The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions in Canada

💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Cookbook, Self-Help, Sports, Business Book, LGBTQ, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Feminism, History, Humor, Politics, Psychology

Previous clients: Lisa Brahin, Krista Towns, Laura Pratt, Michelle McIvor, Karen Pierce

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💼 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: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/bridgette-kam/

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

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Dennis Bock, Elaine Chen, Kate Jenks Landry, Anna Ling Kaye, Maggie Knaus, Judy Ann Sadler, Linda Trinh, Zenia Wadhwani

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, Business Book, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, History, Humor, LGBTQ, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Psychology, Thriller, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Zoey Leigh Peterson, Tima Kurdi, Michael Crummey, Robyn Doolittle, Cathal Kelly

💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Feminism, Graphic Novel, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult, Biography, History, Psychology, Self-Help

Previous clients: Patrick O'Brien, James Rallison, Joe Dator, Marilyn Daigle

💼 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: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: BIPOC, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Memoir, Nonfiction, Romance, Thriller, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Cookbook, Fiction, History, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, Spirituality, Travel, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Kathryn Caraway, Jody Graydon, Nicola Sammeroff

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/hilary-mcmahon/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult, Cookbook, Memoir, Picture Book, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Susan Juby, Susin Nielsen, Carrie Snyder