Here’s What Canadians Googled The Most in 2020

Here are the TV shows, recipes, people, memes and more that Canadians were most interested in this year.

Date December 11, 2020

SO MUCH happened in 2020 that the Oxford English Dictionary couldn’t even pick a single Word of the Year this year. Instead, they picked a whole list to best represent a year that “left [them] speechless.” Which means 2020 was also a very busy year over at Google Canada, with top trending searches that spanned everything from the US election to COVID-19 to Tiger King to Black Lives Matter to bread recipes.

Read on for the full list of people, memes, recipes, television shows, athletes and more that Canadians most searched for on Google this year.

Searches:

US election
Coronavirus
Kobe Bryant
Zoom
Raptors
CERB
Kim Jong Un
Naya Rivera
Joe Biden
Trump vs. Biden

Canadian News:

Coronavirus
CERB
Air Canada stock
Nova Scotia shooting
Blackout Tuesday
Black Lives Matter
Trudeau press conference today
CERB extension
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Safia Nolin

People:

Kim Jong Un
Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
Boris Johnson
Jacob Blake
Tom Hanks
Shakira
Kanye West
Aaron Hernandez
Ghislaine Maxwell

Losses:

Kobe Bryant
Naya Rivera
Alex Trebek
George Floyd
Chadwick Boseman
Sean Connery
Eddie Van Halen
Kelly Preston
Sushant Singh Rajput
Kenny Rogers

Athletes:

Ryan Newman
Jay Bouwmeester
Bubba Wallace
Tyson Fury
Rudy Gobert
Brendan Leipsic
Patrick Mahomes II
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Scottie Pippen
Josh Anderson

NBA Teams:

Toronto Raptors
Los Angeles Lakers
Boston Celtics
Miami Heat
Los Angeles Clippers
Milwaukee Bucks
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Brooklyn Nets

NHL Teams:

Toronto Maple Leafs
Montréal Canadiens
Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames
Winnipeg Jets
Boston Bruins
Ottawa Senators
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning

Movies:

Parasite
Contagion
Black Panther
Borat 2
Little Women
Uncut Gems
Knives Out
Papillon
Mulan
The Gentlemen

TV Shows:

Tiger King
The Queen’s Gambit
Ozark
Cobra Kai
Money Heist
The Umbrella Academy
Outer Banks
Emily in Paris
The Witcher
Love Is Blind

Top Trending Musicians:

Shakira
Kanye West
August Alsina
Grimes
Adele

Memes:

Tiger King memes
Quarantine memes
Among Us memes
Funny Valentine’s memes
Carole Baskin memes
2020 memes
Baby Yoda memes
Love Is Blind memes
Joe Exotic memes
Toilet paper memes

Recipes:

Easy cookie recipes
Buttermilk recipes
Butternut squash recipes
Sourdough discard recipes
Scalloped potatoes recipes
Bread recipes
Coleslaw recipes
Crock Pot recipes
Breakfast recipes
Air fryer recipes

Diets:

The Sirtfood diet
GERD diet
The Candida diet
Keto diet rules
Plant-based diet
Anti-inflammatory diet
Fatty liver diet
DASH diet
Alkaline diet
IBS diet

Workouts:

Resistance band workout
Chloe Ting workout
Insanity workout
Home workout
Murph workout
Alexis Ren ab workout
Bodyweight workout
Booty workout
Full body workout
Upper body workout

Definitions:

Pandemic
Systemic racism
Social distancing
Furlough
Epidemic
Asymptomatic
Queer
Fracking
BIPOC
Caucus

Why…

Why are people buying toilet paper?
Why was George Floyd stopped?
Why is it called COVID-19?
Why did Kobe have 2 numbers?
Why is Nevada taking so long?
Why did Alex leave Grey’s?
Why did 69 go to jail?
Why is TikTok being banned?
Why is gas so cheap right now 2020?
Why is Australia on fire?

What…

What is Coronavirus?
What does WAP mean?
What is Antifa?
What is a pandemic?
What is Juneteenth?
What are the symptoms of Coronavirus?
What is Blackout Tuesday?
What is fracking?
What time is the US election?
What happened with Jessica Mulroney?

How to…

How to apply for EI
How to make hand sanitizer
How to apply for CERB
How to make a mask
How to cut your own hair
How to use Zoom
How to make sourdough starter
How to get tested for Coronavirus
How to make whipped coffee
How to make bread

COVID-19

COVID-19
COVID-19 prevention
COVID-19 Canada
COVID-19 live updates
COVID-19 symptoms
COVID-19 USA
COVID-19 stats
COVID-19 map
COVID-19 news
Bill Gates COVID-19