Certainly, the impression, even for folks who live in parts of old metro Toronto, is that CBC is the “south of St. Clair” station. I can tell you, going to door to door during elections, I see what people are watching at the news hour, and it is CTV and Global all the way, in my neck of the woods. I think that's because, occasionally, they show up. Occasionally they cover local stories there. They just don't see that with CBC.
On May 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.