2024 Top Christmas Movies in Canada ⋆ Canadian Family .net

New data from BonusFinder has discovered which Christmas films Canadians are looking for the most this festive season.
Canadian’s are most eager to watch ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ this Christmas, with searches skyrocketing by 350%
The data looked at the most popular Christmas movies and which have had the biggest increase in searches since the beginning of November, revealing the types of festive movies Canadians prefer.

With the Christmas season well and truly underway, many Canadian’s are beginning to decorate their trees, wrap their gifts, plan their Christmas dinner and most importantly, decide which Christmas movie they want to watch first.

Fortunately, if you’re struggling to come to a decision, BonusFinder has done all the hard work and discovered which Christmas films Canadians are the most eager to watch this year, looking at the search increases around popular Christmas movies since early November.

Which Christmas Movies Are Canadians Searching For The Most In 2024?

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation has been the most searched for movie since early November, the ‘89 Christmas classic is a family-favourite film that follows the Griswold family as they navigate a chaotic Christmas. Since the 10th November, the film has seen a 350% search increase across Canada.

The Santa Clause ranked in 2nd place, with a search increase of 243%. The Christmas movie, released in ‘94, followed Tim Allen’s Santa and was successful enough to produce two sequels, both of which appear on the list, but with much smaller search increases.

In third place was Four Christmases, a slightly more recent choice – released in 2008, and starring Vince Vaugn and Reese Witherspoon. Despite not having the best reputation from critics, it’s had a 220% increase in searches by Canadians since early November.

The following holiday movies round out the top 20 in Canada:

4. A Christmas Carol
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6. Christmas with the Kranks
7. Elf
8. Jingle All the Way
9. Scrooged
10. Fred Claus
11. The Polar Express
12. Home Alone
13. A Bad Moms Christmas
14. The Grinch
15. Bad Santa
16. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
17. The Santa Clause 2
18. The Best Man Holiday
19. Daddy’s Home 2
20. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Do Canadians Prefer Classic Christmas Movies?

We see new Christmas releases every year, but it seems like none match up to the magic and wonder of the ‘classics’ – which Canadians seem to agree with!

No films that appeared in the top 10 were released in the last decade – with the most recent in the top half of the ranking being 2009’s animated ‘A Christmas Carol’ that had a 210% search increase.

The most recent film on the list was 2018’s The Grinch – the animated film has only had a 61% increase in searches, compared to its older live action counterpart, which has already had a 193% increase.

Canadians are also opting for family-friendly Christmas films. Whilst there are some films on the list more tailored to an older audience; A Bad Moms Christmas (14A) and Bad Santa (18A) ranked quite low.

Methodology
Seedlist was compiled from Boxofficemojo, with the top 20 films pulled based on lifetime gross.
Search increase was taken between November 10th 2024, and December 10th 2024 using Google Trends, whilst the CA rating certificate was taken from IMBD.