Le Nordir was a Canadian book publishing company, active from 1988 to 2012. Based primarily in Ottawa, Ontario, the company specialized in Franco-Ontarian literature, publishing primarily poetry, theatrical plays and non-fiction.Melançon, J. (2003). "Le Nordir : Depuis 15 ans, imposer de nouvelles voix en création et en réflexion". Liaison (118), pp. 14–16.
The company was established in 1988 by Robert Yergeau, while he was employed at the Université de Hearst."Robert Yergeau et la littérature Franco-Ontarienne". Liaison (155), Spring 2012. It moved to Ottawa a couple of years later, after Yergeau joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa.
It ceased publishing in 2012 after Yergeau's death."Des temps difficiles pour l’édition franco-ontarienne". TFO, March 22, 2018.
Writers published by the company included Daniel Poliquin, Andrée Christensen, Stefan Psenak and François Paré.
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