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Top 25 Nonprofit publishers based in Canada

Name: Nonprofit publishers based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 152 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 152 nonprofit publishers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,423 professional contacts across them, including 296 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers nonprofit publishers 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

152Companies

1,423Contacts tracked

296Verified emails

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The 25 largest nonprofit publishers based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 152 nonprofit publishers based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nonprofit publishers: 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	Penguin Random House Canada	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	288 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Penguin Random House Canada, the country’s largest book publisher, aims to nourish a universal passion for reading by connecting authors and their writing with readers everywhere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Tellwell Publishing	Indirect evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tellwell is the only company that gives authors 100% net royalties and lets you as the author know your publishing team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Canadian Science Publishing	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is committed to enhancing the reach, rigour, and relevance of science so that people can find, trust, and use it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Érudit	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Érudit is a non-profit multi-university consortium.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Emond Publishing	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Scam Alert: If you receive an email claiming that Emond Publishing is looking for translators, please disregard it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	LES Éditions DE L'homme	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Maison d'édition” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	ECW Press	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Publishers Weekly recognized ECW Press as one of the most diversified independent publishers in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	House Of Anansi Press	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “House of Anansi Press was founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and David Godfrey to publish work by Canadian writers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Broadview Press	Indirect evidence	Peterborough, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We strive to produce high-quality, pedagogically useful books, while upholding fair business practices in relation to our authors, our staff, the academics who choose Broadview…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Polytechnic INK Publishing Society	Indirect evidence	Surrey, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Runner is Kwantlen Polytechnic University's premiere student-owned newsmagazine and online outlet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Greystone Books	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Goose Lane Editions	Partial evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
13	UBC Press	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Publishing high calibre works of original scholarship, University of British Columbia Press (more commonly, UBC Press) is known and admired internationally for its rigorously…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Pressbooks	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pressbooks is a user-friendly digital publishing platform that makes it easy to create and share knowledge through accessible, high-quality digital books and resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Access Copyright	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Access Copyright is a collective voice of creators and publishers in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Future Of Good	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Future of Good is a digital media and learning organization with a mission to enable a smarter social purpose world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	NEW Society Publishers	Partial evidence	Gabriola, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “New Society Publishers’ mission is to publish books for a world of change in a way that has a minimum impact on our environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	The Conversation Canada	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Conversation is the world's leading publisher of research-based news and analysis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	The Ontarion	Indirect evidence	Guelph, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Ontarion, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Mcclelland & Stewart	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our commitment is simply stated: we aim to publish the best books in the best way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Beach Metro Community News	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Beach Metro Community News (a division of Ward 9 Community News Inc.) is a non-profit, non-partisan community newspaper founded in 1972 and published 23 times a year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	The Carillon Newspaper	Indirect evidence	Regina, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Carillon has been the University of Regina student newspaper since 1962.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	The Brunswickan Publishing	Indirect evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Brunswickan is Canada’s oldest student publication, founded in 1867 when the University of New Brunswick was still King’s College.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Breakwater Books LTD	Indirect evidence	St John’s, NL, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Ebound Canada	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “eBOUND is a not-for-profit organization with the purpose of advancing your digital engagement, no matter what your size or level of expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: nonprofit publishers. 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 nonprofit publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of nonprofit publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name nonprofit publishers. 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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Nonprofit publishers based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

20.8%Verified-email coverage

9.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

20.4%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

102

11-50

51-200

201-500

5,001-10,000

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 152 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 nonprofit publishers, 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 “nonprofit publishers”. 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 nonprofit publishers), 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 nonprofit publishers, 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, 296 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 19, 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.

Nonprofit publishers by metro

Nonprofit publishers in Toronto31

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 nonprofit publishers, 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 nonprofit publishers are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 152 nonprofit publishers 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?

Penguin Random House Canada, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nonprofit publishers?

Toronto leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (23) and Ottawa (9).

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 296 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 152 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 19, 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.