Backgrounder: List of Canadian booksellers that will benefit from the Government of Canada’s investments in the growth of online Canadian book sales

MONTRÉAL, November 9, 2022

The Support for Booksellers component of the Government of Canada's Canada Book Fund will provide $12 million in funding to 180 booksellers, including 177 small chains and independent booksellers, along with 3 large chain booksellers, to help them expand their online book sales in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Together, this represents 467 bookstores across Canada that will benefit from this support, including 50 booksellers located in rural or remote communities and another 37 booksellers owned by or serving members of Indigenous, official-language minority, and racialized communities all over Canada.