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

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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