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Canada’s Hottest Ads – The good and bad of Mother’s Day ads

Rain 43's John Farquhar finds mom spots both charming and predictable

There are a few touching parenting stories in the latest YouTube Canada Ads Leaderboard, though one of them is, in the words of Rain 43’s John Farquhar, “ham-handed.” But there’s good storytelling from Nike, too. See what John has to say about Canada’s 10 most-watched ads on YouTube from April.

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Note: This ranking indicates which ads were most watched within Canada. To be included on this ranking, a video must be listed as an ad on YouTube. While Google does not make Canadian viewer statistics available, it determines this ranking with a process that accounts for paid and organic views and how much of a given video viewers watch.

YouTube Canada Ads Leaderboard
March 2015 (with Joshua Stein and Diego Bertagni)
February 2015 (with Jane Murray and Mark Mason)
January 2015 (with Jamie King)
December 2014 (with Denise Rossetto and Todd Mackie)

Host: John Farquhar, Rain43
Production: Notch Video
Producer: Leah Ruehlicke

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