Paysages sonores

Une production Paraloeil réalisée par Guillaume Monette

248

The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

The Yiddish Voice דאָס ייִדישע קול

249

给女孩的商业第一课

闪光少女斯斯

250

Beware Mysterious Mark - A True Account of Elder Financial Abuse

Radio SIdney

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