Canada is about to lose another important Chinese-language media outlet. Ming Pao Daily News will terminate 60 employees at its Toronto and Vancouver publications. That’s according to a letter from Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) to the B.C. Labour Ministry, which was obtained by the Canadian Press.
Canadian Press journalist Nono Shen reported that Ming Pao will print its final newspapers in Canada on January 17; workers will be terminated effective January 31.
Hong Kong-based Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Ltd. owns Ming Pao Daily News.
Ming Pao has been publishing in Toronto and Vancouver since 1993. CEO Ka Ming Lui and executive chief editor Richard Kwok Kai Ng have made the Scarborough-based publication a relevant force among Chinese-speaking communities. Assistant editor Jacqueline So has been with the Toronto edition since 2006.
In Vancouver, senior reporter Victoria Chang has been with the paper since 1997. Others who’ve worked there over the years include former long-time editor Susanna Ng, progressive journalist Eric Chan, and former city hall reporter and columnist Catherine Chan.
Ng, Chang, Eric Chan, Ivy Ng, Eva Cheng, and Amanda Sun shared a Jack Webster Foundation Award in 2018 for their Ming Pao Daily News series “Hongkongers in Canada – on the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover”.
Richmond-Bridgeport MLA Teresa Wat worked as a city editor at Ming Pao in 1996 before she was hired by as a communications official for the B.C. government. Over Twitter, she expressed sadness that Ming Pao Daily News will cease daily publication.
“Ming Pao was more than a newspaper,” Wat declared. “Thank you for your lasting contributions to the Chinese Canadian community. An era ends but the memories endure.”
I’m saddened to learn that Ming Pao Daily News will cease daily publication in Canada, including Vancouver, at the end of this month.
I worked at Ming Pao in 1996 as City Editor, leading a team of 10 reporters during a time of urgency and journalistic pride.
Ming Pao was more… pic.twitter.com/u5KswJTjJt— Teresa Wat (@Teresa_Wat) January 13, 2026
Ming Pao cites “financial reasons” for closures
The shutdown comes less than a month after the federal broadcast regulator granted an application by Fairchild Radio (Vancouver FM) to revoke its broadcasting licence for its AM 1470 radio station, effective March 5. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruling allows Fairchild to transfer 33 hours of Chinese-language programming to its FM station on weekday mornings and afternoons.
The migration of private-sector advertising from print and broadcast to digital has hobbled many media outlets. Google and Meta attract approximately 80 percent of online advertising revenue in Canada, leaving relatively little for Canadian-owned media outlets.
In its letter to the B.C. Ministry of Labour, Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) cited “financial reasons” for the permanent closure of its Canadian operations, according to Canadian Press.
Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) is just one of several Canadian media companies under financial pressure.
Corus Entertainment owns 15 conventional television stations, 25 specialty television services, and 36 radio stations across Canada. It also owns the Global network, yet its share price is a mere $0.04. Corus Entertainment’s market value is just $7.84 million—less than the value of a mansion in Toronto’s Bridal Path neighbourhood.
In 2025, Corus reported a $321.8-million net loss on revenues of $1.12 billion. The adjusted net loss attributable to shareholders was $73.5 million.
Meanwhile, Canada’s largest newspaper company, Postmedia, reported an after-tax net loss of $77.3 million in 2025 on revenues of $431.5 million.
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