Music Licensing in Canada: SOCAN, Re:Sound and the Two-Licence Trap (2026 Guide)

Canadian businesses face TWO mandatory music payments — SOCAN for compositions and Re:Sound for recordings — now bundled through Entandem. Background music starts around $1.23 per square metre per year, but Canada has a unique wrinkle every "royalty-free" claim needs to survive.

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