Toronto Sun media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Toronto Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 68 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Toronto Sun biased?
The rating organisations do not give Toronto Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Toronto Sun left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Toronto Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Toronto Sun reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Toronto Sun are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Toronto Sun has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Toronto Sun’s own report linked underneath.
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
Toronto Sun reported it asCHARLEBOIS: Hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s grocers. Is Canada ready? (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei stated that US policy towards Iran will remain unchanged, irrespective of US election results. He warned that any new aggression against Iran would be met with a broader response, referencing historical US interventions.
Toronto Sun reported it asIran supreme leader says those expecting U.S. policy shift 'seriously mistaken' (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time' following significant Democratic victories in the US midterm elections. He also suggested data centers in space are an attractive option. Musk had funded Republican candidates with hundreds of millions of dollars.
Toronto Sun reported it asElon Musk jokes about GOP election defeat after spending record sums on party (opens Toronto Sun 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.
Toronto Sun reported it asCarney says he had 'good conversation' with Trump regarding trade (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Toronto Sun reported it asU.S. judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Steet Journal over Epstein letter (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Toronto Sun reported it asCrypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5B in funds frozen (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Toronto Sun reported it as'Star Trek's' Patrick Stewart dead at 86 (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Police responded to a youth soccer game in Florida after a league director called 911. The director stated the call was due to disruptive parents, while the child's mother claims the police were called because her son was too talented.
Toronto Sun reported it asWere police called to a kids soccer game because a three-year-old was too good? (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Russia has indicated readiness to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States after November 4. Presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov described the potential next round as exploratory, suggesting initial meetings might not yield significant outcomes.
Toronto Sun reported it asZelenskyy says trilateral U.S.-Ukraine-Russia meeting to take place in November (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Europe should be included in peace talks regarding Ukraine, stating the US has failed to pressure Kyiv into an agreement. Russia is ready to resume trilateral talks after November 4, while Ukrainian negotiators agreed to a technical meeting in early November.
Toronto Sun reported it asZelenskyy says trilateral U.S.-Ukraine-Russia meeting to take place in November (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
A fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta has killed four service members and seriously injured dozens more. Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed the fatalities, calling it one of Canada's worst peacetime tragedies. The Department of National Defence stated there were no indications of terrorist activity.
Toronto Sun reported it asCFB Wainwright: Military identifies 4 dead after Alberta base explosion (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar has detailed a harrowing mid-flight assault by his co-pilot aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot allegedly used an emergency axe and attempted to take control of the aircraft, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia.
Toronto Sun reported it asFlydubai pilot recalls attack in first interview (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview with Bloomberg that steps have been taken to persuade Ukraine to surrender to Russia. He believes relations with the US may calm after the upcoming elections and indicated potential meetings with Trump envoys.
Toronto Sun reported it asZelensky says Trump could lift more Russia sanctions (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
A 19-year-old man, Alexandros Paporakis, was arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois. Authorities found firearms and a document expressing white supremacist ideology at his home. The plot was foiled after a colleague alerted the police.
Toronto Sun reported it asTrans neo-Nazi accused of Hindu temple massacre plot gets hormone shots (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
Toronto Sun reported it asMan dies after falling off Georgia roller coaster (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Pope Leo has undergone surgery to remove part of his right lung due to lung cancer. The Vatican reports he is recovering well, walking and eating normally, though questions remain about the extent of the cancer and its impact on his upcoming tour.
Toronto Sun reported it asPope Leo says he's getting surgery to remove a lump on his lung (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Canada's oil and gas sector emissions decreased in 2025 even as production rose, according to the Canadian Climate Institute. However, overall national emissions increased due to a greater reliance on natural gas for heating.
Toronto Sun reported it asEDITORIAL: Greenhouse gas emissions up again (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Toronto police officer of wrongdoing after the officer shot a suspect. The suspect had earlier fatally shot Const. Marc Pinizzotto during a raid in June 2026. The SIU stated officers had no alternative but to use lethal force.
Toronto Sun reported it asWARMINGTON: Slain Toronto cop's mom 'not suprised' son fired gun even after he was shot (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
Toronto Sun reported it asSouth African judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize (opens Toronto Sun in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
Toronto Sun reported it asSouth African judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize (opens Toronto Sun 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.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Postmedia NetworkMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Leon CoopermanBillionaireparent group
- AllianzCorporationparent group
- Chatham Asset ManagementPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- torontosun.com
- Seen publishing on
- torontosun.com
- 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
- 68
- Reports listed
- 69
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
66 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 26 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Toronto Sun ran the story anyway.
Across the 68 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Toronto Sun’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 28 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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