The Best Literary Agents Seeking Commercial Fiction Submissions in Canada

💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.transatlanticagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Commercial Fiction, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Clare Vanderpool, Polly Horvath, John Coy, Natasha Wing, Liza Woodruff, Charlton-Truillo

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/jackie-kaiser/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submissions should be sent to submissions@wcaltd.com.

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Kyo Maclear, David Chariandy, and Thomas King

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://cookemcdermid.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Politics

Previous clients: Cherie Dimaline, John Irving, Marsha Skrypuch, Lilian Nattel

💼 Agency: Helm Literary

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.psliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Horror, Romance, Commercial Fiction, Feminism, Politics

Previous clients: Building a client list

Open to queries

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://cookemcdermid.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help

Previous clients: Zoey Leigh Peterson, Tima Kurdi, Michael Crummey, Robyn Doolittle, Cathal Kelly

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.transatlanticagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Tara MacLean, Susan Goldswain, Geoffrey Line, Hannah McKinnon, Michaëlle Jean, Karma Brown,

💼 Agency: P.S. Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.psliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, #ownvoices, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Memoir, Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Feminism, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Thriller

Previous clients: Austin Gilkeson, Sam Maggs, Nina Nesseth, Megan Orsini, Drew Shannon, Ruthanne Snow, Whitney Taylor

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/briar-heckman/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submissions via email to submissions@wcaltd.com.

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Cookbook, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Mark Abley, Michael Adams, Caroline Adderson, Anar Ali, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Madhur Anand, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Sally Armstrong, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, Nassim Assefi