TORONTO (June 22, 2015) – The Canadian women’s national team continues to advance – and set new viewing records. Preliminary overnight data from Numeris confirms that a record 2.8 million viewers tuned into CTV, TSN, and RDS last night to see Canada secure its spot in the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ quarter-finals.

The match was the most-watched program on Canadian television on Sunday.

Overall, 6.9 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in for Canada’s 1-0 victory over Switzerland, which was decided by forward Josée Bélanger’s second-half goal.

Action from the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ continues today with live coverage of the Round of 16. Canada battles the winner of today’s Norway-England match in quarter-final action on Saturday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET on CTV.

Today’s Match Schedule

• 4:30 p.m. ET – Norway vs. England (Ottawa) on TSN/TSN GO
• 7:30 p.m. ET – USA vs. Colombia (Edmonton) on TSN/TSN GO
• 11 p.m. ET – Canada 2015 Recap Show on TSN5/TSN GO

Additional information on CTV/TSN’s coverage of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ is available at TSN.ca/FIFA.

Source: Numeris (BBM Canada)