Board Information

The Board is an independent administrative agency that has been conferred department status for purposes of the Financial Administration Act. The mandate of the Board is set out in the Copyright Act (the "Act"). The Board is empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works when the administration of such works is entrusted to a collective administrative society. The Copyright Board of Canada?s (the "Board") program objective is to set royalties which are fair and equitable to both copyright owners and users of copyright-protected works. This includes setting fair and equitable terms and conditions so as to permit the use of works when the owner of the copyright cannot be located.