About the Book Publishing in Ontario Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Book Publishing in Ontario Market Research Report
Definition of the Book Publishing in Ontario?
Operators in this industry edit and design books, engage in marketing activities and make distribution agreements with operators in the Book, Magazine and Newspaper Wholesaling industry (IBISWorld report 42492). The industry includes e-book publishing, but excludes authors who are part of the Performers and Creative Artists industry (71151) or the Printing industry in Canada (32311CA).
What’s included in the Book Publishing in Ontario?
The Book Publishing in Ontario includes discovering authors, stories or other content, editing books, designing book layout and covers, marketing authors and books, publishing educational books, publishing adult trade books, publishing children's and young adult books and publishing scholarly, professional and technical books. Related terms covered in the Book Publishing in Ontario industry report includes a fiction or nonfiction book printed for general distribution, a book in a digital format that can be read on a computer or on a variety of mobile devices, the process of printing a batch of books, typically a few hundred, using laser printer technology to save on production and inventory costs and a store that has a physical presence and location, as opposed to an online retailer.
Industry Performance of the Book Publishing industry in Ontario
Benchmark the Book Publishing in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Book Publishing in Ontario
#1 in Highest Revenue 39% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Book Publishing in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Book Publishing industry in Ontario
See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, private investment in non-residential construction, bachelorsed, number of fixed broadband connections, per capita disposable income and demand from educational services are impacting Book Publishing in Ontario
Ontario Economic Indicators
Gross Domestic Product
Private Investment in Non-Residential Construction
BachelorsEd
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Canada Key External Drivers
Number of fixed broadband connections
Per capita disposable income
Demand from educational services
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Book Publishing industry in Ontario
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Book Publishing in Ontario, such as Toronto, Ottawa - Gatineau and Hamilton. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Book Publishing industry in Ontario
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
