Toronto, March 18th, 2026: In keeping with IFPI’s World Music Report 2026 launched right now, Canada’s recorded music market grew by 5.6% in 2025 to achieve CAD$957.9 million, outpacing its 2024 progress price and reinforcing Canada’s place as one of many world’s main music markets. The annual report supplies probably the most complete overview of the worldwide music market and analyzes points and traits throughout the trade.
Canada’s recorded music revenues grew for the eleventh consecutive yr in 2025, as streaming remained the engine of progress for the worldwide market. Paid subscription streaming as soon as once more delivered the vast majority of international income good points, with ad-supported codecs including additional momentum.
In Canada, progress was once more pushed by streaming, which elevated 4.5% to CAD$747 million in 2025. Inside that, subscription streaming revenues grew 3.4% to CAD $598.5 million, whereas ad-supported streaming (audio and video mixed) rose by 9.4% to CAD$148.3 million. Streaming represented the clear majority of Canada’s complete bodily and digital revenues, confirming Canada’s standing as a extremely developed streaming market.
Bodily codecs additionally recorded sturdy efficiency. Led by vinyl and renewed energy in CD and different codecs, bodily income elevated 15.9% to CAD$122.2 million. Efficiency rights revenues elevated 4.8% to CAD$58.7 million, and synchronisation revenues rose 11.0% to CAD$13.8 million, reflecting broad demand for recorded music throughout movie, tv, promoting and gaming makes use of.
Patrick Rogers, CEO of Music Canada, stated:
“Canada’s sturdy efficiency displays the success of a licensed and progressive music ecosystem that connects followers with the music they love whereas enabling continued funding in artists, new releases and long-term profession improvement. Sustaining that momentum requires a coverage framework that protects rights, helps innovation and acknowledges the worth of recorded music within the digital financial system.”
Canada remained a prime ten international market in 2025, rating ninth worldwide and delivering a compound annual progress price of 6.9% between 2020 and 2025. This sustained progress highlights the resilience of Canadian recorded music funding and consumption.
About Music Canada:
Music Canada is the commerce affiliation representing Canada’s main report labels: Sony Music Leisure Canada, Common Music Canada and Warner Music Canada. Like its members, Music Canada is a companion to the trade, working with artists, unbiased labels, publishers, platforms, associations and others, in advancing forward-looking insurance policies to make sure a dynamic and profitable Canadian music ecosystem which returns worth to music creators.
For additional data, please contact:
Quentin Burgess
Senior Director of Trade and Member Relations
Music Canada
qburgess@musiccanada.com
(647)981-8410
About IFPI:
IFPI is the voice of the recording trade worldwide, representing greater than 8,000 report firm members throughout the globe. We work to advertise the worth of recorded music, marketing campaign for the rights of report producers and increase the industrial makes use of of recorded music world wide.
For additional data please contact:press@ifpi.org, +44 (0)20 7878 7979