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Best Book Publishing Companies in Canada

A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 23 publishers.

HQN

Romance, Fiction

Part of - HarperCollins > Harlequin > HQN

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Mid size

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks

Website - https://www.harlequin.com/shop/brand/hqn.html

💥 Hit titles

Careless Whispers

Synithia Williams

Family for Beginners

Sarah Morgan

How to Keep a Secret

Sarah Morgan

Heritage House

Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Math & Science, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Humor, Nonfiction, Children's

Part of - Heritage Group > Heritage House

Location - Vancouver, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here

Website - https://www.heritagehouse.ca/

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

Railways Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific

David Laurence Jones

Scallywag on the Salish Sea

Sara Cassidy

Wagon Road North

Art Downs

Pacific Educational Press

Education & Reference, Academic, Nonfiction

Part of - University of British Columbia Press > Pacific Educational Press

Location - Vancouver, CA

Size - University press

Formats - Physical Books

Website - http://pacificedpress.ca/

☑️ Indie publisher

💥 Hit titles

The World of Fashion

Jay Diamond & Ellen Diamond

Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education

Gillian Judson

Understanding Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities

Linda Siegel

Quattro Books

Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Art, Photography, Fiction, Nonfiction, Novella

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here

Website - http://quattrobooks.ca/

☑️ Indie publisher

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

Homeless

Jane Bow

Between Rothko and 3 Windows

Corrado Paina

The Escape Artist

Anita Kushwaha

Whitecap Publishing

Cookbook, Travel, Health & Wellbeing, Nonfiction

Part of - Fitzhenry & Whiteside > Whitecap Publishing

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Website - https://www.whitecap.ca/

☑️ Indie publisher

💥 Hit titles

The All New Purity Cook Book: A Complete Guide of Canadian Cooking

Elizabeth Driver

Back to Baking

Anna Olson

Smoking Meat

Jeff Phillips

Second Story Press

Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Feminism, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Jewish Literature, Health & Wellbeing, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here

Website - https://secondstorypress.ca/

☑️ Indie publisher

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

The Birds That Stay

Ann Lambert

The Butterfly Effect

Eve Zaremba

The Abortion Caravan

Karin Wells

Annick Press

Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Education & Reference, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here

Website - https://www.annickpress.com/

☑️ Indie publisher

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

Yara's Spring

Jamal Saeed & Sharon E. McKay

Salma the Syrian Chef

Danny Ramadan

The Ghost Collector

Allison Mills

Elsevier Canada

Medical, Nonfiction

Part of - RELX > Elsevier

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Largest

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here

Website - https://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

Hypertension Secrets

Edgar Lerma et al

The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

Catherine Otto

Chronic Total Occlusion

Marvin H. Eng

MIRA

Romance, Fiction

Part of - HarperCollins > Harlequin > MIRA

Location - Toronto, CA

Size - Mid size

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks

Website - https://www.harlequin.com/shop/brand/mira.html

💥 Hit titles

The Flight Girls

Noelle Salazar

The Woman Before Wallis

Bryn Turnbull

The Henna Artist

Alka Joshi

Arsenal Pulp Press

Cookbook, LGBTQ+, Young Adult, Cookbook, African-American, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Humor, Politics, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Children's, Poetry, Nonfiction

Location - Vancouver, CA

Size - Small press

Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks

Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here

Website - https://arsenalpulp.com/

☑️ Indie publisher

☑️ Accepts submissions

💥 Hit titles

Butter Honey Pig Bread

Francesca Ekwuyasi

The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly

Sybil Lamb

Iron Goddess of Mercy

Larissa Lai

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