by Andrew Redfern @ 25th February 2008 6:53 pm

comScore today released its January 2008 rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in Canada based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service.

The month saw increases to tax, career, real estate, travel, and health-related sites as Canadians reevaluated the past year and planned for 2008. Google Sites vaulted into the top position as the most visited Web property in Canada for the first time.

“Several job sites such as Monster, Workopolis, and JobBank achieved significant gains in January as many Canadians resolved to improve their careers in 2008,” said Brent Bernie, president of comScore Media Metrix, comScore Canada.

“January is also an active time of year for visiting government entities both on the provincial and federal level, which provides Canadians with the necessary information and tools for preparing for a busy RRSP and tax season. Finally, the extreme cold weather and record breaking snow levels in Canada have driven us to travel entities on the Web in hopes of finding warmer destinations.”

Jan-08  Dec-07    Property                     Total Unique Visitors (000)     
1       2         Google Sites                          22,440
2       1         Microsoft Sites                       22,424
3       3         Yahoo! Sites                          16,481
4       4         Facebook.com                          15,354
5       5         eBay                                  13,856
6       6         Wikipedia Sites                       11,683
7       N/A       AOL LLC***                            10,707
8       7         Yellow Pages Group                     9,746
9       8         Amazon Sites                           9,521
10      9         Apple Inc.                             8,684
11      10        Canoe Network                          8,596
12      13        Fox Interactive Media                  8,084
13      15        CTVglobemedia                          7,876
14      12        CNET Networks                          7,706
15      11        The Weather Network Meteomedia         7,702
16      16        New York Times Digital                 7,532
17      14        Ask Network                            7,309
18      18        Viacom Digital                         6,374
19      20        CBC-Radio Canada Sites                 6,226
20      19        Adobe Sites                            6,073
21      N/A       Time Warner - Excluding AOL***         5,583
22      22        Gorilla Nation                         5,462
23      21        WhitePages                             4,939
24      35        Expedia Inc                            4,890
25      24        TD Bank Financial Group                4,573

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