Glacier Media

Name

Glacier Media

Legal name

Glacier Media Inc.

Website

https://glaciermedia.ca

Company type

Public

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Intelligence and Digital Media

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B / Industrial Market Research (MPAAALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

B2B Marketplaces & Wholesale Platforms (BPAMAGAD)

Keywords

• Environmental risk data
• Compliance audit software
• Agricultural media
• Mining data analytics
• Digital news publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Business Intelligence Products & Services: Revenue from specialized data, intelligence, and analytics products across environmental risk (ERIS), compliance (STP), mining information, and agriculture media sectors, including subscriptions, licensing, and professional services.
2. Digital Media & Advertising: Revenue from digital information and services including local news platforms, digital marketing campaigns, and advertising across consumer digital properties like Castanet, Vancouver Is Awesome, and Village Media.
3. Real Estate Information Services: Revenue from REW platform providing real estate listings, advertising, lead generation, and subscription products for agents, developers, and homebuyers.
4. Print Community Media: Revenue from print newspapers and community media publications including North Shore News, Delta Optimist, and Victoria Times Colonist, with declining legacy print operations.
5. Agricultural Events & Exhibitions: Revenue from agricultural trade shows and events including Ag in Motion (near Saskatoon, SK) and Canada's Outdoor Farm Show (near Woodstock, ON), along with publications like Western Producer.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Glacier Media is a diversified portfolio company that operates market-leading businesses across environmental risk data (ERIS), EHS compliance software (STP ComplianceEHS), agricultural media and events (Glacier FarmMedia, Western Producer, Ag in Motion), mining data and career services (CostMine, Edumine, Careermine), real estate listings (REW), regional and community digital news (Castanet, Village Media, Vancouver Is Awesome, BIV), and print community newspapers. The company sells subscriptions, licenses, advertising, and event-based services to both B2B professional customers and B2C consumers primarily across Canada and the United States.

Product overview

Glacier Media is a diversified business intelligence and consumer digital information portfolio company operating multiple distinct products and platforms across six core business segments. The company offers a portfolio of market-leading B2B and direct-to-consumer brands including ERIS (environmental risk data for commercial real estate), STP ComplianceEHS (EHS compliance tools), Glacier FarmMedia (agricultural media and events), Mining Information brands (CostMine, Edumine, Careermine), REW (real estate listings), Lodestar Media (digital content including BIV, Vancouver Is Awesome), Castanet (regional news), Village Media (local news platforms), and Community Media print newspapers. These products serve different markets but share a common focus on specialized data, intelligence, and digital information services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ERIS: Environmental Risk Information Services - leading provider of environmental and property due diligence data for North American commercial real estate
• STP ComplianceEHS
• Glacier FarmMedia
• CostMine
• Edumine
• Careermine
• REW
• Lodestar Media
• Vancouver Is Awesome
• BIV
• Eastward Media
• Castanet
• Village Media
• North Shore News
• Delta Optimist
• Victoria Times Colonist

Products and services

• ERIS (Environmental Risk Information Services) Provides environmental risk data and products for North American commercial real estate, delivering essential research and solutions for environmental and property due-diligence. Used by environmental consultants, CRE brokers, financial institutions, and insurance firms to assess risks in transactions. Canada's #1 and U.S.'s #2 CRE environmental data provider.
• STP ComplianceEHS Cloud-based digital audit guide and compliance tool for environmental, health, and safety audits, providing expert guidance, audit protocols, reporting utilities, and regulatory databases covering environmental, health, safety, transportation, and other legal requirements. Content is licensed by firms across Canada, the U.S., and more than 40 other countries.
• Glacier FarmMedia Canada's premier agricultural information, media, and events provider offering digital and print media, listings, publications, exhibitions, weather, and commodities marketing subscriptions. Brands include Western Producer, Alberta Farmer Express, Manitoba Co-Operator, AgDealer, Ag in Motion, and Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, supporting Canadian growers and the agriculture sector.
• Mining Information (CostMine, Edumine, Careermine, Mining Intelligence) Provides trusted insights, analysis, information, and career support for mining professionals through brands including Mining Intelligence, CostMine, Edumine, and Careermine. Serves mining professionals, explorers, developers, and investors across major industry players.
• REW (Real Estate Works) Western Canada's most comprehensive and trusted source for real estate information, providing searchable listings for buying, renting, and selling, customizable by city, neighbourhood, schools, and address. Used by agents, developers, and third-party providers to connect with buyers and sellers, and by homebuyers to find agents through location-specific directories.
• Lodestar Media Canadian media organization delivering trusted content through digital and print platforms organized around four pillars: LIVE (Real Estate), WORK (Business), PLAY (Lifestyle), and NEWS (Community Media). Portfolio includes Vancouver Is Awesome, BIV (Business in Vancouver), and Eastward Media, serving the needs of modern Canadians across platforms and communities.
• Castanet Leading digital news source for the Okanagan region of British Columbia, providing breaking and community news across Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton, Vernon, Osoyoos, and Salmon Arm. Attracts over 694,000 weekly visitors for news, classifieds, weather, and entertainment content.
• Village Media Owns and operates more than 30 local news sites across Ontario and licenses its industry-leading platform, Villager, to digital publishers across North America, enabling scalable local digital publishing operations.
• Community Media (Print Newspapers) Award-winning local newspapers serving communities across Western Canada, including North Shore News, Sunshine Coast Reporter, Whistler Pique, Delta Optimist, and Victoria Times Colonist. Delivers trusted local news, community stories, and classified services through established print publications. The Victoria Times Colonist is printed under a three-year agreement with TC Transcontinental signed in 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved positive EBITDA of $1.0 million in Q1 2026 compared to EBITDA loss of $1.2 million in Q1 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TC TranscontinentalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 May 2026TC Transcontinental signed a three-year agreement with Glacier Media to print the Victoria Times Colonist. The partnership allows newspaper publishers to reduce operating costs while enabling TC Transcontinental to maximize utilization of its national integrated platform without additional capital investment.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CoStar Group: CoStar's LoopNet and commercial real estate information platforms overlap directly with Glacier's ERIS environmental risk data product for CRE transactions, lenders, and brokers.
• Postmedia Network: Postmedia is Canada's largest newspaper chain and the closest Canadian peer to Glacier's Community Media group (North Shore News, Victoria Times Colonist, Delta Optimist), sharing similar digital transformation and print-decline dynamics.
• Zillow Group: Zillow's residential listings, agent directory, and Premier Agent advertising model closely mirror REW's monetization strategy in Western Canada.
• Black Press Media: Black Press operates a comparable portfolio of Western Canadian community newspapers and digital news sites, competing head-to-head with Glacier's Community Media and Lodestar assets.
• Torstar Corporation: Torstar's newspaper operations (Toronto Star, local dailies) and digital classifieds/real estate verticals (including HomeFinder) are directly comparable to Glacier's print-to-digital transition and real estate listings business.

Broad incumbents

• Gannett Co. Gannett is the largest US newspaper chain with a comparable mix of community print, digital subscriptions, and advertising — a broader-scale analogue of Glacier's Community Media group.
• Lee Enterprises: Lee Enterprises operates a large portfolio of local US newspapers with subscription, advertising, and digital services, providing a US-listed peer benchmark for Glacier's print/digital community media segment.
• ZoomInfo: ZoomInfo's B2B data and intelligence platform for sales and marketing teams is a comparable business-intelligence subscription model, relevant to Glacier's ERIS, STP, and Mining Information data businesses.
• S&P Global / S&P Commodity Insights: S&P Global's commodity insights and market data products overlap with Glacier's Mining Information brands (CostMine, Mining Intelligence) and agricultural market intelligence business.

Emerging players

• TownNews (Lee Enterprises subsidiary): TownNews provides digital publishing platform software licensed to local newsrooms, directly analogous to Village Media's Villager platform licensing model across North America.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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