Celebrity deaths, sports and Disney’s mega-hit Frozen were among the top Google searches in Canada this year.
The highest-trending Google Canada search item of 2014 was Robin Williams, who died by suicide in August. Two other celebrities who died this year -- comedienne Joan Rivers and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman -- also topped Google’s list of top trending celebrities, along with the always popular Jennifer Lawrence.
Canada’s top trending searches in 2014 also included the World Cup in Brazil and the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Jian Ghomeshi, who was fired as host of CBC’s Q and charged with four counts of sexual assault, was the top trending Canadian, according to Google. He was followed by Toronto’s former mayor Rob Ford and former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty, who died suddenly in April.
The animated movie Frozen, a major hit with both kids and adults, was No. 1 on Google Canada’s top trending movies list. It was followed by Interstellar, Divergent and Godzilla.
The top technology search items were the iPhone 6, followed by Nexus 6 and Samsung Galaxy S5.
Canada’s top trending searches for 2014:
- Robin Williams
- World cup
- iPhone 6
- Winter Olympics
- Ebola
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Joan Rivers
- Jian Ghomeshi
- ALS
Top trending Canadians:
- Jian Ghomeshi
- Rob Ford
- Jim Flaherty
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Mark McMorris
- Sarah Burke
- Tessa Virtue
- Nathan Cirillo
- Jonathan Toews
- Jean Beliveau
Top trending events:
- World Cup
- Winter Olympics
- Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
- Ebola outbreak
- Ukraine conflict
- Wimbledon
- Ottawa shooting
- Scotland referendum
- Moncton shooting
- Toronto election
The Canadian search results are pulled from Google’s 14th annual analysis of more than two trillion searches performed around the world.
Among other interesting results: plenty of Canadians searched for “leggings,” which topped the search engine’s trending fashion list.
And many of us were apparently cooking a lot of comfort food in 2014. Shepherd’s pie, lasagna and meatloaf all made Google’s top trending recipes list.
