TORONTO – Yahoo! Canada’s lists of the biggest search terms of 2011:
Top overall searches
1. Canadian Dollar
2. RIM
3. Canada Post
4. William & Kate
5. American Idol
6. Kim Kardashian
7. Census 2011
8. UFC
9. Pippa Middleton
10. Scarlett Johansson
Top news searches
1. Apple
2. Arab Spring
3. Japan disasters
4. Federal election
5. Royal Wedding
6. Hurricane Irene
7. Occupy movement
8. Air Canada strike
9. Vancouver riot
10. Slave Lake fire
Top 10 Canadian economic and political issues
- Suspect in killing of temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar got student visa in ‘days’
- ‘Summer of discontent’ coming over public service in-office order: unions
- Panera to remove ‘Charged Sips’ drink from Canada amid wrongful death lawsuits
- Minister Boissonnault to testify before ethics committee over ties to lobbyist, PPE company
1. Canadian dollar exchange
2. RIM failure
3. Air Canada strike
4. Canada Post strike
5. 2011 Census
6. Canadian Revenue Agency
7. Jack Layton’s death
8. Federal election
9. Gas prices
10. Hurricane Irene
Top 10 reality stars
1. Kim Kardashian
2. Paris Hilton
3. Vanessa Minnillo
4. Kat Von D
5. Padma Lakshmi
6. Kate Gosselin
7. Shannon Tweed
8. Pia Toscano
9. Kirstie Alley
10. Heidi Klum
Top 10 TV shows
1. American Idol
2. Dancing with the Stars
3. The Young and the Restless
4. Two and a Half Men
5. The Bachelorette
6. Big Brother
7. Big Bang Theory
8. Coronation Street
9. Vampire Diaries
10. Jersey Shore
Top 10 movies
1. Harry Potter
2. Spiderman
3. Thor
4. Transformers
5. Dark Knight Rises
6. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
7. Superman
8. The King’s Speech
9. Black Swan
10. Green Lantern
Top 10 female athletes
1. Anna Kournikova
2. Maria Sharapova
3. Gina Carano
4. Amanda Beard
5. Serena Williams
6. Natalie Gulbis
7. Jennie Finch
8. Gabrielle Reece
9. Caroline Wozniacki
10. Hope Solo
Top 10 male athletes
1. Tiger Woods
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Phil Kessel
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Randy Savage
6. Tim Thomas
7. Zdeno Chara
8. Kobe Bryant
9. Peyton Manning
10. Derek Jeter
Top 10 hockey searches
1. NHL
2. Vancouver Canucks
3. Toronto Maple Leafs
4. NHL scores
5. NHL playoffs
6. Montreal Canadiens
7. Boston Bruins
8. NHL trade rumours
9. Edmonton Oilers
10. Stanley Cup
Top 10 “say what?” searches
1. Rebecca Black
2. Ophiuchus
3. Mildred Baena
4. The Rapture
5. Life-size Barbie
6. Planking
7. Siberian alien
8. WestJet prank
9. Vampire arrest
10. Mass animal deaths
Top 5 scandal searches
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger secret love child
2. Dominique Strauss Kahn
3. Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World phone tapping
4. Brett Favre photo scandal
5. Pippa Middleton photo scandal
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