Timeframes to submit claims
The Copyright Board of Canada has published regulations setting the timeframe for the submission of claims by unrepresented music rights holders, i.e. those rights holders who are not represented by one of the CPCC member collectives.
Claims must be submitted before the claim submission deadline. The following charts set out the claim submission deadlines for author/publishers, record companies and recording artists/musicians.
| Authors and Publishers: |
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| Year | Claim Submission Deadline |
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| 2000 - 2004 | February 28, 2014 |
| 2005 - 2007 | December 31, 2014 |
| 2008 - 2009 | December 31, 2016 |
| 2010 | December 31, 2017 |
| 2011 | December 31, 2018 |
| 2012 | December 31, 2019 |
| 2013 | December 31, 2020 |
| 2014 | December 31, 2021 |
| 2015 | December 31, 2022 |
| 2016 | December 31, 2023 |
| 2017 | December 31, 2024 |
| Record Companies: |
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| Year | Claim Submission Deadline |
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| 2000 - 2007 | February 28, 2014 |
| 2008 - 2009 | December 31, 2014 |
| 2010 | December 31, 2015 |
| 2011 | December 31, 2016 |
| 2012 | December 31, 2017 |
| 2013 | December 31, 2018 |
| 2014 | December 31, 2019 |
| 2015 | December 31, 2020 |
| 2016 | December 31, 2021 |
| 2017 | December 31, 2022 |
| Recording Artists and Musicians: |
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| Year | Claim Submission Deadline |
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| 2000 - 2009 | December 31, 2016 |
| 2010 | December 31, 2017 |
| 2011 | December 31, 2018 |
| 2012 | December 31, 2019 |
| 2013 | December 31, 2020 |
| 2014 | December 31, 2021 |
| 2015 | December 31, 2022 |
| 2016 | December 31, 2023 |
| 2017 | December 31, 2024 |
For more information about the regulation, please visit the Copyright Board's website.