Join ORCID-CA
ORCID-CA is sustained through institutional membership. We support all types of Canadian institutions and organizations promoting ORCID among scholars and integrating ORCID into local software systems. These institutions include universities, government departments and agencies, research centres and networks, not-for-profit publishers, research funders, and more! Within institutions, different stakeholders often lead and facilitate member initiatives regarding distinct systems, from libraries to research offices, IT to HR. ORCID-CA currently has 50 members which means the ORCID License Fee is at the 35-60 member tier. The License Year is from May 1 to April 30.
Membership Fees
ORCID-CA membership fees are comprised of two components:
- The ORCID License Fee
- ORCID has implemented equity-based fee tiers according to organization size, rising by up to 3%/year. For 2024-2025, the fee tiers are the following:
- Small Tier Total Annual Budget (below $10M USD): $1,905 USD
- Standard Tier Total Annual Budget (between $10M and 1B USD): $3,810 USD
- Large Tier Total Annual Budget (above $1B USD): $5,150 USD
- ORCID has implemented equity-based fee tiers according to organization size, rising by up to 3%/year. For 2024-2025, the fee tiers are the following:
- The ORCID-CA Member Support Fee: the operational program cost for running ORCID-CA divided by all ORCID-CA members. In 2024-2025, this cost is roughly $3,500 CAD per year. Since 2021, this cost has been paid in full by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
ORCID's License Fee grants access to five sets of Premium Member API credentials, premium member API functionality (e.g., webhooks), monthly reports, and more. Joining ORCID-CA substantially reduces the cost of joining ORCID directly.
ORCID-CA’s Member Support Fee provides members with the direct bilingual support, resources, and engagement of the ORCID-CA Community Manager, as well as the ORCID-CA Community of Practice (e.g., ORCID-CA Slack, Member Materials Google Drive, members-only webinars and community calls).
Members are invited to join at any time throughout the year and membership fees will be pro-rated.
For information or questions about membership, please contact ORCID-CA@crkn.ca