The Toronto Blue Jays are undoubtedly Canada's baseball team, and the numbers prove it.
Game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night between the Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners delivered record-breaking viewership numbers on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, reaching over 11.8 million Canadians.
Toronto's comeback win — led by George Springer's miraculous three-run homer in the seventh inning — as it punched the franchise's first World Series trip since 1993, was seen by an average of six million viewers, peaking at 8.3 million when Jeff Hoffman fanned Julio Rodriguez for the game's final out.
The previous high of 5.1 million average viewers came in 2015 during Game 6 of the ALCS between the Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals.
Watch the Blue Jays in the World Series on Sportsnet
It all comes down to Game 7 as the Blue Jays try to win their first World Series title since 1993. Watch Game 7 on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.
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Meanwhile, an average of 1.9 million Canadians tuned in for Sportsnet's pre-game coverage, while 2.8 million stayed to watch the Blue Jays' victory celebrations, which included Vladimir Guerrero Jr. getting crowned as ALCS MVP.
The entire ALCS averaged 4.4 million viewers, with 15.9 million Canadians tuning in throughout the series. Overall, Sportsnet has averaged 1.4 million viewers during the 2025 MLB post-season, reaching 17.4 million Canadians to date.
Sportsnet will continue to provide wall-to-wall coverage of the World Series, beginning with Game 1 between the Blue Jays and Shohei Ohtani's Los Angeles Dodgers in Toronto on Friday, starting with Blue Jays Central at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet or Sportsnet+. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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