Thomas Allen & Son is the oldest privately owned and operated trade book distributor in Canada and has served the Canadian book trade for over 100 years and 4 generations of the Allen family.
We are the exclusive Canadian distributors for over 25 US and British book publishers, and are positioned as one of the top 10 book distributors by volume in the Canadian marketplace (BookNet Canada 2020).
Our diverse product lines include everything from dictionaries to self-help books, award-winning fiction and non-fiction, calendars, gift products, journals and stationery, and a wide range of children's books. Our Bibliographic Data base features over 55,000 available titles and our warehouse facility stocks over 13,000 active titles at any one time. More information about our publishers and their books can be found here.
Thomas Allen has a customer base of more than 3500 active accounts that are as diverse as the products we sell. Bookstores, gift shops, public and regional library systems, office and school supply retailers and wholesalers, warehouse clubs, toy stores, hardware retailers, specialty retailers, and independent distributors/news dealers (CMMI and TNG) are all an important aspect of four business. Our sales representatives take a multi-functional approach to selling that includes the non-book segment of the market. This approach provides us with an edge over our competitors since our sales force is able to justify the expense of travel to smaller markets with the knowledge of business being written with a wide range of customers.
Thomas Allen has 6 sales representatives who work in the trade and specialty areas of the market. They are supported by a team of Customer Service representatives and our business-to-business website that allows for placing orders at our customers convenience 24/7. We participate in all of the regional trade book fairs, along with gift trade shows, library conventions and selected hardware industry shows.
Our offices and warehouse are located in a 75,000 square foot facility at 195 Allstate Parkway in Markham, Ontario. We share this facility with its owners Fitzhenry & Whiteside, another venerable Canadian family owned publisher/distributor.
Our business continues to thrive and we are continually interested in new distribution opportunities that align with our existing client publishers and with the market segments in Canada in which we have a strong and growing presence.
We would be pleased to discuss our company with you in further detail and what we can do for your business in the Canadian market.
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Seasonal Catalogs
- Algonquin & Algonquin Young Readers
- Amber Lotus
- Artisan
- Child's Play
- Cottage Door Press
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside
- Flowerpot Press
- Fox Chapel Publishing
- Interlink Publishing
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Llewellyn Publishing
- Merriam-Webster
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Ryland Peters & Small
- Schiffer Publishing
- Schiffer - Cornell Maritime Press (2020)
- Schiffer - Thomas Allen Catalogue - Front + Backlist (Fall 2021)
- Schiffer - Thomas Allen Catalogue - Frontlist (Fall 2021)
- Schiffer - Thomas Allen Catalogue - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Art & Design - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Better Day Books - Front + Backlist (Fall 2021)
- Schiffer Craft - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Kids - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Military - Front & Suggested Backlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Red Feather (Mind, Body Spirit) - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Schiffer Regional - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Storey Publishing
- Thomas Allen & Son
- Thomas Allen General Trade Catalogue - Adult + Juvenile - Frontlist (Fall 2021)
- Thomas Allen General Trade Catalogue - Adult + Juvenile - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Thomas Allen General Trade Catalogue - Adult + Juvenile (with coming soon titles) (Fall 2021)
- Thomas Allen General Trade Catalogue - Adult + Juvenile (with coming soon titles) (Spring 2022)
- Timber Press
- White Star
- Willow Creek Press
- Workman Publishing
- Yankee Publishing
Specialty Catalogs
- Back to School
- Backlist
- 1,000 Places Series (Backlist)
- Bestselling Colouring Books (Backlist)
- Big Fat Notebooks (Backlist)
- Brain Quest (Backlist)
- Dinosaurs (Backlist)
- Farm Titles (Backlist)
- Farm Titles - John Deere (Backlist)
- Indestructibles (Backlist)
- Photicular (Backlist)
- Puzzles (Backlist)
- Sandra Boynton (Backlist)
- What to Expect Series (Backlist)
- Calendars
- Darryl
- Fox Chapel Publishing
- Gift Lists
- Autumn (Fall 2021)
- Back to School (Fall 2021)
- Bees & Honey (Spring 2022)
- Birds (Spring 2022)
- Butterflies (Spring 2022)
- Canadiana (Spring 2022)
- Cats (Spring 2022)
- Challenge Your Brain (Fall 2021)
- Christmas Titles (Fall 2021)
- Coastal (Spring 2022)
- Cocktails (Fall 2021)
- Cooking Gift List (Fall 2021)
- Dinosaurs (Spring 2022)
- Dogs (Spring 2022)
- Easter (Spring 2022)
- Farm Titles (Spring 2022)
- Farm Titles - Farm Animals (Spring 2021)
- Farm Titles - Horses (Spring 2022)
- Farm Titles - John Deere (Spring 2021)
- Father's Day (Spring 2022)
- Finger Puppet Books (Spring 2022)
- Gifts for Men (Fall 2021)
- Halloween Titles (Fall 2021)
- High Contrast (Spring 2022)
- Hockey (Fall 2021)
- Indigenous-Related Titles (Spring 2022)
- Kids Activity Books (Spring 2022)
- Kindness, Gratitude, and Friendship (Spring 2022)
- Mermaids (Fall 2021)
- Mother's Day (Spring 2022)
- Nature (Spring 2022)
- New Baby (Fall 2021)
- Notebook Doodles (Fall 2021)
- Passover (Spring 2022)
- Princes, Princesses, and Dragons (Fall 2021)
- Religious Titles for Children (Spring 2021)
- Sound Books (Spring 2022)
- Space (Spring 2022)
- Unicorns (Spring 2022)
- Valentine's Day - Adult (Spring 2022)
- Valentine's Day - Kids (Spring 2022)
- Winter Titles (Fall 2021)
- Zoo (Spring 2022)
- Jewish Interest Titles
- Kathy's Hotlists
- Llewellyn Publishing
- Puzzles
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Red Wheel/Weiser Bestsellers (Fall 2020)
- Red Wheel/Weiser Bestselling Tarot + Oracles (Fall 2020)
- Red Wheel/Weiser Business Bestsellers (Fall 2020)
- Red Wheel/Weiser Gift - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Red Wheel/Weiser New Age - Frontlist (Spring 2022)
- Red Wheel/Weiser New Age - Full Catalogue (Spring 2022)
- Rockpool (2021)
- Schiffer Publishing
- Sell Sheets & Brochures
- Bees & Honey (Spring 2021)
- Bestselling Colouring Books (Spring 2021)
- Bird Lovers (2020)
- Butterflies (Spring 2021)
- Cannabis Titles (Spring 2021)
- Child's Play - Social Emotional Learning Brochure (Spring 2021)
- Christmas Titles (Fall 2021)
- Cottage Door Press - Gold Stars Workbooks (Spring 2021)
- Dinosaurs (Spring 2021)
- Easter (Spring 2022)
- Everyday Journals (Spring 2021)
- Farm Titles (Spring 2021)
- Father's Day (Spring 2021)
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside Christmas Titles (Fall 2021)
- French Language Titles (Fall 2021)
- Gardening (Spring 2021)
- General Jewish Titles (Fall 2021)
- Halloween Titles (Fall 2021)
- Hanukkah Titles (Fall 2021)
- Home Gardener's Specialist Guides (updated Spring 2020)
- Jewish Fall Holidays (Fall 2021)
- Jewish Spring Holidays - Purim + Passover (Spring 2021)
- LGBTQ+ Adult Titles (Spring 2021)
- LGBTQ+ Juvenile Titles (Spring 2021)
- Mind, Body, Spirit (Spring 2022)
- Mind, Body, Spirit Journals Update (Spring 2022)
- Nature - Adult (Spring 2021)
- Nature - Kids (Spring 2021)
- Outdoor Titles - Adult (Spring 2020)
- Outdoor Titles - Kids (Spring 2020)
- Valentine's Day Titles (Spring 2022)
- Willow Creek 1000-Piece Puzzles (Spring 2021)
- Willow Creek 500-Piece Puzzles (Spring 2021)
- Winter Titles (Fall 2021)
- Workman Family Puzzles Brochure (Spring 2021)
- Workman Brands
- Workman Publishing