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Top 25 Literary nonprofits based in Canada

Name: Literary nonprofits based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 144 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 144 literary nonprofits headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 843 professional contacts across them, including 125 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers literary nonprofits headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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843Contacts tracked

125Verified emails

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The 25 largest literary nonprofits based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 144 literary nonprofits based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to literary nonprofits: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	SAD MAG	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	95 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SAD Magazine is an independent Vancouver publication featuring stories, art, and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	L'icq Institut Canadien DE Québec	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	82 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fondé en 1848, L’Institut Canadien de Québec est un organisme culturel à but non lucratif réunissant des gens passionnés et dynamiques voués à la démocratisation du savoir et de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	code.ngo	Partial evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 60 years, CODE has been on a singular mission to help children unleash their potential through the power and promise of literacy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Goose Lane Editions	Indirect evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As Canada's oldest independent publisher, the company successfully combines a regional heart with a national profile to introduce readers to work by the best established and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Writers Collective Of Canada	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) is a charitable arts-health organization that ignites connection through creativity by inspiring powerful, authentic stories shared in community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Story Planet	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Story Planet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of children and young people in Toronto's equity-seeking communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Toronto International Festival Of Authors	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is Canada’s longest-running literary festival, a charitable, non-for-profit cultural organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation was founded in 2017.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Arts For ALL	Indirect evidence	Hamilton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Arts For All provides access to arts programming everyday, everywhere, and for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Vancouver Writers Fest	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF) connects people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue through year-round programming that ignites a passion for words and the world around us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Ripple Foundation	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ripple Foundation is a 100% volunteer-run Canadian registered charity dedicated to nurturing creativity, confidence, and critical thinking in children and youth through writing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	The Writers' Exchange	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for under resourced kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	The Alexandra Writers Centre Society	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society is a higher education company based out of cSpace Marda Loop - 460, 1721, 29th Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T 6T7” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Fondation Metropolis Bleu	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Depuis 1997, la Fondation Metropolis bleu, un organisme à but non lucratif, a pour objectif de réunir des gens de différentes cultures et pays afin de partager le plaisir de lire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Breakwater Books LTD	Partial evidence	St John’s, NL, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	The Blackstone Foundation Library	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Canada's leading Afrocentric Nonprofit Organization dedicated to promoting the Knowledge Of Self through a culture of learning and reading.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Wordfest	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wordfest connects audiences of all ages and backgrounds with life-changing experiences on Calgary’s stages, featuring some of today’s most compelling writers, thinkers, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	PEN Canada Official	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers, that works with others to defend freedom of expression as a basic human right, at home and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Story Studio Writing Society	Indirect evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Story Studio is a charity that gets kids excited about writing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Salon DU Livre DE Trois-Rivières	Indirect evidence	Trois-rivières, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Salon du livre de Trois-Rivières est un événement culturel majeur en Mauricie et au Centre-du-Québec.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Common Ground Arts Society	Indirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Common Ground Arts Society, we radically invite artists of all disciplines at all stages of their career to wildly experiment with process and craft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Plumleaf Press	Indirect evidence	Oakville, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Books to linger over.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Literal Change	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Literal Change is all about providing a positive academic setting for people who have struggled in the mainstream classroom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Coach House Books	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Saskatchewan Festival Of Words	Partial evidence	Moose Jaw, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Saskatchewan Festival of Words is a non-profit organization which hosts a 4 day literary festival every third weekend in July with over 50 events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: literary nonprofits. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names literary nonprofits.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of literary nonprofits, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name literary nonprofits. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Literary nonprofits based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

14.8%Verified-email coverage

5.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

18.8%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

111

11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 144 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among literary nonprofits, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “literary nonprofits”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names literary nonprofits), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among literary nonprofits, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 125 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Literary nonprofits by metro

Literary nonprofits in Toronto27

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names literary nonprofits, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many literary nonprofits are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 144 literary nonprofits headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

SAD MAG, headquartered in Vancouver, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most literary nonprofits?

Toronto leads with 27 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (19) and Vancouver (19).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 125 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 144 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.