Penguin Random House Canada: version 1

Saved 2026-09-23 11:20 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled both cleanup flags. absence_prose: removed the sentence saying nothing tied the legal entity to the trading name, and rewrote About from sources. owner_unknown: Penguin Group (Canada) was a di. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Penguin Random House Canada <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Penguin Random House Canada
summary: Toronto book publisher formed in 2013 from Penguin Canada and Random House of Canada, owned by the German media group Bertelsmann.
legal_name: Penguin Random House Canada Limited
registered_address: 320 Front Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto, ON M5V 3B6
country: CA
register_ids: LEI:529900DU1PGB4QQ4D175
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target              | market | from | until | ended | status  | source             | note                                                                                                        |
| -------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/bertelsmann |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^gleif-prhc-parent | GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533) as both the direct and the ultimate parent |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                | type  | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Penguin Random House Canada Limited | legal | en     |      |       |
| Penguin Random House Canada Limitée | legal | fr     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref               | url                                                                         | title                                                                           | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id            | locator                    | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| gleif-prhc        | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900DU1PGB4QQ4D175               | GLEIF LEI record: Penguin Random House Canada Limited, LEI 529900DU1PGB4QQ4D175 | 2026-09-23 | GLEIF     | registry    |           | 529900DU1PGB4QQ4D175 |                            | CC0          | GLEIF                  |          |
| gleif-prhc-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900DU1PGB4QQ4D175/direct-parent | GLEIF: direct parent of Penguin Random House Canada Limited                     | 2026-09-23 | GLEIF     | registry    |           | 5299001BUUGXAREGE533 | Direct parent relationship | CC0          | GLEIF                  |          |
| wiki-rhc          | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House_of_Canada                        | Wikipedia: Random House of Canada                                               | 2026-09-23 | Wikipedia | publication |           |                      |                            | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Penguin Random House Canada is the Canadian publishing company of the Penguin Random House group. It was formed on 1 July 2013, when Bertelsmann and Pearson combined their trade publishing in the Penguin Random House joint venture and Random House of Canada was amalgamated with Penguin Canada.[^wiki-rhc] The legal entity, Penguin Random House Canada Limited, is registered in Ontario as 1928899 with its registered and head office at 320 Front Street West in Toronto, and GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA as its direct and ultimate parent.[^gleif-prhc][^gleif-prhc-parent]
<!--/about-->