INDUSTRY
The systems behind Canadian music.
Music is both a creative practice and a complex industry built across rights, recordings, live performance, services, technology, capital and audience relationships.
Ecosystem
Six connected layers of the music economy.
Creation
Artists, songwriters, composers, producers, studios and the creative teams behind recorded and live work.
Rights
Copyright, publishing, licensing, royalty administration, neighbouring rights and ownership data.
Recorded Music
Labels, independent releases, distribution, catalog strategy, marketing and platform operations.
Live Music
Venues, festivals, promoters, touring, production, ticketing and the fan experience.
Technology & Data
Production software, streaming, discovery, analytics, AI, rights infrastructure and new music products.
Markets & Growth
Audience development, management, export, partnerships, capital and business expansion.
Industry agenda
Build capacity. Improve information. Expand opportunity.
Canada’s music sector competes inside a global digital market while remaining deeply local in how talent develops, venues operate and communities form. Stronger infrastructure has to work at both levels.
The Council focuses on cross-cutting issues where shared knowledge and collaboration can improve outcomes: professional capability, rights literacy, market intelligence, technology adoption, export readiness and sector connection.
Questions we track
Where value is created—and where friction remains.
- How creators build sustainable revenue across multiple channels.
- How rights data and licensing systems keep pace with new technology.
- How live infrastructure supports talent development and local economies.
- How Canadian music businesses reach international audiences and partners.
- How AI changes production, discovery, attribution and rights administration.
- How capital can support Canadian-owned music businesses and intellectual property.