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As of 4 November 2026, 506 academic & professional publishing companies are based in Canada; 3 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 506
- Hiring now
- 3 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Humanities social science journals · 94
- Top city
- Toronto · 27
- Parent market
- Media & content · 26,431
Academic & professional publishing in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Humanities social science journals | 94 | 19% |
| Multidisciplinary oa publishers | 49 | 10% |
| Medical biomedical journals | 46 | 9% |
| Clinical professional medical publishers | 44 | 9% |
| Education & career media | 41 | 8% |
| General interest magazines | 41 | 8% |
| Other academic & professional publishing | 36 | 7% |
| Health information portals | 34 | 7% |
| Professional & reference publishers | 32 | 6% |
| Other news & content portals | 30 | 6% |
| Science research communication media | 29 | 6% |
| Trade & industry press | 29 | 6% |
| Arts & culture media | 19 | 4% |
| Business press | 18 | 4% |
| Book publishers | 17 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 250 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 173 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 72 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 11 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 27 | 5% |
| Québec | 18 | 4% |
| Montréal | 14 | 3% |
| Talon | 14 | 3% |
| Ottawa | 10 | 2% |
| Downtown Toronto (University of Toronto / Harbord) | 9 | 2% |
| Downtown Montreal North | 7 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Lower Town / Sandy Hill / University of Ottawa) | 6 | 1% |
| Ottawa (The Glebe / Ottawa South / Ottawa East) | 5 | 1% |
| Calgary (Kensington / Westmont / Parkdale / University) | 4 | 1% |
| Edmonton (West University / Strathcona Place) | 4 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Westboro) | 4 | 1% |
The biggest academic & professional publishing companies in Canada
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The stack of academic & professional publishing in Canada
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Other segments of media & content in Canada
Media & content in Canada, the whole market →
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User content aggregator platforms · 5,341 →
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Music & radio · 1,967 →
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Creator channels & influencers · 1,220 →
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506 academic & professional publishing companies are based in Canada; 3 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/canada/academic_and_professional_publishing)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Academic & professional publishing in Canada: questions
How many academic & professional publishing companies are there in Canada?
506 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Academic & professional publishing → leaf niches such as humanities social science journals, multidisciplinary oa publishers, medical biomedical journals. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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