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About CFG
The Canadian Freelance Guild (CFG) is a Canadian union affiliated with CWA-SCA Canada that represents freelance workers, including journalists, writers and other media professionals. Created in January 2020 from the Professional Writers Association of Canada and the Canadian Media Guild Freelance Branch, it supports fair pay and publishes general rate guidelines for freelance writing.
Summary written with AI from public sources, checked 9 Nov 2026. Sources: canadianfreelanceguild.ca, ca.linkedin.com
What they publish
Their latest figures
$0.30 to $1.00 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$250 to $2,500 per articleDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$330 to $1,250 per columnDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$0.10 to $0.50 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$75 to $1,000 per articleDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$1.00 to $2 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$0.30 to $2 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$30 to $60 per hourDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
Its federation
CWA CanadaAlso in Canada
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