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Support for Publishers: Business Development – Canada Book Fund (CBF) │ Canadian Heritage

February 2, 2026

Value

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Description

The Support for Publishers component of the Canada Book Fund (CBF) helps to ensure the sustainable production and marketing of Canadian-authored books by offsetting the high costs of publishing in Canada and building the capacity and competitiveness of the sector. The Business Development sub-component provides assistance to publishers for internship projects and business planning projects:

  • Internships: Publishing and technology internships provide valuable training for new Canadian book industry professionals, who in turn accomplish useful work that the firm might not otherwise have had the resources to carry out
  • Business planning: Business planning projects help recipients develop strategic approaches to improving their business activities and competitiveness

Eligible Applicants

Publishing internships:

  • Individual publishing firms with total sales of own titles under $1 million that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF’s Support for Publishers component in 2025–2026
  • Individual publishing firms with total sales of own titles under $1 million that were recipients of support in the most recent funding cycle from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Supporting Artistic Practice — Literary Publishers program

Technology internships:

  • Individual publishing firms that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF‘s Support for Publishers component in 2025–2026

Business planning:

  • Individual publishing firms that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF‘s Support for Publishers component in 2025–2026
  • Individual publishing firms that were recipients of support in the most recent funding cycle from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Supporting Artistic Practice — Literary Publishers program

Eligible Expenses

Only project-related cash expenses are eligible; these may include:

Publishing and technology internships

  • the salary of an intern, including benefits, during the period covered by the project; and
  • professional development costs (excluding travel and accommodation) related to the training of interns who are:
    • Indigenous peoples;
    • from a racialized community;
    • from an official language minority community; or
    • living with a disability.

Business planning

  • fees to an independent third party for research and analysis of business strategies, and the preparation and presentation of a business plan, a strategic or succession plan;
  • executive training related to the development of a business plan (excluding salaries of owners, executives and employees, and travel and accommodation expenses); and
  • administration fees up to 15% of total eligible expenses.

We cannot fund expenses incurred before April 1, 2026. If you incur expenses for your project before receiving written confirmation of your funding approval, you will be doing so at your own risk.

Deadline Date

February 2, 2026. Your application must be submitted online by 4 pm (ET) for a project that starts between April 1, 2026, and March 31, 2027.

Contact

Contact Name: Department of Canadian Heritage

Phone Number: 819-997-0055 or 1-866-811-0055 (toll-free)

E-mail Address: flc-sae-cbf-sfp@pch.gc.ca

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/book-fund/business-development.html

Industry:

Arts and Culture

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Books, Business, Internship

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