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Distribution Select

Canadian music distributor1

Distribution Select (formerly Distribution Musicor, Distribution GAM and Distribution Trans-Canada) was a Canadian music distribution company based in Montréal, Quebec, originally founded in 1965 as Disques Select. It was owned by Quebecor. On December 1, 2018, Outside Music and Distribution Select merged their sales and distribution services, while maintaining their respective offices.2 It is part of Québecor.1 It ceased to exist in 2021.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1

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Distribution Select (formerly Distribution Musicor, Distribution GAM and Distribution Trans-Canada) was a Canadian music distribution company based in Montréal, Quebec, originally founded in 1965 as Disques Select. It was owned by Quebecor. On December 1, 2018, Outside Music and Distribution Select merged their sales and distribution services, while maintaining their respective offices. On March 16, 2021, Quebecor announced that Distribution Select would cease operations effective July 2 due to declining physical sales; this took effect on that day.2

Corporate structure

Distribution Select is part of a group headed by Québecor. 18 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

1965: Company formed as Disques Select.

1971: Company moves to Sainte-Catherine Street.

1974: Distribution Musicor opens in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. (Unrelated to an American record label, Musicor Records.)

1977: Disques Select changes into Distribution Select.

1980: Company acquires Services de Musique Trans-Canada.

1985: Distribution Select adopts a new logo.

1989: Distribution Musicor and Distribution Trans-Canada set up in Pointe-Claire.

1993: Distribution Trans-Canada ceases operations.

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1996: Distribution Musicor joins with Distribution GAM.

2001: Distribution Select ceases the activities of Distribution Musicor and Distribution GAM.

2018: Distribution Select merges operations with Outside Music.

2021: Quebecor announces that Distribution Select will shut down effective July 2, citing declining physical sales; the shutdown takes effect on that day.

From Wikipedia’s article on Distribution Select, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jul 2, 2021Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1995Acquired Acquired by Québecor1
  3. 1982Founded Founded1

Sources

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