Canada

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Oct 1, 2026

24,833

Total Edits

6,698

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,971

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

354K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 2% of the reported 24,833 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 5, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Canada has been edited 24,833 times since it was created in 2001, by 6,698 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That works out to roughly 996 recorded changes a year — an article being rewritten in small pieces almost every hour of the day.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 65% of the changes. Editing that concentrated usually means a small group of regulars is doing the maintenance, which tends to produce consistent wording — and also means the page reflects a narrow set of contributors.

Within the retrieved window, 2026 carries the most recorded activity, with 265 changes. The page is currently busy: 98 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 4 days ago.

Readership has been broadly stable across the last two years of pageview data. The clearest peak in that record falls in March 2025. Traffic spikes and editing spikes often line up, but the revision record alone cannot tell you which one caused the other, or whether an outside event drove both.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 2% of the 24,833 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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Monthly Pageviews

Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics

0508K1.0M2024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-10

Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

Foreign relationsGovernment and politicsExternal linksEtymologyEconomy

Recent Changeslast 90 days

Alaney2kadd unilaterally
Oct 1, 2026
Alaney2ksome spelling
Sep 30, 2026
Moxyswap
Sep 28, 2026
AnyGuy/* History */
Sep 28, 2026
Joeyconnick[[Wikipedia:MOSNUMscript|script]]-assisted date audit and style fixes per [[MOS:NUM]]
Sep 28, 2026
Moxysource
Sep 27, 2026
Joeyconnickcopyedit
Sep 27, 2026
Moxyce.....Joeyconnick does this last sentence in the first paragraph read correctly?
Sep 27, 2026
Moxyce
Sep 27, 2026
Moxytrim
Sep 27, 2026
Joeyconnickcopyedit
Sep 27, 2026
Moxynew decade
Sep 27, 2026
Moxyce source both sides
Sep 27, 2026
Moxysource
Sep 27, 2026
CyrobyteUsing revised Statistics Canada population estimates (with new archived link)
Sep 24, 2026
Joeyconnickcopyedit
Sep 24, 2026
JoeyconnickUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1376337984|1376337984]] by [[Special:Contributions/Cyrobyte|Cyrobyte]] ([[User talk:Cyrobyte|talk]]): either update the archives or leave as is
Sep 24, 2026
Moxy|{{cite web | last=Mwalagho | first=Hudson Biko | title=Nine in 10 Canadians strongly support Canada's role on the global stage, new survey finds | website=CanWaCH | date=November 1, 2024 | url=https://canwach.ca/article/nine-in-10-canadians-strongly-support-canadas-role-on-the-global-stage/ | language=fr | access-date=2026-09-18}} |{{cite web | last=Mwalagho | first=Hudson Biko | title=Eight in 10 Canadians support international assistance, despite domestic concerns | w
Sep 23, 2026
Moxyce
Sep 23, 2026
Moxyce
Sep 23, 2026

Common questions about Canada on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Canada been edited?

Wikipedia records 24,833 edits to Canada since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 6,698 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Canada the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is Moxy, with 165 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Canada created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Canada is dated October 31, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Canada edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2026 holds the most recorded changes, at 265. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

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