Canadian Living
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Canadian Living is a monthly Canadian lifestyle magazine, which publishes articles relating to food, fashion, crafts, and health and family advice.
History and profile
The magazine was created by Clem Compton-Smith and his business partner, Margaret Smeeth, in 1975,
Compton-Smith's vision was of a Canadian-centric, general-interest magazine that would appeal to men and to women. To that end, along with the fashion and cooking sections that later became its mainstay, Canadian Living offered travel articles, wine-making tips and a woodworking column. While the third issue was at press, Labatt's acquired ownership of the magazine. A new publisher, Ken Larone, was parachuted in to replace Compton-Smith, who remained on staff until late 1976.
The magazine was subsequently acquired by
The magazine has also produced television series for broadcast on Canadian television channels such as
Canadian Living is partnered with the Fast-moving consumer goods awards program Best New Product Awards and writes an annual feature on the winners of each year.
The circulation of Canadian Living in 2018 was 340,597 copies with a readership of 3,087,00 readers.[6]
In 2019, a marketing firm took a survey of 17,000 Canadian shoppers, and Canadian Living was voted as the "most trusted" magazine in Canada.[7]
References
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- ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ Kim Moar (31 July 2013). "Canadian Living magazine relaunch gives readers what they want". MJ Times Herald. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Quebecor's TVA Group buys 15 magazines from Transcontinental". The Globe and Mail. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Quebecor's TVA Group buys Hockey News, Canadian Living". CBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Canadian Living". quebecor.solutions. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "Canadian Living voted by women as #1 Most Trusted Magazine Brand in Canada". www.newswire.ca. 2019-02-14. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.