List of Bakeries in Canada

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 13,557 bakeries in Canada, one in every 315 Canadian companies. One in three bakeries is based in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and Ottawa. Below you find the largest bakeries in Canada, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Canadian company database or through the Company Data API.

13,557 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies13,5571 in315 Canadian companiesCities1,182Largest cityToronto 2,025Sole traders3%Employees5-9 (57%)Revenue$1M-$5M (82%)Email44%Phone89%Website71%

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Pioneer Food Services LIMITEDPioneer Food Services LIMITED

	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group
1	Pioneer Food Services LIMITED	Canada	Burlington	1-5100 South Service Rd	Ontario	L7L 6A5	qsrgroup.*****	1986	$309,097,184	1,606	Corporation	14
2	Bd Canada LTD.	Canada	Vancouver	210-1100 Melville St	British Columbia	V6E 4A6	cobsbread.*****	2003	$96,232,000	500		24
3	Ace Bakery LIMITED	Canada	Mississauga	580 Secretariat Crt	Ontario	L5S 2A5	acebakery.*****	2008	$96,232,000	500	Corporation	2
4	Agnew, J. E. Food Services LTD	Canada	Kingston	83 Terry Fox Dr Suite A	Ontario	K7M 8N4	agnewfoods.*****	1981	$82,759,520	430	Corporation	11
5	Shareventures Portage INC	Canada	Portage la Prairie	211-9 Saskatchewan Ave W	Manitoba	R1N 0P4	N/A	1998	$80,834,880	420	Corporation	4
6	2551194 Ontario INC.	Canada	Ottawa	710 Eagleson Rd	Ontario	K2M 2G9	kettlemansbagels.*****	1983	$76,985,600	400	Corporation	N/A
7	Watson, T.J. Enterprises INC	Canada	Windsor	4255 Tecumseh Rd E	Ontario	N8W 1K2	whc-construction.*****	1992	$76,985,600	400	Corporation	4
8	Apple Valley Foods Incorporated	Canada	Kentville	8 Chipman Dr	Nova Scotia	B4N 3V7	applevalleyfoods.*****	1999	$75,060,960	390	Corporation	23
9	Enterprise Paris INC	Canada	Clarence	2875 Rue Laporte	Ontario	K4K 1R3	timhortons.*****	2002	$58,695,400	200	Corporation	N/A
10	R.A.F. Holdings LTD	Canada	Ajax	1 Harwood Ave S	Ontario	L1S 2C1	locations.*****	1994	$58,695,400	200	Corporation	N/A
11	1260848 Ontario INC	Canada	Kitchener	2410-1000 Victoria St N	Ontario	N2B 3C4	locations.*****	1997	$58,695,400	200	Corporation	6
12	Big Sho Foods LTD	Canada	Tottenham	130 Queen St N	Ontario	L0G 1W0	locations.*****	1995	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	N/A
13	Wilson's Investments LIMITED	Canada	Cape Breton	203-197 Charlotte St	Nova Scotia	B1P 1C4	timhortons.*****	1977	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	10
14	Ronholdco INC	Canada	Kitchener	222 Frederick St	Ontario	N2H 2M8	N/A	1997	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	3
15	Tisdelle Enterprises (express) LIMITED	Canada	St. Thomas	5-6 Princess Ave	Ontario	N5R 3V2	N/A	1996	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	N/A
16	770976 Ontario LIMITED	Canada	Woodbridge	100 Whitmore Rd	Ontario	L4L 7K4	locations.*****	1988	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	4
17	Chri-Gyn LTD	Canada	Beamsville	5005 South Service Rd Ss 1	Ontario	L0R 1B4	locations.*****	1978	$57,739,200	300	Corporation	N/A
18	Elizabeths Bakery LTD	Canada	Calgary	79 Crowfoot Way Nw	Alberta	T3G 2R2	locations.*****	1988	$56,934,538	194	Corporation	2
19	Newnut Foods INC	Canada	Niagara Falls	1-6736 Dorchester Rd	Ontario	L2G 5T9	N/A	1993	$52,825,860	180	Corporation	4
20	Boulangerie St-Methode INC	Canada	Adstock	14 Rue Principale E	Québec	G0N 1S0	boulangeriestmethode.*****	2008	$50,040,640	260	Corporation	4
21	Timcan Enterprises LTD	Canada	Courtenay	2-789 Ryan Rd	British Columbia	V9N 3R6	timhortons.*****	1995	$50,040,640	260	Corporation	N/A
22	North-Ed (1994) LTD	Canada	Edmonton	12996 50 St Nw	Alberta	T5A 4L2	locations.*****	1994	$49,891,090	170	Corporation	N/A
23	3617395 Manitoba LTD	Canada	Winnipeg	1025 King Edward St	Manitoba	R3H 0R1	locations.*****	1997	$48,885,856	254	Corporation	N/A
24	Unifiller Systems INC	Canada	Delta	7621 Macdonald Rd	British Columbia	V4G 1N3	unifiller.*****	1988	$48,130,228	164	Corporation	N/A
25	Robie & Kempt Services LIMITED	Canada	Halifax	3630 Kempt Rd	Nova Scotia	B3K 4X8	N/A	1982	$48,116,000	250	Corporation	5

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Largest bakeries in Canada

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Toronto, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Pioneer Food Services is the largest bakery in Canada by headcount. 176 firms employ 50 people or more; 42 employ 100 or more.

1Burlington1,606 staff
2Vancouver500 staff
3Ottawa400 staff
4Tottenham300 staff
5Beamsville300 staff
6Toronto300 staff
7Maple300 staff
8St. Thomas300 staff
9Calgary269 staff
10Adstock260 staff

By employee size · 13,538 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,180	16%
5-9	7,670	57%
10-19	2,036	15%
20-49	1,476	11%
50-99	134	1.0%
100-199	27	0.2%
200-499	14	0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

16% have 1 to 4 people; 1,476 have 20 to 49; 176 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2	<0.1%
$100K-$500K	400	3%
$500K-$1M	563	4%
$1M-$5M	10,644	82%
$5M-$10M	964	7%
$10M-$50M	396	3%
$50M-$100M	20	0.2%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

82% between $1 million and $5 million; 10,644 between $1M and $5M; 1,381 above $5M.

Where in Canada?

Toronto has the most bakeries in Canada (2,025), ahead of Montréal (806), Calgary (552), Vancouver (494) and Ottawa (459). Together the five hold one in three of them. Relative to their size, Windsor, Halifax and London have the most: 1.5 to 1.8 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

1,182 Canadian cities have at least one bakery; 157 have ten or more; 557 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Bakeries per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.32. Windsor has 1.8 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By province 15 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Ontario	6,545	48%
Québec	2,227	16%
British Columbia	1,849	14%
Alberta	1,380	10%
Nova Scotia	468	3%
Manitoba	335	2%
Saskatchewan	287	2%
New Brunswick	195	1%
Newfoundland and Labrador	131	1.0%
Prince Edward Island	55	0.4%

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How many bakeries are there in Canada?

Bakeries in Canada

13,557

21 October 2026

There are 13,557 bakeries in Canada in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 315 Canadian companies. None was entered in the register so far in 2026.

Structure

Single-site firms: 12,771 94%
Head offices: 219
Branch offices: 567

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 5461.

3,233 of the 13,557 are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.) (24%); 411 are sole traders. They come from Corporations Canada and our Canadian register data, through the Company Data API.

Bakeries in Toronto

Toronto has 2,025 bakeries, 0.5% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 45% above the national share. One in six Toronto firms have fewer than five people; 12 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 85 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 323 · 16%
5-9: 1,264 · 62%
10-19: 191 · 9%
20-49: 234 · 12%
50+: 12 · 0.6%

Legal form

Sole traders: 46 · 2%
Partnerships: 7 · 0.3%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.): 601 · 30%
Other or none: 1,371 · 68%

Of the Canadian total: 14.9%
Of all Toronto companies: 0.5%
Against the national share: 1.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 12
Of Canada's 2026 entries: 0%

Old

Before 1990: 85 · 4%
1990 or later: 1,940 · 96%
Of Canada's pre-1990 firms: 12.7%

Reachable

Email: 795 · 39%
Phone: 1,764 · 87%
Website: 1,420 · 70%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1 · <0.1%
$100K-$500K: 44 · 2%
$500K-$1M: 76 · 4%
$1M and more: 1,779 · 94%

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Firm sizes in Canada

Of the 13,538 Canadian bakeries with a known headcount, 2,180 (16%) have one to four people, 7,670 have five to nine, 3,512 have ten to 49 and 176 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year (10,644, 82%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Canadian companies

Micro under 109,850 73%
Small 10 to 493,512 26%
Medium 50 to 249175 1%
Large 250+1 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Canadian companies (88% have under ten staff).

1,381

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 417 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Bakeries are easier to reach than the average Canadian company: 89% list a phone number and 71% a website.

Email5,911 44%
Phone12,027 89%
Website9,563 71%

Grey line: all Canadian companies (email 19%, phone 62%, website 38%).

The full list with these fields is in our Canadian company database.

Sole traders or corporations (Inc.: how they are organised

One in thirty-three Canadian bakeries work as sole traders, against 2% of all Canadian companies. Only one firm in four is a corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

Sole traders4113%
Partnerships900.7%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)3,23324%
No form on record or other9,82372%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 219
Branches: 567

All Canadian companies: 2% sole traders, 0.6% partnerships, 43% corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 18 bakeries for every one of the cheese shops in Canada.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Chemists	19,911	75%	16%
Car Dealers	14,459	65%	53%
Bakeries	13,557	71%	16%
Butchers	5,559	53%	65%
Catering Companies	3,060	72%	26%
Cheese Shops	759	59%	62%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	231,649	3.6
India	159,406	4.1
Brazil	91,180	3.2
Germany	30,919	4.6
The UK	17,682	2.0
Canada	13,557	3.2

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The oldest firms in Canada

Our data holds 0 Canadian bakeries from before 1900, 14 from before 1950 and 670 from before 1990.

1911
1. Ottawa
1927
1. Toronto
1930
1. Winnipeg
1930
1. Mississauga
1937
1. Sherbrooke
1939
1. Georgetown

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670

Canadian bakeries date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many bakeries are there in Canada?

There are 13,557 bakeries in Canada in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 315 Canadian companies.

Which is the largest bakery in Canada?

Pioneer Food Services in Burlington, with 1,606 staff.

Which Canadian city has the most bakeries?

Toronto, with 2,025, ahead of Montréal (806), Calgary (552), Vancouver (494) and Ottawa (459). Relative to its size, Windsor has the most: 1.8 times the national share.

How many bakeries are there in Toronto?

2,025, which is 0.5% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 45% above the national share.

How big is a typical bakery?

16% of the 13,538 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 176 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year.

Are Canadian bakeries sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-three (411) are sole traders, 0.7% are partnerships and 24% (3,233) are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

How many bakeries started in 2026?

0 were entered in the Canadian register so far in 2026, after 31 in 2025.

What is the oldest bakery in Canada?

Canada Bread Company in Ottawa, 1911, followed by Pancho's Bakery in Toronto (1927) and Natural Bakery in Winnipeg (1930). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers bakeries?

Our platform filters them on SIC 5461 (retail bakeries).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 13,557 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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