Editing Canadian content (section)

====Criteria====
To qualify as Canadian content a musical selection must generally fulfil at least two of the following conditions (one if recorded prior to January 1972):

*M (music) — the music is composed entirely by a Canadian
*A (artist) — the music is, or the lyrics are, performed principally by a Canadian
*P (performance) — the musical selection consists of a performance that is:
**Recorded wholly in Canada, or
**Performed wholly in Canada and broadcast live in Canada.
*L (lyrics) — the lyrics are written entirely by a Canadian<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2009 |title=The MAPL system – defining a Canadian song |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/R1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220214343/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/r1.htm |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=September 30, 2011 |publisher=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission}}</ref>
For the purposes of MAPL, a "Canadian" refers to a citizen, permanent resident, someone whose "ordinary place of residence" has been in Canada prior to their contribution to the musical selection, or someone who is a CRTC licensee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2009 |title=The MAPL system uses music, artist, lyrics and performance to define Canadian songs |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/r1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220214343/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/r1.htm |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=2015-10-30 |publisher=CRTC}}</ref>

A musical selection may also qualify as Canadian content if it:

* Is an instrumental performance of a composition by a Canadian.
* Is a "performance of a musical composition that a Canadian has composed for instruments only."
* Was performed live or recorded after September 1, 1991, meets the criteria for either artist or performance, and a Canadian receives at least half of the credit for music and lyrics.
Some stations – especially those playing formats where there may be a limited number of Canadian recordings suitable for airplay, such as [[European classical music|classical]], [[jazz]] or [[oldies]], may be allowed by the CRTC to meet Canadian content targets as low as 20 per cent. Stations in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]], are also permitted to meet lower Canadian content targets, due to Windsor's proximity to the [[Metro Detroit]] media market in the United States. [[Community radio#Canada|Community radio]] and [[Campus radio#Canada|campus-based community radio stations]] often choose to meet higher Canadian content levels than commercial broadcasters, because of their mandate to support independent and underground and provide content not readily available on commercial radio or the CBC; however, this is a voluntary commitment made by these stations rather than a core CRTC requirement, and CanCon requirements may be lower for campus and community stations as they often air large quantities of category 3 music.

On [[satellite radio]] services, Canadian content regulation is applied in aggregate over the whole subscription package. [[Sirius XM Canada]] produces channels focused on Canadian music, talk, and spoken word programming (such as [[Canada Talks]], [[The Verge (XM)|The Verge]], and [[Just for Laughs Radio]]), and carries the CBC's main national networks ([[CBC Radio One]] and [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]). All of these channels are incorporated into the overall lineup of the [[Sirius XM Radio|U.S. Sirius XM Radio]] service. The CBC also produced channels carried on the service, such as [[CBC Radio 3]], but these channels were quietly dropped from Sirius XM in 2022 in favour of making them exclusive to the CBC's [[internet radio]] platform [[CBC Music]], which does not require any subscription.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Assaly |first=Richie |date=2022-10-25 |title='Final nail in the coffin': Why SiriusXM dropping CBC Radio 3 is 'potentially catastrophic' for Canadian artists |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/10/25/final-nail-in-the-coffin-why-siriusxm-dropping-cbc-radio-3-is-potentially-catastrophic-for-canadian-artists.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108124215/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/10/25/final-nail-in-the-coffin-why-siriusxm-dropping-cbc-radio-3-is-potentially-catastrophic-for-canadian-artists.html |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-26 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |language=en}}</ref>