Canada Day is here and so are barbecues, beaver tails, and BookNet Canada’s favourite — bestseller lists!
Five years ago we shared the top 15 bestselling books in each of Canada’s provinces and territories.
Today we’re bringing you an update, with the help of our SalesData service.
This time around we’ll be presenting the top 15 bestselling books in each Canadian region from the last five years — from 2017 to 2021.
Just like last time, each province and territory has its own bestseller list below, with the exception of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut which are grouped together in one list.
Drumroll, please!
Bestsellers across Canada
Before we break down the bestseller lists region by region, no Canada Day celebration would be complete without a national bestseller list.
According to the number of units sold, these are the top 15 bestselling titles across Canada from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Educated by Tara Westover
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 🍁
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Sheila McGraw
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
Bestsellers by region
Every single one of the bestsellers above appears at least once on the individual bestseller lists for each province and territory:
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets is a regional bestseller on all 12 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NT & NU, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson is a regional bestseller on 11 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT
Becoming by Michelle Obama is a regional bestseller on 11 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT
Educated by Tara Westover is a regional bestseller on 10 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, SK, and YT
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a regional bestseller on 10 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, SK, and YT
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁 is a regional bestseller on 10 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, QC, SK, and YT
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley is a regional bestseller on 9 lists — AB, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, SK, and YT
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a regional bestseller on 7 lists — AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, QC, and YT
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁 is a regional bestseller on 7 lists — AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, and YT
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero is a regional bestseller on 7 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, SK, and YT
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey is a regional bestseller on 6 lists — AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, and SK
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁 is a regional bestseller on 6 lists — MB, NB, NL, QC, SK, and YT
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is a regional bestseller on 5 lists — BC, NB, NS, ON, and PE
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 🍁 is a regional bestseller on 3 lists — AB, BC, and SK
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Sheila McGraw is a regional bestseller on 3 lists — MB, SK, and YT
And these aren’t the only titles in common among Canada’s 13 provinces and territories:
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn is a regional bestseller on 7 lists — AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, and YT
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey is a regional bestseller on 5 lists — AB, BC, MB, ON, and SK
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is a regional bestseller on 4 lists — NS, ON, PE, and YT
Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey is a regional bestseller on 2 lists — AB and MB
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🍁 is a regional bestseller on 2 lists — NS and PE
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis is a regional bestseller on 2 lists — PE and SK
What do the bestseller lists look like for each province and territory?
Check out the full bestseller lists for each region below. Titles that are exclusive to each province and territory’s list are bolded.
Alberta
These are the top 15 bestselling books in Alberta from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Educated by Tara Westover
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 🍁
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
British Columbia
These are the top 15 bestselling books in British Columbia from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Educated by Tara Westover
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 🍁
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
Manitoba
Below are the top 15 bestselling books in Manitoba from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Educated by Tara Westover
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Sheila McGraw
Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
New Brunswick
These are the top 15 bestselling books in New Brunswick from 2017 to 2021:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Educated by Tara Westover
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Hiking Trails of New Brunswick, 4th edition by Marianne Eiselt 🍁 and H.A. Eiselt 🍁
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Newfoundland and Labrador
Here are the top 15 bestselling books in Newfoundland and Labrador from 2017 to 2021:
Chasing a Dream by Carl English 🍁 and Blake Murphy 🍁
The Woman in the Attic by Emily Hepditch 🍁
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Son of a Critch by Mark Critch 🍁
Educated by Tara Westover
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Rock Recipes Cookies by Barry Parsons 🍁
As the Old Folks Would Say by Hubert Furey 🍁
Death at the Harbourview Cafe by Fred Humber 🍁
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
Operation Wormwood by Helen C. Escott 🍁
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
These are the top 15 bestselling books in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut from 2017 to 2021:
Yellowknife by Donna Huffam and Peter Huffam
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Little You by Richard Van Camp 🍁 , illus. by Julie Flett 🍁
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline 🍁
Journal of a Travelling Girl by Nadine Neema 🍁 , illus. by Archie Beaverho 🍁
Northern Wildflower by Catherine Lafferty 🍁
Take the Time by Maud Roegiers
Welcome Song for Baby by Richard Van Camp 🍁
May We Have Enough to Share by Richard Van Camp 🍁
Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk 🍁 , illus. by Alexandria Neonakis 🍁
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice 🍁
Sharing Our Truths / Tapwe by Henry Beaver 🍁, Eileen Beaver 🍁, and Mindy Willett 🍁, photographs by Tessa MacIntosh 🍁
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Living Stories / Godi Weghàà Ets' eèda by Therese Zoe 🍁, Philip Zoe 🍁, and Mindy Willett 🍁, photographs by Tessa Macintosh 🍁
Nova Scotia
Below are the top 15 bestselling books in Nova Scotia from 2017 to 2021:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Educated by Tara Westover
Stay the Blazes Home by Len Wagg 🍁
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe 🍁
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🍁
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Ontario
These are the top 15 bestselling books in Ontario from 2017 to 2021:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Educated by Tara Westover
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Prince Edward Island
Here are the top 15 bestselling books in Prince Edward Island from 2017 to 2021:
The Golden Boy by Grant Matheson 🍁
Educated by Tara Westover
The Bygone Days by Reginald Thompson 🍁
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 🍁
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Québec
These are the top 15 bestselling books in Québec from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Liberté 45 by Pierre-Yves McSween 🍁
Becoming by Michelle Obama
À la plaque by Ricardo 🍁
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Guinness World Records 2021, French edition edited by Craig Glenday
Toute ma 1re année by Colette Laberge
À la soupe by Josée Di Stasio 🍁
Toute ma maternelle by Colette Laberge
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Le crépuscule et l'aube by Ken Follett
Toute ma 2e année by Colette Laberge
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
Plus de légumes by Ricardo 🍁
Saskatchewan
Below are the top 15 bestselling books in Saskatchewan from 2017 to 2021:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
Educated by Tara Westover
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Crossroads by Kaleb Dahlgren 🍁
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Sheila McGraw
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 🍁
Yukon
Here are the top 15 bestselling books in the Yukon from 2017 to 2021:
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Educated by Tara Westover
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Sheila McGraw
Moose! by Robert Munsch 🍁 , illus. by Michael Martchenko 🍁
Yum & Yummer by Greta Podleski 🍁
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Sun and Her Flowers by rupi kaur 🍁
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, illus. by Katz Cowley
Milk and Honey by rupi kaur 🍁
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