The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions in Canada

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/sara-harowitz/

📣 Preferred contact method: Email submissions to submissions@wcaltd.com.

Genres: Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Jackie Kai Ellis, Katie Gies, Andrea Werhun

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/jackie-kaiser/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book

Previous clients: Kyo Maclear, David Chariandy, and Thomas King

💼 Agency: Helm Literary

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.psliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Horror, Romance, Feminism, Action & Adventure, LGBTQ, Narrative Nonfiction, Psychology, Self-Help

Previous clients: Building a client list

💼 Agency: P.S. Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.psliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Nonfiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Psychology, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Austin Gilkeson, Sam Maggs, Nina Nesseth, Megan Orsini, Drew Shannon, Ruthanne Snow, Whitney Taylor

Open to queries

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://cookemcdermid.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Politics, Business Book, Chick Lit, History, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Cherie Dimaline, John Irving, Marsha Skrypuch, Lilian Nattel

💼 Agency: 5 Otter Literary

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://fiveotterliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Politics, Sports, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Dayle Furlong, Gabriele Wills, James R. Wallen, Kath Jonathan

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/meg-wheeler/

📣 Preferred contact method: Send queries to submissions@wcaltd.com and specify the agent in the subject line.

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Thriller, Memoir, Politics, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Mark Abley, Michael Adams, Caroline Adderson, Anar Ali, Kamal Al-Solaylee

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.transatlanticagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Horror, Thriller, Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Karen Benning, Tariq Hussain, Cristina Quintero, Pauline Dakin