The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions in Canada

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/hilary-mcmahon/

📣 Preferred contact method: Email submissions to submissions@wcaltd.com, specifying the agent in the subject line.

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Susan Juby, Susin Nielsen, Carrie Snyder

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/john-pearce/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries to submissions@wcaltd.com with the agent's name in the subject line.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Science Fiction

Previous clients: Richard Wagamese, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Genevieve von Petzinger, Timothy Findley, and others.

💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: BIPOC, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Memoir, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Fantasy

Previous clients: Kathryn Caraway, Jody Graydon, Nicola Sammeroff

💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fiction, Graphic Novel

Previous clients: Howard Pearlstein, Eileen Manes, Katie Bono

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/michael-levine/

📣 Preferred contact method: Email submissions to submissions@wcaltd.com.

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

Previous clients: Silken Laumann, Mordecai Richler, Adrienne Clarkson, Wade Davis, Alan Doyle

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, Graphic Novel, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Children's Book, Diverse Fiction, #ownvoices, Memoir

Previous clients: Holly Bennett, Michelle Mulder, Kit Pearson, Kate Inglis

💼 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: Lucinda Literary

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Business Book, Nonfiction, Politics

Previous clients:

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/meg-wheeler/

📣 Preferred contact method: Send queries to submissions@wcaltd.com and specify the agent in the subject line.

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Mark Abley, Michael Adams, Caroline Adderson, Anar Ali, Kamal Al-Solaylee

Open to queries