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Top 18 Trade paperback publishers based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 72 trade paperback publishers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,097 professional contacts across them, including 175 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers trade paperback 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 22, 2026.

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How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
72Companies
1,097Contacts tracked
175Verified emails
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The 18 largest trade paperback publishers based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 72 trade paperback publishers based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to trade paperback 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500288 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 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50055 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Simon & Schuster Canada is a division of Simon & Schuster, and publishes a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books, including by authors such as Beverley McLachlin…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceRichmond Hill, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Firefly Books Ltd.(est.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Maison d'édition”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5036 contacts →

Partial evidence

Publishers Weekly recognized ECW Press as one of the most diversified independent publishers in North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Annick Press publishes dynamic, groundbreaking fiction and nonfiction for children and teens, and our books have been recognized with numerous awards and honors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidencePeterborough, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5027 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 22, 2026
8Strong evidenceVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5022 contacts →

Strong 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 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSaint-jean-sur-richelieu, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Groupe Bertrand éditeur est une société composée des Éditeurs réunis et des Éditions JCL.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceWaterloo, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Scholarly publisher at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceOakville, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Books for Business is North America’s premier source for business and professional books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLaval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Groupe Educalivres Inc is a publishing company based out of 955 BERGAR RUE, LAVAL, Quebec, Canada.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBurnstown, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceNew Westminster, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“McKellar & Martin is an award-winning independent, trade, children’s book publishing house located in New Westminster, British Columbia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Trade paperback publishers based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
16.0%Verified-email coverage
15.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
19.4%Largest-city concentration · Toronto
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
47
11-50
15
51-200
6
201-500
2
1,001-5,000
1

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 72 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 trade paperback 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 “trade paperback 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 trade paperback 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 trade paperback 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, 175 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 22, 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.

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 trade paperback 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 trade paperback publishers are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 72 trade paperback 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 trade paperback publishers?

Toronto leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (8) and Markham (4).

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 175 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 72 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 22, 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.