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. VibeBeats is direct-licensed background music for cafés, restaurants, bars, gyms, retail stores, salons, spas, clinics and hotels. One subscription covers commercial use of the VibeBeats catalogue, so there is no separate PRO invoice from OneMusic, APRA AMCOS, PPCA, ASCAP, BMI, PRS or SOCAN for the music we supply, and the AI DJ reshapes each playlist through the trading day.

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