Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 44: SUPPLEMENT 1

October 31, 2026

SUPPLEMENT 1 Vol. 160, No. 44

Canada Gazette

Part I

OTTAWA, Saturday, October 31, 2026

COPYRIGHT BOARD

Re:Sound Tariff 1.B – Non-Commercial Radio, Simulcasting, Non-Interactive and Semi-Interactive Streaming (2020-2029)

• Citation: Re:Sound Tariff 1.B – Non-Commercial Radio, Simulcasting, Non-Interactive and Semi-Interactive Streaming (2020-2029), 2026 CB 10-T
• See also: Re:Sound Tariff 1.B – Non-Commercial Radio, Simulcasting, Non-Interactive and Semi-Interactive Streaming (2020-2029), 2026 CB 10

Published pursuant to section 70.1 of the Copyright Act

Lara Taylor
Secretary General
1‑833‑860‑7131 (toll-free number)
1‑833‑369‑0396 (TTY)
registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)

Re:Sound Tariff 1.B – Non-Commercial Radio, Simulcasting, Non-Interactive and Semi-Interactive Streaming (2020-2029)

Definitions

1. In this tariff,

“Act”

means the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, as modified; (« Loi »)

“device”

means any device capable of receiving and playing a file, including a computer, digital media player, cellular phone, smartphone, or tablet; (« appareil »)

“file”

means a digital file of a sound recording of a musical work or a part thereof; (« fichier »)

“month”

means a calendar month; (« mois »)

“non-commercial radio station”

means any radio station that transmits in analog or digital mode, whether in the A.M. or F.M. frequency band or in any other assigned range, other than a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio station, that is owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization, including any campus station, community station, native station, or ethnic station owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization, whether or not any part of the station’s gross operating costs is funded by advertising revenues, and whether or not the station is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (« station de radio non commerciale »)

“non-commercial streaming service”

means any streaming service other than the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or other national public broadcaster, that is owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization including any campus or community radio station, whether or not any part of the streaming service’s operating costs is funded by advertising revenues; (« service de diffusion en continu non commercial »)

“non-interactive stream”

refers to a stream other than a simulcast, over which the recipient is unable to exercise any control over the content or the timing of the stream. For example, the recipient cannot skip or pause the communication of a file or influence the content by indicating a preference for a musical genre, artist or sound recording other than by selecting the channel; (« transmission non interactive »)

“on-demand stream”

refers to any stream through which a specific file can be communicated to a member of the public at a place and at a time individually chosen by that member of the public; (« transmission sur demande »)

“semi-interactive stream”

refers to a stream over which the recipient has the ability to exercise some level of control over the content or the timing of the stream, such as by skipping, pausing, rewinding or fast-forwarding the communication of a file or by indicating a preference for a musical genre, artist or sound recording; (« transmission semi-interactive »)

“simulcast”

means the simultaneous communication of an over-the-air radio broadcast via the Internet or another digital network, to a device, which is identical to the original signal and over which the recipient is unable to exercise any control over the content or the timing of the communication. For example, the recipient cannot skip, pause, rewind or fast-forward the communication of a file or influence the content of the communication by indicating a preference for a musical genre, artist or sound recording. If the possibility of such interaction exists, a communication is not a simulcast, regardless of whether the end user interacts with the communication or not; (« diffusion simultanée »)

“stream”

means the communication in Canada, via the Internet or another digital network, to a device, of one or more files; (« transmission »)

“streaming service”

means a person or organization who carries out a stream, including a simulcast; (« service de diffusion en continu »)

“year”

means a calendar year. (« année »)

Application

2. (1) This tariff sets the royalties to be paid to Re:Sound by

• (a) non-commercial radio stations for the communication to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, of published sound recordings embodying musical works and performers’ performances of such works, by over-the-air radio broadcasting, for the years 2022 to 2029; and
• (b) non-commercial streaming services for the communication to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, of published sound recordings embodying musical works and performers’ performances of such works by simulcast, non-interactive stream and semi-interactive stream, for the years 2020 to 2029.

(2) For greater certainty, this tariff does not apply to

• (a) a communication to the public by telecommunication by commercial radio stations, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or any other national public broadcaster, a satellite radio service, or in connection with the transmission of a pay audio signal;
• (b) an on-demand stream or download;
• (c) the act of making a sound recording available to the public by telecommunication in a way that allows a member of the public to have access to the sound recording from a place and at a time individually chosen by that member of the public and the communication of the sound recording to the public by telecommunication in that way; or
• (d) a podcast or transmission of a programme previously transmitted (whether or not it has been converted to another audio file format) for playback on a device.

Royalties

3. (1) The royalties payable to Re:Sound by a non-commercial radio station in respect of each year for its over-the-air broadcasts shall be $100, for each of the years 2022 to 2029.

(2) The royalties payable to Re:Sound by a non-commercial streaming service in respect of each year for its non-interactive streams and semi-interactive streams (other than simulcasts) shall be

• (a) $25.00 per year, for each of the years 2020 to 2025; and
• (b) $36.50 per year, for each of the years 2026 to 2029.

(3) The royalties payable to Re:Sound by a non-commercial streaming service in respect of each year for its simulcasts shall be

• (a) $25.00 per year, for each of the years 2020 to 2025; and
• (b) $36.50 per year, for each of the years 2026 to 2029.

(4) The payment made pursuant to subsection (2) and/or (3) shall be accompanied by a description of the streaming and/or simulcast service the non-commercial streaming service offers or intends to offer.

(5) Non-commercial streaming services are not subject to the special royalty rates set out in subsection 72(3) of the Act.

(6) All royalties payable under this tariff are exclusive of any applicable federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.

Payments and Reporting

4. (1) No later than January 1 of each year, a non-commercial radio station shall pay the fee owing for that year pursuant to subsection 3(1).

(2) No later than January 1 of each year, a non-commercial streaming service shall pay the fee owing for that year pursuant to subsection 3(2) and/or 3(3) and provide the report required under subsection 3(4).

Streaming Service Identification

5. No later than 45 days after the end of the first month during which a non-commercial streaming service carries out a stream pursuant to paragraph 2(1)(b), the streaming service shall provide to Re:Sound the following information:

• (a) the name of the streaming service, including
  • (i) the name of the corporation or other entity, its jurisdiction, the names of its principal officers and any other trade name under which it carries on business, or
  • (ii) the name of the proprietor of an individual proprietorship;
• (b) the address of its principal place of business and, if applicable, the address of an office in Canada if the principal place of business is located outside Canada;
• (c) the name, address and email of the persons to be contacted for the purposes of notice, for the exchange of data and for the purposes of invoicing and payment;
• (d) the name and address of any authorized distributor;
• (e) the name and Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from which the streaming service is or will be offered;
• (f) the date(s) of its first non-interactive stream, semi-interactive stream and/or simulcast in Canada; and
• (g) documentation to substantiate that the streaming service is a non-commercial streaming service.

Interest on Late Payments

6. Any amount not received by the due date shall bear interest from that date until the date the amount is received. Interest shall be calculated daily, at a rate equal to 1% above the Bank Rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

7. (1) Anything addressed to Re:Sound shall be sent to 175 Bloor Street E, Suite 703, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3R8, email: radio@resound.ca, or to any other address or email address of which the non-commercial radio station or streaming service has been notified in writing.

(2) Anything addressed to a non-commercial radio station or streaming service shall be sent to the last address or email address of which Re:Sound has been notified in writing.

(3) A notice may be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail, by email, or by file transfer protocol (FTP). A payment may be made by credit card or delivered by hand, by postage paid mail or by electronic bank transfer (EBT). Where a payment is delivered by EBT, the associated reporting shall be provided concurrently to Re:Sound by email.

(4) Anything mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received four business days after the day it was mailed. Anything sent by email, by FTP or by EBT shall be presumed to have been received the day it was transmitted.