‘Why does Trump want Canada?’ Google reveals what Canadians searched most for in 2025

Google Canada has released data on what Canadians were searching for in 2025, including the Toronto Blue Jays, Labubu, 6-7, and more.

What does 6-7 mean? Why is Canada Post on strike? Why does Trump want Canada?

These were among the most common questions Canadians asked the world’s most popular search engine in 2025, according to Google Canada’s annual “Year in Search” report.

The report, released on Thursday, revealed the top trending moments, people and questions that Canadians searched for this year.

“As 2025 draws to a close, looking back at Canada’s trending searches offers a unique window into our collective interest,” Google trends expert Hibaq Ali wrote in the report.

“It was a year defined by a comforting sense of nostalgia, a curiosity for the new, and an enduring love for our national pastimes.”

The top trending search among questions beginning with “why” this year was “Why is Canada Post on strike?”

Canadian postal workers walked off the job in September after the federal government announced a series of reforms it intended to implement at Canada Post, which says it is effectively insolvent after a number of years of operating losses.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) eventually shifted to rotating strikes, but last month the two sides agreed “in principle” on a new collective agreement. The agreement has yet to be ratified, but all strike action was suspended, and normal operations have resumed.

Rounding out the top five most common “why” searches were “Why did Trudeau resign?” “Why do baseball players spit?” “Why is Israel attacking Iran?” and “Why does Trump want Canada?”

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump shows up multiple times on the list of trending questions Canadians searched for in 2025.

Since returning to the White House in January, the U.S. president has made repeated threats to tax Canadian goods entering the U.S. by implementing a series of tariffs and has expressed his desire to make Canada the “51^st state.”

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Other top trending searches involving Trump and the fallout from his rhetoric included “How do tariffs work?” “What does elbows up mean?” and “What is the No Kings protest?”

Blue Jays top list of trending searches

In the news and events category, searches for the Toronto Blue Jays came out on top in 2025.

The Jays captured the attention of the nation as they advanced to their first World Series in more than 30 years, eventually losing in heartbreaking fashion in Game 7 to the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Blue Jays players dominated the list of most-searched athletes in 2025, the report found. Twenty-two-year-old phenom Trey Yesavage was the most searched athlete in Canada this year.

The pitcher became a breakout star in his first year in the major leagues by helping the Jays beat the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners en route to the World Series, breaking records along the way.

Three more Blue Jays stars – Bo Bichette, George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – were in the top five, alongside Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko, who won the Canadian Open this summer by beating four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka in the final.

Other top trending news and events searches were the Canadian federal election results, Iran, wildfires in Los Angeles and the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Searches for pop culture, people

When it came to pop culture, the plush collectible toy line Labubu was the most searched term in Canada this year, according to the report.

TikTok meme “6-7,” the film KPop Demon Hunters, and the relationship between former prime minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry also made the top 10.

And it was Trudeau’s successor, Prime Minister Mark Carney, who topped the list of searches for people in 2025. Carney’s Liberal Party won a snap federal election in late April after he was elected as the party’s leader following Trudeau’s official resignation in March.

“As we look back on 2025, our search history paints a picture of a nation that is engaged, curious, and constantly learning,” Ali wrote in the report. “Whether we’re decoding new slang terms or following the latest election results, we never stop asking questions about the world around us.”