About CPC

The Canadian Publishers’ Council, as Canada’s main English language book publishing trade association, was founded in 1910 and represents the interests of publishing companies that publish books and other media for elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional and reference markets, the retail and library sectors.

Our members employ more than 2800 Canadians and collectively account for nearly three-quarters of all domestic sales of English-language books. Members spend over $50 million with Canadian-based book manufacturers and pay more than $25 million in royalties to Canada’s writers.

The Council represents the Canadian publishing community on the international level in the International Publishers Association (IPA) and is a member of the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFFRO). The CPC also maintains liaison with other Canadian professional publishers’ associations, with the Association of American Publishers and the U.K. Publishers Association, as well as with Canadian colleagues in all areas of the literary arts, educational, library and retail communities.

CPC is embarked upon several major initiatives aimed at improving diversity, equity and inclusion in the Canadian publishing sector.  These initiatives are a key focus for CPC this year and beyond.  For more information see our ‘News’ tab.

Membership in External Organizations

The Canadian Publishers’ Council is a member of the following organizations:

Land Acknowledgement

The Canadian Publishers’ Council operates within the city of Toronto, on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and MĂ©tis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13, signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. 

We acknowledge that our speakers and attendees come from a wide range of territories and lands across Turtle Island. To learn more about the traditional Indigenous lands you are on, please visit Whose Land or Native-Land.