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

Backgrounder

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.

LIST OF SMALL CHAIN AND INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER RECIPIENTS ACROSS CANADA

Name Number of stores Province Funding
Buropro Citation Beloeil 5 Quebec $150,000
Librairie Monet PDV 1 Quebec $150,000
Coop Zone Université Laval 4 Quebec $150,000
University of Toronto 4 Ontario $150,000
Goodminds.com 1 Ontario $150,000
York University Bookstore 1 Ontario $150,000
McNally Robinson Booksellers 3 Manitoba, Saskatchewan $150,000
Tinlids Inc. 1 Ontario $147,148
Coopsco Outaouais 5 Quebec, Ontario $139,891
Librairie Coopérative Édouard-Montpetit 2 Quebec $138,468
Biblairie GGC Magog 2 Quebec $134,644
Librairie Carcajou 2 Quebec $122,471
Librairie Moderne 1 Quebec $121,350
Groupe Coopsco (Coopsco Granby et Librairie Montmorency) 2 Quebec $119,137
Coopérative de l'Université de Sherbrooke 4 Quebec $115,660
Coopsco des Laurentides 2 Quebec $109,026
Librairie du Soleil Inc. (Gatineau) 1 Quebec $108,204
Librairie Pantoute 2 Quebec $100,598
Coop HEC Montréal 1 Quebec $97,235
Librairie Martin Joliette 1 Quebec $94,352
Coopsco Trois-Rivières 3 Quebec $91,933
Saunders Book Company 1 Ontario $85,237
Librairie Raffin 3 Quebec $75,380
Librairie Le Papetier 2 Quebec $72,834
Munro’s Bookstore Limited 1 British Columbia $72,398
Librairie l'Alphabet 1 Quebec $67,239
Librairie Lu-Lu PDV 1 Quebec $67,016
Coopsco Saint-Hyacinthe 3 Quebec $65,425
Librairie de Verdun 3 Quebec $64,665
Coop UQAM 3 Quebec $64,655
Librairie Boyer 4 Quebec $64,099
Kidsbooks 2 British Columbia $62,448
Book City 4 Ontario $61,951
Librairie Alire 1 Quebec $57,239
Librairie Le Fureteur PDV 1 Quebec $56,313
Bolen Books Incorporated 1 British Columbia $55,559
Bookmark 2 Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia $52,309
Association coopérative étudiante du Collège de Valleyfield PDV 1 Quebec $51,107
DBA Black Bond Books 6 British Columbia $49,705
Librairie La Liberté Inc. 1 Quebec $47,487
Another Story Bookshop 1 Ontario $46,905
Librairie Ste-Thérèse 1 Quebec $46,608
Librairie Marie-Laura 1 Quebec $46,038
Coopsco Sainte-Foy 1 Quebec $45,696
Audreys Books Ltd. 1 Alberta $44,910
Librairie Au Boulon d'Ancrage 1 Quebec $42,695
Librairie du Soleil d’Ottawa 1 Ontario $41,796
Coop Droit 1 Quebec $41,406
Librairie du Portage 1 Quebec $40,806
Librairie Paulines Montréal 1 Quebec $38,870
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly 2 Quebec $38,082
Librairie acadienne - Université de Moncton 1 New Brunswick $35,996
Librairie Harvey 1 Quebec $35,985
Librairie Pélagie 2 New Brunswick $33,731
Type Books 3 Ontario $33,438
Librairie Le Port de tête 2 Quebec $32,728
Librairie Côte-Nord 1 Quebec $31,000
Coop Rosemont 1 Quebec $30,863
Librairie Larico Inc,. 1 Quebec $28,876
Librairie Carpe Diem, Coopérative de Solidarité 1 Quebec $28,785
Service scolaire Rouyn-Noranda 1 Quebec $28,770
Librairie L'Écuyer 1 Quebec $28,432
Librairie Liber 1 Quebec $27,119
Librairie Chouinard Inc. 1 Quebec $26,223
Papeterie des Hautes-Rivières Inc. 1 Quebec $26,147
Mosaic Books 1 British Columbia $26,000
Ben McNally Books 1 Ontario $25,737
Librairie Zone Libre PDV 1 Quebec $25,462
Librairie Alpha 1 Quebec $25,000
Perfect Books 1 Ontario $24,002
Librairie Michabou PDV 1 Quebec $23,984
Librairie Livres en tête 1 Quebec $23,900
Librairie Du Square 2 Quebec $23,230
The Book Shelf of Guelph Ltd. 1 Ontario $23,024
Librairie Michel Fortin PDV 1 Quebec $22,942
Papeterie Commerciale 2 Quebec $22,149
Librairie boutique Venus 1 Quebec $21,767
Librairie l'Exèdre PDV 1 Quebec $21,549
Librairie Bertrand 1 Quebec $21,042
Librairie Morency Inc. 1 Quebec $20,504
Coopoly — Coopérative étudiante de Polytechnique PDV 1 Quebec $20,403
Librairie les Bouquinistes, Coopérative de Solidarité 1 Quebec $20,120
Corporation Presse Commerce 2 Quebec $20,012
Armchair Books 1 British Columbia $19,292
Librairie du Nord 1 Quebec $19,211
UBC Bookstore 1 British Columbia $18,803
Librairie L'Option 1 Quebec $18,800
Buro & Cie 2 Quebec $18,384
Librairie L'Intrigue 1 Quebec $17,982
Librairie Baie-St-Paul PDV 1 Quebec $17,624
The Book Keeper 1 Ontario $17,609
The Beguiling Books & Art Inc. 1 Ontario $17,448
Librairie Matulu 1 New Brunswick $17,444
Librairie Asselin 1 Quebec $17,169
Russell Books Ltd. 1 British Columbia $17,110
Chouette Librairie PDV 1 Quebec $16,166
Blue Heron Books 1 Ontario $15,820
Octopus Books 1 Ontario $15,339
Librairie Au Carrefour Promenades Montarville 1 Quebec $15,302
Strong Nations Publishing Inc. 1 British Columbia $15,156
Misty River Books 1 British Columbia $14,907
Otter Books Inc.. 1 British Columbia $14,766
La Maison Anglaise 1 Quebec $14,608
Coop de Solidarité l’Euguélionne, Librairie Féministe 1 Quebec $14,267
Livres Lac-Brome Inc.. 1 Quebec $13,766
Le Coin du Livre (Central) Limited 1 Ontario $13,484
Books & Company Ltd.. 1 Ontario $12,322
Banyen Books & Sound 1 British Columbia $11,316
Librairie Martin 1 Quebec $11,225
Shelf Life Books 1 Alberta $11,048
Glass Bookshop 1 Alberta $10,681
Librairie Vaugeois 1 Quebec $10,632
Booklore 1 Ontario $10,281
Librairie il était une fois 1 Ontario $10,246
Tattletales Books Limited 1 Nova Scotia $10,188
Guides de Voyage Ulysse Inc. 1 Quebec $9,996
Librairie A.B.C. Inc. 1 Quebec $9,961
A Different Booklist 1 Ontario $9,887
Bookingham Palace Bookstore 1 British Columbia $9,539
L’Hibou-Coup Inc. 1 Quebec $9,501
Massy Books Inc. 1 British Columbia $9,135
Librairie Jeunesse le Repère 1 Quebec $8,942
Epic Books 1 Ontario $8,795
Librairie Fleury PDV 1 Quebec $8,457
32 Books & Gallery 1 British Columbia $8,345
Mad Hatter Bookstore/Bainton’s Tannery Outlet 1 Nova Scotia $7,792
Mabel’s Fables Bookstore 1 Ontario $7,528
Ella Minnow Children’s Bookstore 1 Ontario $7,486
The Mulberry Bush Book Store 1 British Columbia $7,325
Mill Street Books 1 Ontario $7,276
Woozles 1 Nova Scotia $7,178
Bouquinart Librairie & Galerie d’Art 1 Quebec $7,152
Cartes, Timbres et Monnaies Ste-Foy 5 Quebec $7,010
Tianji Inc. 1 Ontario $6,979
Pages Books 1 Alberta $6,938
Huckleberry Books 1 British Columbia $6,793
Librairie Hannenorak PDV 1 Quebec $6,519
Glad Day Bookshop Inc. 1 Ontario $6,370
Block Shop Books 1 Nova Scotia $6,237
Turning the Tide Bookstore 1 Saskatchewan $6,154
Librairie l’Encre Noire 1 Quebec $5,856
Chat Noir Books 1 Ontario $5,768
Librairie coopérative du Collège de Maisonneuve 1 Quebec $5,656
Tidewater Books 1 New Brunswick $5,621
La Librairie Donnaconna 1 Quebec $5,616
Librairie En Marge 1 Quebec $5,422
The Open Book 1 British Columbia $5,361
Biblioasis Inc.. 1 Ontario $5,094
King’s Co-op Bookstore 1 Nova Scotia $5,000
Librairie Louis Fréchette 1 Quebec $5,000
King W. Books 1 Ontario $5,000
Lunenburg Bound Books and Paper 1 Nova Scotia $5,000
The Inside Story 1 Nova Scotia $5,000
White Pine Books 1 Ontario $4,000
The Next Page 1 Alberta $4,000
Coopsco Aménagement 1 Quebec $4,000
Wendel’s Bookstore & Café Inc. 1 British Columbia $4,000
BMV Bookstores 1 Ontario $4,000
Forster’s Book Garden 1 Ontario $3,000
Bacchus Books and Café 1 British Columbia $3,000
India Bookworld 1 British Columbia $3,000
Iron Dog Books 1 British Columbia $3,000
Singing Pebble Books 1 Ontario $3,000
Kerr’s Corner Books 1 Ontario $2,000
Kinder Books 1 British Columbia $2,000
Windowseat Books 1 British Columbia $2,000
Whodunit Bookshop 1 Manitoba $2,000
People’s Co-operative Bookstore Association 1 British Columbia $2,000
School House Teaching Supplies Incorporated 1 British Columbia $2,000
Kent Book Store Ltd.. 1 Ontario $2,000
Moonbeam Books Inc.. 1 Ontario $2,000
Once Upon A Bookstore 1 British Columbia $2,000
Jake’s Co-op 1 Quebec $2,000
The Bookstore on Perron Street 1 Alberta $1,000
O-Taku Manga Lounge Inc. 1 Quebec $1,000
Kennedy’s Parable 3 Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia $1,000
Knowledge Bookstore 1 Ontario $1,000

LIST OF LARGE CHAIN BOOKSELLER RECIPIENTS ACROSS CANADA

Name Number of stores Province Funding
Indigo Books & Music Inc. 178 Ontario $3,500,000
Librairie Renaud-Bray Inc. 32 Quebec $1,891,383
Groupe Archambault Inc. 16 Quebec $608,617

Contacts

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Laura Scaffidi
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage
laura.scaffidi@pch.gc.ca

Media Relations
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819-994-9101
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