Still, Canadian women spent more money on American magazines than Canadian titles. 2:48By 1983, the Canadian magazine business was robust, as evidenced by that year's industry "awards night and back-patting session." "Canada's magazine industry couldn't be happier, or healthier," said reporter Dan Bjarnason for The National. "The advertising support is there for Canadian magazine industry today as it was not 10 or 15 years ago," said John MacFarlane, publisher of the now-defunct Saturday Night magazine. "There's magazines for architects and there's magazines for women and there's magazines about horses and there's magazines for people who live in Toronto."

Source: CBC News March 21, 2019 13:30 UTC