Services for publishers
Reduced operations December 29–January 2
The CIP Program, as well as ISSN, ISBN and ISMN Canada will be operating at reduced capacity from December 29, 2025, to January 2, 2026, inclusively. Our response time is expected to be longer than usual during this period.
Find out about Canadian publishers, International standard numbers (ISBN, ISSN, ISMN), CIP data and Legal deposit
Services for publishers doormats
International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)
Get a number to uniquely identify your printed book, ebook, audio book and educational or instructional DVD
International Standard Music Numbers (ISMN)
Get a number to uniquely identify your musical score or sheet music
International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN)
Get a number to uniquely identify your serial or other continuing resource (periodical, magazine, journal, newspaper)
Cataloguing in Publication
Ask us to create a brief description of your work so that you can include it in your publication
Legal deposit
Offer your published material to help build our collection