Drake, Blue Jays and GO trains among Toronto’s top Google searches of 2015

By The Canadian Press and News Staff

Where is my GO train? And how are my Toronto Blue Jays doing?

When it came to events in their city, Toronto residents turned to Google in droves this year, pushing the Jays to the top of the list of the most-googled subjects in Canada.

 

 

 

The Jays and the federal election that saw Justin Trudeau become prime minister were the top Canadian subjects of Google searches in 2015, the search engine company said Wednesday.

Aaron Brindle of Google Canada said there’s no doubt Canadians were passionate baseball fans in 2015, and the Blue Jays were “hands-down” the most-searched topic of the year.

Toronto surged into the American League playoffs after a series of trades that included the acquisitions of ace pitcher David Price and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.

 

The Jays ended up falling in the AL championship series to the Kansas City Royals – the eventual world series champs.

But they won a different title: The Blue Jays were the highest-trending search term of 2015, and questions such as “What is the score of the Blue Jays game” and “How to watch Blue Jays online” also topped the charts, as Canadians celebrated the team’s first playoff berth since 1993.

The team didn’t just make Google’s list: A parody video featuring the Jays and the music of Taylor Swift was among the most-watched YouTube videos in Canada this year.

Brindle says the federal election that saw Trudeau lead the Liberals from third place to a majority government was a close second, and “how to vote” was a top-trending question.

The hashtag #elxn42 also dominated this year, and Canada’s new PM knocked Stephen Harper off the No. 1 spot of most-searched politicians.

 

Here’s how the rest of the list broke down:

Canada’s top trending searches for 2015
1. Blue Jays
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Federal Election
4. Pan Am Games
5. Paris Shooting
6. Agario
7. Chris Hyndman
8. Charlie Hebdo
9. Lamar Odom
10. Caitlyn Jenner

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