Copyright policy publications

The Government of Canada commissions studies to deepen understanding of copyright and the issues emerging in the evolving digital world. Note that these studies do not necessarily reflect the Government of Canada's position on the subjects addressed, but represent the views of their authors.

2023

• French-Language Publishing in Canada: Main economic impact factors since 2005

  Report prepared by Stéphane Labbé, PhD

2022

• Results from the 2021 Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey

2021

• 2021 Study of the economic impacts of music streaming on the Canadian music industry

  Report prepared by Wall Communications Inc.

• Independent podcasters and owners/co-owners of small to mid-level podcast networks in Canada

  Report prepared by The Canadian Podcast Listener partnership

• The Economic Impact of Canada’s Copyright-Based Industries

  Report prepared by the Creative Marketplace Lab for Data, Skills and Technology, Canadian Heritage

• Economic profile of the Canadian book publishing industry: Technological, legislative and market changes in Canada’s English-language book industry, 2008–2020

  Report prepared by Turner-Riggs

2019

• Study on the economic impacts of music streaming platforms on Canadian creators

  Report prepared by Wall Communications Inc.

2018

• Copyright Literacy Experiment

  Report prepared by Mary Parker Follett

• Literature review on the Canadian art market and the socio-economic conditions of the visual arts market

  Report prepared by Christine Blais, Doctoral Candidate in Art History and Market Studies

2017

• Creators’ remuneration, livelihood strategies, and use of copyright 

  Report prepared by Cameron D. Norman PhD, MDes CE, Principal CENSE Research + Design

• Digital licensing design camp

  Report prepared by MaRS Solutions Lab and Agence Projektae

2016

• Examination of the "follow-the-money" approach to copyright piracy reduction

  Report prepared by Circum Network Inc.

• Best Practices in administrative decision-making: Viewing the Copyright Board of Canada in a comparative light

  Report prepared by Paul Daly

• IP Osgoode orphan works hackathon: Final report (abridged version)

  Report prepared by Giuseppina D'Agostino and Margaret Hagan

2015

• Canada's Copyright Tariff Setting Process: An Empirical Review (PDF version)

  Report prepared by Jeremy de Beer