Canadian Publishing Industry News
31 March 2026,     TORONTO
Canadian Book Market Expands
 
The report breaks the market down into more than 50 subject categories.
The report breaks the market down into more than 50 subject categories.
 
According to Booknet Canada books by Canadians made up 14% of print book sales in Canada in 2025 — up from 12% in 2024. Canadian-owned publishers made up 6.2% of the total market share of books sold in Canada in 2025, up from 5.6% in 2024. For the eighth year running, two out of every five print books sold in 2025 in both the English- and French-language markets in Canada were categorized as either Juvenile or Young Adult.Combined, the sales of Juvenile and Young Adult subjects accounted for the majority of the market share at 39%. In second place, Non-Fiction made up 30%, and Fiction occupied the third place at 29%.
 
More than half of the titles on the top 10 paperback lists in the Fiction / Thriller category were by Freida McFadden, with the top selling title being The Housemaid.The Canadian book market in 2025 was 48 million books, valued at $1.1 billion.
 
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