The Week was a seminal literary magazine in Canada published between 1883 and 1896.[1][2] It was subtitled as Canadian Journal of Politics, Society and Literature,[1] and it was "Canada's leading political and literary periodical".[3] The magazine was headquartered in Toronto.[1][4] Prominent contributors included poet Charles G. D. Roberts; journalist and novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan; and political critic and intellectual Goldwin Smith.[1][2] Smith also edited the magazine.[4]