Wehrli Media Inc.  ·  Newmarket, Ontario  ·  Est. 2026

STORIES
BUILD
COMM
UNITIES.

Wehrli Media is a storytelling media house based in Newmarket, Ontario. We publish, curate and distribute narratives that connect artists, communities and Canada — in print, digital and person. Every project we build starts with the same question: whose story hasn't been told yet?

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02 Mission
What We Do

We believe stories are the foundation of every good community.

Wehrli Media builds editorial platforms that give voice to the people and places Canada too often overlooks. Portrait journalism. Community newsletters. Cultural events. Cross-cultural columns that bridge Switzerland and Canada.

We are not a content agency. We are not an influencer platform. We are a media house with a point of view — and the editorial discipline to back it up.

I
Portrait

We sit with people and ask the one question that matters: what are you actually trying to say?

II
Community

Every project we build strengthens a local culture — from a Newmarket loft building to the whole of Canada.

III
Bridge

We connect European editorial rigour with Canadian civic openness — and find the stories in between.

03 Active
Projects
What We're Building
CANARTA
National Print + Digital Magazine
Canada's portrait magazine for young arts. Warm, narrative, human. Stories online year-round — first print edition The Ones You Almost Missed, December 2026.
In Production
canarta.net
The Loft
in Space
Community Newsletter
A print and digital newsletter for residents of the Specialty Lofts in Newmarket, Ontario. Local stories, local voices, genuine community.
Active
Newmarket, ON
Fairy Trail
Walk
Community Event
An annual community walk in Newmarket, honouring Esther and bringing neighbours together through storytelling and shared place.
Active
Newmarket, ON
SwissChris
/ CanaChris
Cross-Cultural Columns
Two column voices — one in English for Canada, one in German for the DACH market — bridging Swiss and Canadian cultures through observation, anecdote and quiet insight.
Active
swisschris.ca
04 Who
We're
For
Six Doors In

EVERY
STORY
NEEDS
A READER.

01
Donors

Support Canadian art journalism at the Friend, Patron or Champion level. Your name in every issue. Your investment matters.

Back the work
02
Investors

CANARTA is eligible for the Canada Periodical Fund (up to CA$ 60K/yr). Private investment leverages public funding. Let's talk.

Invest in media
03
Advertisers

Selective advertising for brands aligned with art, culture and community. Quarter page to full back cover. No banner ads. No noise.

See ad rates
04
Artists

We sit in your studio and ask the only question that matters: what are you actually trying to say? No critique. No market value. Just your story, told with care.

Submit your story
05
Institutions

Art schools, galleries, cultural councils and foundations — co-publish, co-host, co-create. CANARTA is the editorial infrastructure your community needs.

Partner with us
06
Art Lovers

Follow CANARTA. Stories online year-round, plus an annual print edition of 80+ pages — portrait journalism about the Canadian artists you haven't heard of yet, but will never forget.

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  The Flagship
CANARTA — young arts deserve a story
Tagline
young arts deserve a story
First Edition
The Ones You Almost Missed
Launch
December 2026 · 80+ Pages
Editorial Sections
  • Visual Art — painting, sculpture, installation
  • Music — composition, improvisation, sound
  • Dance — movement, choreography, body as medium
  • Cover Subject — one artist, one deep portrait
  • Essay — long-form cultural reflection
  • Contributors — the people behind the stories
Publication
  • 6× per year · Print + Digital
  • 150–170 g/m² interior · 300 g/m² cover
  • Softtouch laminate · Perfect Bound
  • English primary · Français in preparation
  • National distribution · Disticor evaluation
  • Eligible: Canada Periodical Fund (Heritage CA)

We don't review art.
We don't assign value.
We tell the story of the person who makes it.

CANARTA stands between cultural journalism and personal portrait. The closest editorial reference is Nautilus Magazine — literary tone, interdisciplinary curiosity, existing between categories. CANARTA does that for Canada's art world.

Somewhere in Canada, an artist is making something right now that nobody has written about yet. CANARTA finds that person.

Advertising

We offer selective advertising for brands aligned with art, culture and community — from quarter page to full back cover, including editorial Artist Sponsor Stories and digital placements on canarta.net.

Rates and media kit available on request.
mail@wehrli-media.ca

06 Get in
Touch
Let's Talk

YOUR
STORY
FIRST.

Publisher
Christian Wehrli
Company
Wehrli Media Inc.
Magazine
Location
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada