Public Lending Right (PLR) Program
Canada Council for the Arts — Public Lending Right Commission Canada
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.
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