Yahoo! Canada’s lists of the biggest search terms of 2011

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

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