GrantTrail

Canadian Heritage · Contribution program

Canada Book Fund - Support for Organizations

The program provides grants and contributions to the Canadian-owned book industry to support the creation of Canadian books in traditional and digital formats and to ensure that readers everywhere can access them.

Total value
$36.6M
Agreements
383
Apr 2019 to Jul 2026
Median agreement
$42K
Typical range
$23K–$100K
the middle half of agreements

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

Applying? Canada Book Fund Support for Organizations — For-Profit. Taking applications? No intake dates on the official page. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.

Applying? Canada Book Fund Support for Organizations — Internships. Taking applications? No intake dates on the official page. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.

Applying? Canada Book Fund Support for Organizations — Not-for-Profit. Taking applications? Apply through the funder’s page; no deadline stated. The deadline, who can apply and what applicants actually got are on its page.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Canadian Heritage’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Livres Canada Books12$8.1M
Association Nationale Des Éditeurs De Livres26$2.5M
eBOUND CANADA14$2.5M
Booknet Canada3$2.1M
Literary Press Group of Canada9$1.6M
Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association11$1.2M
Regroupement des éditeurs franco-canadiens7$1.1M
Canadian Children's Book Centre6$1.1M
Association Of Canadian Publishers10$886K
Salon Du Livre De Montréal Inc.4$860K
Société De Gestion De La Btlf Inc.6$857K
Association Of English-Language Publishers Of Quebec4$740K
Book Publishers Association of Alberta14$707K
Association Of Book Publishers Of British Columbia (The)8$653K
Canadian Independent Booksellers Association4$574K
BC Libraries Cooperative 20094$549K
Canada Fbm20201$500K
Librairies Indépendantes Du Québec, Coopérative (Les)3$465K
Association Des Libraires Du Québec10$449K
Blue Metropolis Foundation / Fondation Metropolis Bleu6$421K
Salon Du Livre De L'outaouais Inc.4$351K
Mosaïque interculturelle6$310K
Saskatchewan Publishers Group Inc.5$309K
Wordfest4$307K
Salon International Du Livre De Québec3$306K
Association Of Manitoba Book Publishers Inc.6$306K
Festival International De La Littérature (Fil)3$288K
Books Bc2$274K
Ontario Library Association5$261K
Festival Littéraire International Northrop Frye International Literary Festival Inc.6$259K
Société Québécoise De Gestion Collective Des Droits De Reproduction1$249K
Oneness - World Communications3$226K
The Vancouver International Writers Festival Society3$197K
Maison De La Poesie De Montréal4$163K
Salon Du Livre De Dieppe Inc.4$150K
Salon Du Livre Du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Inc.3$148K
Writers' Trust Of Canada / Societe D'encouragement Aux Ecrivains Du Canada5$144K
Fédération Québécoise Des Coopératives En Milieu Scolaire5$140K
Salon Du Livre De Rimouski (Le)3$136K
Fold Foundation (The)5$135K
Salon du livre de l'Estrie (S.L.E.) Inc.3$133K
Vancouver Book And Magazine Fair (The)6$129K
Lpg Distribution Collective Ltd. (Operating As Litdistco)4$128K
Writers' Trust Of Canada (The)4$126K
Salon Du Livre De Trois-Rivieres (Région 04) Inc.3$125K
Canadian Publishers Hosted Software Solutions4$125K
Kingston WritersFest5$125K
Salon Du Livre De Bonaventure5$120K
Salon Du Livre De Toronto3$119K
Ontario Library Service2$115K

Plus 1 agreements ($204K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
20199$2.4M
202037$2.5M
202164$5M
202232$3M
202374$7.3M
202466$3.7M
202567$9.4M
202634$3.3M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario129$20.8M
Quebec129$9.3M
British Columbia39$2.2M
Nova Scotia29$1.7M
Alberta19$1M
New Brunswick16$588K
Manitoba8$437K
Saskatchewan11$383K
Prince Edward Island3$55K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not stated by the department235$21.5M
For-profit organizations75$7.1M
Other organizations39$4.6M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities34$3.4M

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Jul 2026Writers' Trust Of Canada / Societe D'encouragement Aux Ecrivains Du Canada$30,000
Jul 2026Salon International Du Livre De Québec$58,500
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre De La Côte-Nord Inc.$39,000
Apr 2026Wordfest$113,400
Apr 2026Vancouver Book And Magazine Fair (The)$34,000
Apr 2026Société De Gestion De La Btlf Inc.$300,000
Apr 2026Saskatchewan Publishers Group Inc.$100,800
Apr 2026Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc.$15,000
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre Du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Inc.$52,000
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre De L'outaouais Inc.$85,000
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre De L'île-Du-Prince-Édouard Inc.$25,000
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre De L'abitibi-Témiscamingue Inc. (Le)$45,000
Apr 2026Salon Du Livre De Bonaventure$40,000
Apr 2026Regroupement des éditeurs franco-canadiens$37,500
Apr 2026Orca Book Publishers Ltd.$42,250
Apr 2026Ontario Library Service$57,600
Apr 2026Ontario Library Association$50,000
Apr 2026Mosaïque interculturelle$45,000
Apr 2026Maison De La Poesie De Montréal$37,334
Apr 2026Lpg Distribution Collective Ltd. (Operating As Litdistco)$30,000
Apr 2026Kwahiatonhk!$50,000
Apr 2026Je Lis Autochtone!$20,000
Apr 2026Festival Littéraire International Northrop Frye International Literary Festival Inc.$53,750
Apr 2026Festival De La Bande Dessinée Francophone De Québec$17,400
Apr 2026Canadian Independent Booksellers Association$120,000