Canadian Publishing Industry News
8 November 2025,     OTTAWA
$12 million available for community publications: Deadline November 17
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
 Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, has announced a $12-million investment to extend the Canada Periodical Fund’s Special Measures for Journalism initiative for this fiscal year (2025–2026). The deadline to apply is Monday, November 17, 2025. The investment will help non-daily community newspapers and magazines continue to produce quality Canadian content. Since its launch in 2020, the program has invested more than $100 million in Canadian publishers with free distribution and smaller paid circulations.

 

This component of the Fund has supported more than 600 publications annually. “The investments will help small outlets across the country produce quality reporting and share our uniquely Canadian stories,” said Guilbeault. “Such investments are not only good for independent publications, but they’re essential to protecting our democracy and sovereignty.”

 

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