Canada

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Aug 1, 2026

24,755

Total Edits

6,693

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

2,960

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

404K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 2% of the reported 24,755 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Aug 22, 2026, 1:32 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 24,755 times since it was created in 2001, by 6,693 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That works out to roughly 998 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 60% 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, 2025 carries the most recorded activity, with 313 changes. 39 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 20 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 24,755 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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Showing last 500 edits2025 to 2026

015731320252026

Monthly Pageviews

Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics

0508K1.0M2024-082024-122025-042025-082025-122026-042026-08

Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

Government and politicsEtymologytopEconomyContemporary era

Recent Changeslast 90 days

IndefatigableHyphens not dashes in stock-to-GDP ratio
Aug 1, 2026
Joeyconnickcopyedit; remove [[MOS:EGG]]
Jul 31, 2026
Moxyold
Jul 31, 2026
Moxyoh shit....not stats can
Jul 31, 2026
Nikkimariace
Jul 31, 2026
MoxyText was copied from this source, which is available under the [https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/reference/copyright Statistics Canada Open Licence]<
Jul 31, 2026
Moxywow 37 to #1 inG7.....thanks Trump
Jul 31, 2026
Joeyconnickalready linked above
Jul 28, 2026
Moxy/* Sports */
Jul 28, 2026
Joeyconnickno summary
Jul 27, 2026
GünniXMultiref2
Jul 26, 2026
GünniXMultiref2
Jul 26, 2026
Nikkimariarv, clean up reference formatting
Jul 26, 2026
Sportsfan 1234Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]): Unexplained
Jul 26, 2026
Nikkimariarefs
Jul 26, 2026
Bis-Serjetà?Rescuing 17 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5
Jul 25, 2026
ElectriqueViolettemissing word
Jul 25, 2026
JoeyconnickReverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/ElectriqueViolette|ElectriqueViolette]] ([[User talk:ElectriqueViolette|talk]]) to last revision by 2600 etc
Jul 23, 2026
ElectriqueViolettegm
Jul 23, 2026
2600 etcno summary
Jul 17, 2026

Common questions about Canada on Wikipedia

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

Wikipedia records 24,755 edits to Canada since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 6,693 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 138 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, 2025 holds the most recorded changes, at 313. 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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