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StarMetro (also known as The Star) is a chain of Canadian free daily newspapers published in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. The chain is a joint venture between the Canadian publishing conglomerate Torstar (90%) and Swedish global media company Metro International (10%). The chain was originally branded as Metro prior to rebranding on April 10, 2018. It is no longer affiliated with the French-language Métro newspaper published by TC Transcontinental in Montreal.

The first Canadian newspaper owned by Metro International was launched in Toronto in 2000. The launch sparked a newspaper war as two of the city's major dailies, the Toronto Star and Toronto Sun, both responded by producing their own free versions aimed at commuters. Metro Toronto merged with GTA Today, owned by the Toronto Star's parent company Torstar Corporation, in 2001.

Metro International sold 40 percent of its 50 percent share in all of its English-language Canadian papers to Torstar on October 14, 2011.

The English-Canadian Metro papers were rebranded to StarMetro on April 10, 2018. As part of the rebranding, online news operations were consolidated with the Toronto Star and the former Metro News website was redirected to the Star's website. The StarMetro chain also officially adopted the same socially liberal, progressive "Atkinson Principles" as the Toronto Star.