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EMARKETER

Canada Retail Media 2024

How the Fastest-Growing Digital Ad Format Is Shaping Up

Report by Paul Briggs  |  Jan 17, 2024
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Retail media is now a major digital advertising channel
Survey says: Thumbs up for retail media
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About This Report
Retail media will make huge gains this year in Canada. Our first-ever forecast for retail media ad spending in Canada and our joint survey of ad buyers (conducted with IAB Canada) highlight the latest developments.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Retail media is now a major digital advertising channel
Survey says: Thumbs up for retail media
About the Survey
Media Gallery

Retail media is providing an alternative to the Google-Meta duopoly, where consumer privacy measures have made targeting audiences more difficult. This report details our first-ever forecast for retail media ad spending in Canada, along with the results of our November 2023 survey of retail media buyers (conducted in conjunction with IAB Canada).

Key Question: How will the retail media market in Canada impact advertiser budgets in 2024?

Retail Media Ad Spending in Canada, 2022-2027 (billions of C$, % change, and % of digital ad spending)
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Key Stat: Retail media ad spending in Canada will surge past the C$3 billion mark in 2024, almost double what it was three years ago.

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  1. Executive Summary
  2. Retail media is now a major digital advertising channel
  1. Survey says: Thumbs up for retail media
  2. About the Survey
  1. Media Gallery

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Retail Media Ad Spending in Canada, 2022-2027 (billions of C$, % change, and % of digital ad spending)Retail Media Digital Ad Spending Share in Canada, by Format, 2022-2026 (% of digital ad spend)
Amazon Represents the Bulk of Retail Media Digital Ad Spending in Canada (billions, 2021-2025)Most Important Attributes When Buying Ads in Retail Media According to Media Buyers in Canada, Nov 2023 (scale of 1-5)
Digital Ad Formats Retail Media Buyers* in Canada Intend to Buy via Retail Media Networks, Nov 2023 (% of respondents)Awareness and Usage of Select Retail Media Networks Among Ad Buyers* in Canada

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Paul Briggs

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Matteo Ceurvels
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Jennifer Pearson
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Andrew Spink
Forecasting Analyst
Paul Verna
Principal Analyst
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