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Rio 2016 peak number of TV viewers in Canada

Daily peak number of TV viewers of Rio 2016 Olympics in Canada in August 2016

The data displays the daily peak number of viewers of Rio 2016 Olympics in Canada. On August 14, 2016, the CBC recorded a peak number of 6.9 million Canadian viewers who tuned in to watch Andre De Grasse win bronze in the Men's 100m race.

Olympic’s TV coverage in Canada – additional information Between August 5, 2016 and August 21, 2016, the Rio 2016 Olympics drew a total of 32 million Canadian TV viewers. While most of the popular games revolved around field events, the event with the highest number of daily TV viewers took place on August 18, with more than seven million people witnessing the Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse win silver in the Men’s 200m race.

August 5 (Opening Ceremony - Team Canada enters the stadium)	3.1
August 6 (Canada wins bronze in the Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay)	2.7
August 7 (Penny Oleksiak wins the silver medal in the Women’s 100m butterfly)	3.4
August 8 (Women’s 100m breaststroke final)	3.4
August 9 (Michael Phelps wins gold in the Men’s 200m butterfly)	3.7
August 10 (Santo Condorelli swims in the 100m freestyle final)	3.6
August 11 (Penny Oleksiak wins gold in the Women’s 200m freestyle)	4.3
August 12 (Women’s 800m freestyle final)	3.8
August 13 (Canada competes in the Women’s 4x100m medley relay)	4.8
August 14 (Andre De Grasse wins bronze in the Men’s 100m)	6.9
August 15 (Men's pole vault final)	3.5
August 16 (Derek Drouin wins gold in men's high jump)	3.6
August 17 (De grasse challenges Bolt in the men's 200m semifinals)	4.5
August 18 (De grasse wins silver in the men's 200m)	7.2
August 19 (Bolt wins gold with Jamaica's men's 4x100m realy team)	5.3
August 20 (Melissa Bishop finishes just off the podium in the women's 800m)	3.3
August 21 (Tokyo 2020 preview during the Closing Ceremony)	4

Rio 2016 peak number of TV viewers in Canada

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