Public Lending Right (PLR) Program

Canada Council for the Arts — Public Lending Right Commission Canada

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Next cycle

annually

Region

Canada

Funder type

Federal Government

For

Nonprofits & businesses

Eligible organizations

individual authors, creators

Sectors

arts and culture, publishing, literature

About this program

The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program sends yearly payments to creators whose works are held in Canada's public libraries. In 2024–25, $14.9M was distributed to 18,465 authors across 85,875 registered titles.

What this program funds

The Public Lending Right Program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts through its Public Lending Right Commission. The program provides yearly payments to individual authors and creators whose works are held in Canada's public libraries.

Eligible applicants are creators whose published works are registered in the program and held by Canadian public libraries. The program covers literature and publishing across arts and culture.

In 2024–25, the program distributed $14.9 million in total payments to 18,465 authors across 85,875 registered titles. Payments are distributed on an annual basis. No application deadline is listed in the program information.

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