CBC’s Olympic television coverage averages 1.271 million viewers

TORONTO – CBC’s English-language coverage of the Rio Olympics averaged 1.271 million viewers, an 11 per cent increase over the 2012 London Games.

The primetime average was 2.315 million, 23 per cent more than four years ago, CBC said Tuesday.

The most-watched moment of the Games, according to the CBC, was the men’s 200-metre sprint final, which drew 7.2 million viewers.

Some 32.1 million Canadians tuned in to CBC’s English and French coverage at some point during the Aug. 5-21 Games, the network said.

CBC said English and French websites and apps generated more than 229 million total page views and nearly 37 million video views over the course of Olympics.

Canada’s athletes won 22 medals in Rio, matching the national record for most medals won at a non-boycotted Summer Games.

The men’s gold-medal hockey game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics is considered to be the most-watched broadcast ever in Canada with an average of 16.6 million viewers.