Canadian Editors’ Directory

Every media outlet has slightly different needs and publication criteria. We recommend that you visit the websites of the media in which you’re hoping to be published BEFORE you draft your commentary or pitch them, both to ensure you’re familiar with the kind of content they feature, and to review their submissions guidelines. 

Letters to the editor are much shorter than op eds and are expected to respond directly and immediately to something the news source published. Op eds must stand on their own, rather than explicitly respond to a previously published story or commentary. 

Contact Information for Canadian Publications

We endeavour to keep the following list of editors’ email addresses and their desired word counts current. Please let us know if you find any of them to be in need of updating.

Calgary Herald* (650 words)
oped.calgaryherald@postmedia.com, letters@calgaryherald.com

The Conversation (*To be published by The Conversation you must be currently employed as a researcher or academic with a university or university-affiliated research institution. PhD candidates under supervision by an academic can write for The Conversation, but they don’t currently publish articles from Masters students. Submit pitch first, not draft; 750-800 words)
The Conversation Pitches

Le Devoir (5000 caractères)
opinion@ledevoir.com

Le Droit
editorial@ledroit.com

The Edmonton Journal* (600-680 words)
Bill Mah, Opinion Editor, bmah@postmedia.com, letters@edmontonjournal.com

The Globe and Mail (700 words)
Natasha Hassan, Op ed Pages Editor, nhassan@globeandmail.com, comment@globeandmail.com
Letters to the Editor should be less than 150 words, letters@globeandmail.com

The Globe and Mail Report on Business (700 words)
Ethan Lou, Opinion Editor Report on Business, elou@globeandmail.com, robopinion@globeandmail.com

The Hamilton Spectator (650 words)
Roger Leblanc, roger.leblanc@thespec.com, Letters to the Editor, letters@thespec.com

The Hill Times (700 words)
Kate Malloy, Editor, kmalloy@hilltimes.com, news@hilltimes.com

iPolitics
editor@ipolitics.ca

The Montreal Gazette* (630-650 words)
Op ed submissions, opinion@montrealgazette.com

National Newswatch
opinion@nationalnewswatch.com

The National Post*
Carson Jerema, managing editor, comment, cjerema@postmedia.com

The Ottawa Citizen* (650 words)
Christina Spencer, Editorial Pages Editor, cspencer@postmedia.com, oped.ottawacitizen@postmedia.com

Ottawa Sun
Letter to the editor, ottsun.oped@sunmedia.ca

Policy Options (750-1200 words, English or French)
policyoptions@irpp.org

La Presse (600 mots)
Complete and submit online form

Regina Leader-Post* (650 words)
letters@leaderpost.com

Saltwire (5000 characters)
Complete and submit online – Letter to the Editor

The Toronto Star (500-650 words)
Jordan Himelfarb, Opinions Editor, jhimelfarb@thestar.ca or oped@thestar.ca

Toronto Sun
torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca

The Tyee
Editor, editor@thetyee.ca

Vancouver Sun* (600 words)
sunopinion@vancouversun.com, sunletters@vancouversun.com

Victoria Times Colonist (500-750 words)
letters@timescolonist.com

Waterloo Region Record
letters@therecord.com

Windsor Star*
letters@windsorstar.com

Winnipeg Free Press
opinion@winnipegfreepress.com, letters@winnipegfreepress.com

*indicates newspaper is part of the Postmedia chain

The Op Ed Project website has an excellent listing of the top 100 most influential print and online publications in the US, available at https://www.theopedproject.org/submission-information/

Letters to the Editor are a good alternative if you don’t have time to write a polished 700-word essay. The letters sections of most newspapers are extremely well-read. Check their submission and publication guidelines online or in the paper. Write to the length requested or expect to be edited or ignored altogether.

FOR EXAMPLE:

The Globe and Mail welcomes letters on any subject but reserves the right to condense and edit them. Brevity counts. All letters should be less than 150 words, and must include the name, mailing address and daytime phone number of the writer. The copyright becomes the property of The Globe and Mail if they are accepted for publication –  letters@globeandmail.ca