Tariffs

This licence covers the use of recorded music to accompany live entertainment in venues such as cabarets, cafés, clubs, restaurants, roadhouses, taverns, and similar establishments.

Licence Period

This is an annual licence covering the use of music for the previous year (Jan. to Dec.).

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

The annual fee payable for this licence is 0.9% of the compensation paid to the performers for entertainment using recorded music in the year, subject to a minimum annual fee of $37.64 plus tax.

Examples

• Calloway Cabaret pays $12,250.00 in a year to Cabaret performers that use recorded music in their performances: $12,250.00 x 0.9% = licence fee of $110.25 plus tax per year.
• Abbey Roadhouse compensates lip syncing performers in free food and beverages, worth $3,500.00 a year: $3,500.00 x 0.9% = $31.50 (minimum fee of $37.64 plus tax per year.)

When To Make Payment

Payment of licensing fees is due no later than January 31st of the year following the live events.

This licence covers the use of recorded music at live events including but not limited to receptions such as wedding receptions, conventions, assemblies, fashion shows, and other similar live events.

Licence Period

This is a quarterly licence that is based upon the number of events held during the previous quarter.

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

Licence fees are based upon the number of events, the capacity of the room, and whether or not dancing took place at the event. The rates are as follows:

Examples

• Between April 1st and June 30th, Daryl’s Hall holds 6 weddings with dancing and 2 without dancing in a room with a capacity of 250:
  $159.78 (6 events @ $26.63 each) + $26.60 (2 events @ $13.30) = licensing fee of $186.38 plus tax.
• Between January 1st and March 31st, Monty’s Hall holds 4 events in a room that holds 400 – 1 wedding with dancing and three conferences without dancing:
  $55.52 (1 event) + $83.28 (3 events @ $27.76) = licensing fee of$138.80 plus tax.

When To Make Payment

Both the payment and the reporting form are due within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter.

This licence covers the use of recorded music for the purposes of karaoke at karaoke bars and similar establishments.

Licence Period

This is an annual licence, covering the use of music for the present year (Jan. to Dec.).

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

Licence fees are based upon the number of days per week that karaoke occurs.
For venues that use karaoke 3 days or less per week, a flat fee of $86.06 plus tax applies.
For venues that use karaoke 4 or more days per week, a flat fee of $124.00 plus tax applies.

Examples

• Carrie’s Karaoke Bar is open for karaoke Wednesdays through Sundays: Five days of operation per week; licence fee is $124.00 plus tax per year.
• John’s Pub hosts a karaoke night once every other Thursday: Less than 3 days of operation per week; licence fee is $86.06 plus tax per year.

When To Make Payment

Payment is due no later than January 31st of the year in which karaoke has or will have taken place.

This licence covers the use of recorded music used at a festival, exhibition, or fair. Events where this licence applies do not require a licence for any other use during the event.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence.

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

The fees payable are calculated as follows, based on the average daily attendance (excluding exhibitors and staff and including attendance at any concerts or other separately ticketed events held as part of the festival, exhibition or fair):

Examples

• Scarborough Fair runs for three days in August, with an average daily attendance of 62,000 people: $150 x 3 (days of event) = licence fee of $450 plus tax.

When To Make Payment

When the event is scheduled annually, reporting and payment are due no later than January 31st of the following year. In all other cases, reporting and payment are due within 30 days of the event’s closing.

This licence covers the use of recorded music used as part of a circus, ice show, firework display, sound and light show, or any similar event. This covers all recorded music use before, during, and after the event.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence.

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

The licence fee is 0.8% of the gross receipts from tickets sales (exclusive of taxes), subject to a minimum fee of $61.85 per event.

Examples

• A municipal Victoria Day fireworks show uses recorded music as people are showing up and as they are leaving. They charge no admission: Minimum licensing fee of $61.85 plus tax applies.
• The Vanilla Ice Skating Club holds three shows over the course of a weekend. The Friday night show grosses $2,400.00 in ticket sales, the Saturday matinee grosses another $8,800.00, and by Saturday night the show achieves gross ticket sales of $11,256.00: $61.85 ($2,400.00 x 0.8%, less than minimum fee) + $70.40 ($8,800.00 x 0.8%) + $90.05($11,256.00 x 0.8%) = licence fee of $222.30 plus tax for all three shows.

When To Make Payment

When multiple events occur within a year, reporting and payment are due no later than January 31st of the following year. Where the event is a one-off and not held more than once per year, reporting and payment are due within 30 days of the event’s closing.

This licence covers the use of recorded music used by a float as part of a parade.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence.

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

The licence fee is $4.39 for each float using recorded music in the parade, subject to a minimum fee of $32.55 per day.

Example

• A parade has 9 floats that use recorded music: 9 floats x $4.39 = licence fee of $39.51 plus tax.

When To Make Payment

When multiple parades occur within a year, reporting and payment are due no later than January 31st of the following year. Where the parade is a one-off and not held more than once per year, reporting and payment are due within 30 days of the event’s closing.

This licence covers the use of recorded music used in parks, streets, or other public areas.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence.

How the Licence Fee is Calculated

The licence fee is $16.28 for each day on which recorded music is performed, to a maximum fee of $111.47 over any three-month period. Should a single event take place in multiple locations, the fee is $16.28 per location to the same three-month maximum.

Examples

• A city uses CDs for music played in a public park for 22 consecutive Saturday afternoons between May 1st and August 30th. 13 of these events fall between May 1st and July 31st, and 4 more fall between August 1st and 30th: 13 events x $16.28 = $211.64 (maximum of $111.47 plus tax applies); 4 events x $16.28 = $65.12 plus tax.
• A street performer using recorded music performs in three different locations on a Saturday and then another 2 locations on a Sunday: 4 events x $16.28 = $81.40 plus tax.

When To Make Payment

When multiple events occur within a year, reporting and payment are due no later than January 31st of the following year. Where the event is a one-off, reporting and payment are due within 30 days of the event’s closing.

This licence covers the use of recorded music at live sporting events such as basketball, baseball, football, hockey, skating competitions, races and track meets. This tariff applies to all use of sound recordings at the event, whether inside or outside of the stadium, arena or other venue and whether such sound recordings are played during the game itself or during the pre or post game periods (including the entrance and exit of the audience).

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence for single events. For multiple events within the year, an annual licence is required.

How the licence Fee is Calculated

The licence fee is a percentage of gross receipts from ticket sales, exclusive of taxes:

Where admission to a sporting event is free, a fee of $5 per event applies.

Examples

• Recorded music is used between periods at a hockey game held in 2015. The gross revenue from ticket sales is $50,000: $50,000 x 0.048% = $24 plus tax
• Recorded music is used during the 2014 baseball season. 100 games are played, and the gross revenue for all games is $200,000: $200,000 x 0.046% = $92 plus tax

When to Make Payment

When multiple events occur within a year, reporting and payment is due no later than January 31 of the following year. Where the event is held once, and no more than once annually, reporting and payment is due within 30 days of the event’s close.

This licence covers the use of recorded music at comedy and magic shows, where the primary focus is on comedians or magicians and the use of recorded music is incidental. This tariff applies to all incidental use of sound recordings at the event whether inside or outside of the venue, and whether such sound recordings are played during the event itself, during intermissions, or during the entrance and exit of the audience.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence when there is only one event per year. In the case of multiple events in a year, this is an annual licence.

How the Fee is Calculated

The fee payable per event is $14.64.

Example

• The Laugh Lounge uses music at comedy shows held once a month through the year: $14.64 x 12 (number of events) = $175.86 plus tax

When to Make Payment

If you have multiple events per year, reporting and payment are due no later than January 31 of the following year. In all other cases, it is due within 30 days of the event’s close.

Get a licence/Submit a reporting form

This licence covers the use of recorded music during the entrance and exit of audiences and during breaks in live performances at live music concerts. This tariff does not apply to the use of sound recordings as part of the live performance.

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence for single events. In the case of multiple events in a year, an annual licence is required.

How the Fee is Calculated

The fee payable per event is 0.1558¢ multiplied by the capacity, subject to a minimum fee of $15 per event.

Examples

• Recorded music is used at a concert series that happens once weekly in July and August, with a venue capacity of 2,500: 2,500 (capacity) x 8 (number of events) x $0.001558 = $31.46 plus tax
• A live music venue with a capacity of 20,000 uses recorded music before and after concerts that run on Fridays and Saturdays all year: 20,000 (capacity) x 104 (number of events) x $0.001558 = $3,240.64 plus tax

This licence covers the use of recorded music when used as a part of theatrical, dance, acrobatic arts, integrated arts, contemporary circus arts or other similar live performances. This tariff applies to all uses of sound recordings at the event, whether inside or outside the venue, including recorded music played during intermissions and during the entrance and exit of the audience, as well as the use of recorded music as a part of the live entertainment. When recorded music is used only during intermissions and the entrance and exit of the audience and is not subject to another Re:Sound Tariff such as 5.J, see Re:Sound Tariff 3.B (Background Music).

Licence Period

This is a per-event licence. For more than one event per year, a $50 annual minimum fee per venue will apply, instead of a per-event minimum fee.

How the Fee is Calculated

The fee payable per event is:

• 0.8¢ per admission, where the use of sound recordings is incidental, subject to a minimum fee of $15 per event; and
• 3.2¢ per admission, subject to a minimum fee of $30 per event, for all other events

Examples

• PW Playhouse staged 20 performances in 2016 with recorded music used before, during and after a live performance in front of an audience of 500, per show: 3.2¢ x 10,000 (total admission) = $320 plus tax
• Spotlight Theatre uses incidental music in a performance with 1,000 admissions: 0.8¢ x 1000 = $8 ($15 minimum license fee will apply)

Get a licence/Submit a reporting form

Certified on April 23, 2016, Tariff 1.A sets the royalties to be paid by commercial radio stations for the communication to the public by telecommunication of published sound recordings embodying musical works and artists’ performances of such works for the years 2012 to 2014.

Monthly Reporting Form

ArtistI Commercial Radio Reporting Form

Certified on November 14, 2020, Tariff 1.C sets the royalties to be paid by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), for the communication to the public by telecommunication of published sound recordings of musical works and artists’ performances of such works by over-the-air radio broadcasting and simulcasting for the years 2012 to 2019.