Newspaper endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election

This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

Endorsing the Conservative Party

• The Brampton Guardian^[1]
• The Recorder and Times (Brockville)^[2]
• Burlington Post^[3]
• Calgary Herald^[4]
• Calgary Sun^[5]
• The Economist^[6]
• Edmonton Journal^[7]
• Edmonton Sun^[8]
• Etobicoke Guardian^[9]
• The Globe and Mail^[10]
• The Mississauga News^[11]
• The Gazette (Montreal)^[12]
• The Hamilton Spectator^[13]
• Inside Toronto^[14]
• Maclean's^[15]
• National Post^[16]
• Oakville Beaver^[17]
• Ottawa Citizen^[18]—Endorsed a Conservative majority government, but also endorsed individual candidates at a riding level: Bernadette Clément in Stormont-Dundas-South, Steve MacKinnon in Gatineau, David Bertschi in Ottawa-Orléans, David McGuinty in Ottawa South, Gordon O’Connor in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, John Baird in Ottawa West-Nepean, Pierre Lemieux in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Scott Reid in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, Lawrence Cannon in Pontiac, Rem Westland in Ottawa-Vanier, Pierre Poilievre in Nepean-Carleton, Gordon Brown in Leeds-Grenville, Nycole Turmel in Hull-Aylmer, Paul Dewar in Ottawa-Centre, and Hector Clouthier in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke
• Ottawa Sun^[19]
• The Province (Vancouver)^[20]
• The Suburban (Quebec)^[21]
• Sudbury Star^[22]
• Toronto Sun^[23]
• The Vancouver Sun^[24]
• Waterloo Region Record^[25]
• Windsor Star^[26]
• Winnipeg Free Press^[27]
• Winnipeg Sun^[28]

Endorsing the New Democratic Party

• Now (Toronto)^[29]
• Toronto Star^[30]—Endorsed the Liberals in close Liberal/Conservative ridings.^[31] Also were clear that Harper should not get another mandate.^[32]

Endorsing the Liberal Party

• The Toronto Observer^[33]—Endorsement was more of a local one for the ridings of: Scarborough-Rouge River, Scarborough-Agincourt, Pickering-Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Scarborough Southwest, than a national one.
• The Vancouver Observer^[34]

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

• Le Devoir^[35]

Endorsing multiple parties

• The Georgia Straight^[36]—Recommended strategic voting for specific candidates to prevent the election of Conservatives, except for in Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
• La Presse (Montreal)^[37]—Recommended the Liberals in Outremont, Westmount-Ville-Marie and Papineau, NDP in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou and Hull-Aylmer, and Conservatives in Mégantic-L'Érable, Pontiac and Lac-Saint-Louis.

Explicitly endorsing no party

• Le Soleil (Quebec City)^[38]—Recommended voting for the best local candidate.

See also

• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2015
• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2008
• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2006