Book publishers in Upper Canada
After the American Revolutionary War, U.S. printers were freed of British copyright restrictions and freely reprinted British works. Upper Canadian printers remained bound by British copyright. American presses quickly took the lead in producing cheap editions and eventually the printing of original work.
Publishing in Upper Canada was thus largely limited to local newspapers. The official Kings Printer published a large number of government documents, including the journal of the provincial Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. During the 1830s, a series of directories and gazetteers were independently published. The only substantial original works published were by David Willson, the religious leader of the Children of Peace, a utopian Quaker group who built the Sharon Temple.
The following list is partial, and omits government publications.
Dundas
George Heyworth Hackstaff
- Elam Stimson, , 48 pp.
- Dr Thomas Rolph, , iv, 272, plus supplement.
Kingston
James MacFarlane
- , 22 pp.
- , 36 pp.
- Rev. William P. Macdonald, , 72 pp.
Stephen Miles
- Jonathan Simpson , 18 pp.
Hugh Christopher Thomson (1791-1834)
| Newspaper | Dates | Political Orientation |
| Upper Canada Herald | 1819—1833+ | Independent |
+ The Herald continued to be published by Thomson's wife Elizabeth until 1838, making her the first female newspaper publisher in the province.
- Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart in 2 vols. 101 + 134 pp.
Edward John Barker
Sandwich (Windsor)
James Cowan
Henry C. Grant
Toronto
William Joseph Coates (1805–1879)
Coates was the first printer of the Methodist newspaper "The Christian Guardian" edited by Rev. Egerton Ryerson from 1829–33, after which he opened his own shop.- William Dunlop , 16 pp.
- David Willson "", 71 pp.
- Adam Hood Burwell , 124 pp.
- David Willson "", 16 pp.
- David Willson "The Sinner's Friend, or Guide to Life", 8 pp.
- Samuel Hughes ! 40 pp.
- John McIntosh , 149 pp.
- , 8 pp.
- James George , 27 pp.
- James George , 32 pp.
W.J. Coates & Thomas Dalton (1782-1840)
- George Walton "The City of Toronto and the home district commercial directory and register with almanack and calendar for 1837 : being first after leap-year, and the eighth year of the reign of his majesty King William the Fourth".
Thomas Dalton (1782-1840)
- George Walton "York commercial directory, street guide, and register, 1833-4 with almanack and calendar for 1834.".
- A Catholic Layman , 88 pp.
Charles Fothergill (1782–1840)
- Charles Fothergill , 194 pp.
- Charles Fothergill ", 2 pp.
- William Lyon Mackenzie , 23 pp.
- Charles Fothergill 224 + 77 pp.
Joseph H. Lawrence
- David Willson "" 358 pp. + index. The remarks on church and state discipline and "The acting principles of life" have separate title pages.
- P. Jones translator , 14 pp.
- Samuel Hughes A Vision Concerning the Desolation of Zion; or, The Fall of Religion Among the Quakers, set forth in a similitude or vision of the mind: particularly dedicated to the captives, or scattered tribes of that body, now commonly called Orthodox and Hicksites, 12 pp.
- Egerton Ryerson ", 20 pp.
- Egerton Ryerson , 156 pp.
William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861)
| Newspaper | Dates | Political Orientation |
| Colonial Advocate | May 18, 1824 – 1833 | Reform |
| Advocate | 1833-Oct. 30, 1834 | Radical Reform |
| Constitution | July 4, 1836-Dec. 6, 1837 | Radical Reform |
- William Lyon Mackenzie , 16 pp.
- William Lyon Mackenzie , 24 pp.
- William Custead , 18 pp.
- William Lyon Mackenzie , 36 pp.
- William Penn , 14 pp.
- William Lyon Mackenzie , 45 pp.
- , 134 pp.
Robert Stanton (1794-1866)
- Robert Stanton, , 21 pp.
- Joseph Hudson, , 14 pp.
- Earl Bathurst, , 50 pp.
- James G. Chewett, eorge the Fourth..."], 76, ii pp.
- James G. Chewett, , 76, ii pp.
- James G. Chewett, , 103, ii pp.
- , 8 pp.
- Hugh Richardson, , 16 pp.
- W. Warren, , 143, iv pp.
- John Strachan, ", 60 pp.
- John Beverley Robinson, , 21 pp.
- Lindley Murray , 250 pp.
- John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, ", 142, iv pp.
- J. Stinson, M. Ritchey, , 56 pp.
- , 32 pp.