Here’s What Canadians Googled The Most in 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

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