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As of 4 November 2026, 1,697 books publishing & retail are based in Canada; Montréal has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,697
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 735
- Top city
- Montréal · 64
- Parent market
- Media & content · 26,431
Books publishing & retail in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 735 | 43% |
| Childrens book publishers | 409 | 24% |
| Online bookshops | 336 | 20% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 164 | 10% |
| Self publishing services | 134 | 8% |
| Teaching resource shops | 80 | 5% |
| Novelist author sites | 50 | 3% |
| Single book promo sites | 40 | 2% |
| Self help book publishing | 27 | 2% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 23 | 1% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 17 | 1% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 13 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 12 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 11 | 1% |
| Education & career media | 8 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,296 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 336 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 49 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 13 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal | 64 | 4% |
| Québec | 60 | 4% |
| Toronto | 57 | 3% |
| Ottawa | 18 | 1% |
| Calgary | 16 | 1% |
| Vancouver | 16 | 1% |
| Victoria | 14 | 1% |
| Downtown Toronto (CN Tower / King and Spadina / Railway Lands / Harbourfront West / Bathurst Quay / South Niagara / YTZ) | 7 | 0% |
| Downtown Toronto (University of Toronto / Harbord) | 7 | 0% |
| Edmonton | 7 | 0% |
| Burlington Northeast | 6 | 0% |
| Downtown Toronto (Kensington Market / Chinatown / Grange Park) | 5 | 0% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Canada
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Other segments of media & content in Canada
Media & content in Canada, the whole market →
News & content portals · 10,234 →
User content aggregator platforms · 5,341 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 3,044 →
Writers & independent publishing · 2,023 →
Music & radio · 1,967 →
Travel blogs guides · 1,524 →
Creator channels & influencers · 1,220 →
Television broadcasting · 1,167 →
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1,697 books publishing & retail are based in Canada; Montréal has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/canada/books_publishing_and_retail)
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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.
Books publishing & retail in Canada: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Canada?
1,697 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as book publishers, childrens book publishers, online bookshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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