About Us
ComBase - the Canadian Community Newspaper Database - launched in September 2001 as an initiative of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association to provide readership research to the industry. Since the first study, which included newspapers in five markets, ComBase has expanded to become North America’s largest media study and now covers over 400 markets across Canada. With data gathered by ComBase and consistent market-by-market, title specific information, ComBase makes it easy for community newspaper publishers to sell advertising space. At the same time ComBase also provides media and advertising planners with fresh insight into cities, towns and villages that previously lacked in-depth statistics.
Operated as an independent company by a tri-partite board of directors, ComBase represents publishers, advertisers, and agencies with an equal vote.
ComBase includes a large variety of media, including ethnic and alternative press to traders, employment papers, shoppers, farm publications, dailies, entertainment publications, free publications and over 900 radio stations.