The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper owned by
The Woodbridge Company, based in
Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 950,000 in 2011, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and
second-largest daily newspaper after the
Toronto Star.
The Globe and Mail is regarded by some as Canada's "
newspaper of record". Due to its long association with its city of origin, it is often referred to as the
Toronto Globe & Mail though this is not how the paper is marketed. Its employees are represented by
Unifor, whose most recent negotiations brought in a three-year contract which is to end in 2017.