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.
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.