▁print ▁subscription ▁base , ▁which ▁is ▁largely ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁university ▁and ▁college ▁libraries . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Canadian ▁Liter atures ▁subscri ber ▁base ▁was ▁ 4 5 % ▁Canadian , ▁ 3 6 % ▁American ▁and ▁ 1 9 % ▁international . ▁The ▁journal ' s ▁back ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁issues ▁is ▁open ly ▁accessible ▁through ▁its ▁website , ▁which ▁also ▁houses ▁original ▁resources ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Can L it ▁Gu ides ▁educational ▁project , ▁the ▁Can L it ▁Po ets ▁database , ▁inter views , ▁opinions , ▁and ▁other ▁content . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 , ▁the ▁journal ' s ▁website ▁had ▁ 4 5 2 , 2 3 7 ▁visitors ▁and ▁its ▁articles ▁were ▁downloaded ▁ 1 9 3 , 5 0 6 ▁times . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Found ing ▁and ▁Early ▁History ▁Canadian ▁Liter ature ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁by ▁Roy ▁D ani ells ▁and ▁George ▁Wood cock ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia . ▁The ▁first ▁issue ▁appeared ▁in ▁summer ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁to ▁ske pt ical ▁reception ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁general ▁belief ▁that ▁Canada ▁had ▁no ▁national ▁literature ; ▁some ▁critics ▁predicted ▁that ▁the ▁journal ▁would ▁run ▁out ▁of ▁material ▁after ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁issues . ▁Initial ly , ▁editor ▁George ▁Wood cock ▁intended ▁that ▁Canadian ▁Liter ature ▁would ▁be ▁fully ▁b iling ual ▁in ▁French ▁and ▁English , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁French ▁subm issions