NuMuBu -The music network centered around music creators and includes all categories of music ind. professionals, suppliers & talent buyers.

Canadian Independent Record Producers’ Association - The Canadian Independent Record Production Association is the trade organization representing the independent sector of the Canadian music and sound recording industry. For over 25 years CIRPA has been the collective voice of independent music in English-speaking Canada.

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency - The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) is a Canadian centralized licensing and collecting agency for the reproduction rights of musical works in Canada. It represents over 6,000 Canadian and U.S. publishers who own and administer approximately 75 per cent of the music recorded and performed in Canada. Licensing is done on a per use basis.

Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada - The Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada (NRCC) is a non-profit umbrella collective, created in 1997, to administer the rights of performers and makers of sound recordings. This is done through five member collectives: the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), ArtistI, the Audio-Video Licensing Agency (AVLA), the Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et vidéogrammes du Québec (SOPROQ) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists Performers Rights Society (ACTRA PRS)

Music BC - A non-profit society that supports and promotes the spirit, development, and growth of the BC music community provincially, nationally, and internationally. Music BC provides education, resources, advocacy, opportunities for funding, networking and a forum for communication.

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada(AFM) - advocates the rights of musicians in their live and recorded performances in the US and Canada and other countries, and where it deems appropriate, collects and distributes government mandated or other compulsory royalties of remuneration that are subject to collective administration. View or download the Why Join the AFM? Good Questions, Great Answers brochure. View or download the Music is our Business...and Yours brochure.

Manitoba Music - Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association (MARIA) has promoted the work of Manitoba artists and has provided professional development services to help music industry workers succeed as cultural entrepreneurs.

SOCAN - Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publisher. The Canadian
copyright collective.

Canadian Association of Recording Arts and Sciences

Society of Professional Audio Recording Services

Audio Engineering Society - Professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology.

National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences

Association of Professional Recording Services

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

The Music Industries Association of Canada - A national, non-profit, trade
association representing Canadian manufacturers, distributors and retailers of
musical instruments and accessories, keyboards, sound reinforcement
products & published music.

National Association of Music Manufacturers

National Association of Broadcasters

Canadian Electroacoustic Community

International Computer Music Association

CleverJoe's guide to the music industry in Canada - CleverJoe.com is a musician's resource centre, providing information related to musical instruments, music equipment and the music industry. The web site also serves as a guide to the music industry in Canada, with Canadian retail store listings, music association and community links, and much more.