CTV News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CTV News in the centre. We have seen it on 764 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is CTV News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CTV News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is CTV News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place CTV News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is CTV News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for CTV News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What CTV News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with CTV News’s own report linked underneath.
Seven Montreal police officers have been dismissed from neighbourhood posts 21 and 39. Police Chief Fady Dagher announced the firings following allegations of discriminatory and racist behaviour, including an incident where an officer allegedly urinated on a homeless person.
CTV News reported it as7 Montreal police officers dismissed after allegations of ‘discriminatory and racist behaviour’ (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Shima Vigodda, vice-president of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., has called for significant security upgrades following a gunman's attack. She detailed specific improvements needed, including bullet-resistant glass and on-site security personnel.
CTV News reported it asSurvivor of Belleville, Ont., synagogue shooting cites need for extensive security (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed a free-trade agreement and announced plans to negotiate an extradition treaty. The move has drawn criticism from civil society groups concerned about the UAE's human rights record.
CTV News reported it asOttawa defends extradition treaty talks with UAE as civil society group sounds alarm (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Israel's election results will be upheld despite an ongoing investigation into allegations of foreign funding for Arab parties. The head of the Central Elections Committee stated that even if suspicions are confirmed, they will not invalidate the overall outcome of the vote.
CTV News reported it asIsraeli officials say elections won't be undermined, and suspects in bribery case are freed (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Reports suggest Donald Trump may blame Canada if he loses the upcoming midterm elections. This strategy, according to the analysis, leverages existing public sentiment that Canada is 'ripping us off'.
CTV News reported it asIf Trump blames Canada for Republican election losses, what would he do? (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
CTV News reported it asMark Carney says he had a ‘good conversation’ with Donald Trump (opens CTV News in a new tab)
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
CTV News reported it asWhite House slammed for inflammatory social media posts (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
CTV News reported it asWhite House slammed for inflammatory social media posts (opens CTV News in a new tab)
China's Coast Guard is harassing shipping with patrols off Taiwan's east coast, according to Taiwan's Coast Guard. Taipei says the patrols aim to exert a fictional jurisdiction and has sent its own ships to monitor the situation.
CTV News reported it asTaiwan accuses China of harassment after standoff between coast guard ships (opens CTV News in a new tab)
King Charles III participated in a Junkanoo festival parade in Nassau, Bahamas, while protesters called for reparations for the slave trade. He acknowledged the "great suffering of the past" and stated that Commonwealth leaders would discuss slavery's legacy.
CTV News reported it asKing Charles III to address Commonwealth with ‘unflinching honesty’ amid slavery focus (opens CTV News in a new tab)
A 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana was shot and killed in the Bronx. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the victim's mother.
CTV News reported it asMamdani says Trump agrees to grant visa to mother of Ghanian teen killed in Bronx shooting (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
CTV News reported it asIran's leader says response to attack would have no 'geographic limits,' and other Mideast news (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Canadian scientists are working to reintroduce the frosted elfin butterfly to Ontario, a species last spotted in 1988. The project involves importing butterflies from New York to breed and release them, aiming to restore habitat and support other endangered species.
CTV News reported it asUniversity of Guelph scientist leads project to recover butterfly species in Ontario (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
CTV News reported it asU.S.-Canada tensions may not change, despite U.S. midterm results (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of orchestrating a "forced takeover" of the country's top court. This follows the suspension of the court's head, an ally of the previous government, by a judge appointed by the current administration.
CTV News reported it asPoland’s president accuses PM of forced takeover of country’s top court (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has delayed new vehicle emissions standards from 2027 to 2029. Experts suggest this is to align with potential US policy changes, while critics view it as a rollback of environmental commitments.
CTV News reported it asOttawa's tailpipe emissions delay a 'wait and see' approach to U.S. policy: experts (opens CTV News in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
CTV News reported it asCriminal probe underway in Alaskan Senate race controversy (opens CTV News in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
CTV News reported it asOttawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest (opens CTV News in a new tab)
King Charles III has arrived in Guyana, the second stop on his nine-day Caribbean tour. The visit coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Guyana and renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in the slave trade.
CTV News reported it asKing Charles III urges countries to follow Guyana’s lead in protecting forests (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Pentagon officials have asked several NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, to tone down their public rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia. The request stems from concerns that some European statements have undermined continental security.
CTV News reported it asPentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia: Reuters exclusive (opens CTV News in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Bell MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- BCE Inc.Telecomparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- ctvnews.ca
- Seen publishing on
- ctvnews.ca
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 764
- Reports listed
- 818
- We could read
- 465
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
353 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 465 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. CTV News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 764 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than CTV News’s on 8 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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Publishers carrying the same published leaning as CTV News, also publishing from Canada, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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