List of all companies in Canada

Canada has 4,270,380 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 1,834,921 of them are corporations. We build the records from Corporations Canada and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 67% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Canada, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 4,270,380 Canadian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Canadian company database.

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The list of all companies and businesses in Canada, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Canadian company directory.

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	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	Company Registration Number
1	Government Of Canada	Canada	Ottawa	111 Wellington St	Ontario	K1A 0A9	N/A	1867	$357,286,063,407	367,772	Corporation	14060	16026753
2	Mckesson Canada CORPORATION	Canada	Saint-laurent	4705 Dobrin St	Québec	H4R 2P7	*****.ca	2009	$251,068,925,107	999	Corporation	62	N/A
3	Royal Bank Of Canada	Canada	Toronto	200 Bay St	Ontario	M5J 2J5	*****.com	1869	$74,511,568,625	91,398	Corporation	2272	N/A
4	Brookfield CORPORATION	Canada	Toronto	301-100 Adelaide St W	Ontario	M5H 4H1	*****.com	1997	$61,307,828,992	5	Corporation	2662	N/A
5	Sante Quebec	Canada	Québec City	525 Boul Rene-levesque, 4e Etage E	Québec	G1R 5S9	N/A	2024	$59,950,440,000	330,000		100	N/A
6	Government Of The Province Of British Columbia	Canada	Victoria	501 Belleville St	British Columbia	V8V 2L8	*****.ca	1871	$58,769,753,822	60,000		2919	N/A
7	Government Of The Province Of Alberta	Canada	Edmonton	1-10800 97 Ave Nw	Alberta	T5K 2B6	*****.ca	1905	$57,667,025,533	3,500		1776	N/A
8	A & P Import And Export Company LTD	Canada	Richmond Hill	155 East Beaver Creek Rd Suite 24-147	Ontario	L4B 2N1	N/A	2019	$57,666,517,114	4	Corporation	N/A	N/A
9	Brookfield Business Partners L.P.	Canada	Toronto	300-181 Bay St	Ontario	M5J 2T3	*****.com	2017	$55,068,000,000	72,000	Partnership of unknown type	5	N/A
10	Alimentation Couche-Tard INC	Canada	Laval	4204 Boul Industriel Services Administratifs	Québec	H7L 0E3	*****.com	1988	$53,666,027,453	149,000	Corporation	6689	N/A
11	Cppib Canada INC	Canada	Toronto	2500-1 Queen St E	Ontario	M5C 2W5	*****.com	2015	$48,687,167,139	35	Corporation	14060	9238948
12	Desjardins Holding Financier INC	Canada	Montreal	1 Rue Complexe Desjardins S 40e Etage	Quebec	H5B 1J1	N/A	1993	$48,671,296,520	10,255	Corporation	291	N/A
13	Cinram International Income Fund	Canada	Toronto	2255 Markham Rd	Ontario	M1B 2W3	*****.com	1969	$48,446,477,500	8,300	Corporation	N/A	N/A
14	Enbridge INC	Canada	Calgary	200 Fifth Ave Pl, 425-1st St Sw	Alberta	T2P 3L8	*****.com	1987	$46,396,939,950	16,000	Corporation	766	2276020
15	North American Freight Forwarding INC	Canada	Barrie	20-556 Bryne Dr	Ontario	L4N 9P6	*****.com	2005	$46,334,080,000	81	Corporation	4	6365132
16	Bank Of Montreal	Canada	Montréal	129 Rue Saint-jacques	Québec	H2Y 1L6	*****.com	1817	$45,598,281,105	54,000	Corporation	2642	N/A
17	George Weston LIMITED	Canada	Toronto	22 St. Clair Ave E	Ontario	M4T 2S5	*****.ca	2021	$43,770,452,372	222,000	Corporation	888	13192334
18	Loblaw Companies LIMITED	Canada	Brampton	1 Presidents Choice Cir	Ontario	L6Y 5S5	*****.com	1919	$43,492,731,648	220,000	Corporation	888	0126764
19	Magna International INC	Canada	Aurora	337 Magna Dr	Ontario	L4G 7K1	*****.com	1957	$42,010,000,000	166,000	Corporation	659	N/A
20	The Bank Of Nova Scotia	Canada	Halifax	1709 Hollis St	Nova Scotia	B3J 1W1	*****.com	1832	$41,338,939,330	30	Corporation	2359	0950807
21	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Financial Products INC	Canada	Toronto	1 Queen St E Suite 2500	Ontario	M5C 2W5	*****.com	1997	$40,518,873,791	900	Corporation	14060	N/A
22	Cenovus Energy INC	Canada	Calgary	4100-225 6 Ave Sw	Alberta	T2P 1N2	*****.com	2008	$38,690,382,464	6,925	Corporation	149	17567596
23	National Bank Of Canada Financial INC	Canada	Montréal	600 Rue de la Gauchetière O Bureau 4e	Québec	H3B 4L2	*****.ca	1987	$37,737,350,346	26,517	Corporation	666	N/A
24	Suncor Energy INC	Canada	Calgary	150 6 Ave Sw	Alberta	T2P 3E3	*****.com	2024	$37,275,401,475	12,591	Corporation	219	15625041

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How many companies are there in Canada?

Companies and businesses in Canada

4,270,380

21 October 2026

There are 4,270,380 companies and businesses in Canada in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 1,834,921 corporations (corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)), 97,886 sole traders (sole proprietorships) and 27,390 partnerships (partnerships). On top of those come 114,868 non-profit organisations.

Structure

Single-site businesses: 3,982,275 93%
Head offices: 54,596
Branch locations: 233,509

Legal form

Corporations: 1,834,921 43%
Sole traders: 97,886
Partnerships: 27,390

Per working day this year

≈ 21

new companies registered · 4,484 so far in 2026

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Largest companies in Canada

Which are the largest companies in Canada? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Government of Canada, with 367,772 staff, ahead of George Weston and Magna International. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Royal Bank of Canada and Alimentation Couche-Tard. Below are the top companies of Canada ranked three ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue and the largest public-sector employers. 32 Canadian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 791 report more than $1 billion a year.

Government of Canada has the largest headcount of any company in Canada in our data. 32 Canadian companies list more than 10,000 people, 2,560 more than 500.

1Ottawa367,772 staff
2Toronto222,000 staff
3Aurora166,000 staff
4Laval149,000 staff
5Stellarton128,000 staff
6Vancouver106,400 staff
7Toronto101,759 staff
8Montréal97,000 staff
9Toronto91,398 staff
10Montréal90,250 staff

Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.

By employee size · 3,349,576 companies with a known headcount

Employees	Companies	%
1-4	2,234,085	67%
5-9	697,927	21%
10-19	249,705	7%
20-49	115,452	3%
50-99	27,115	0.8%
100-199	16,404	0.5%
200-499	6,328	0.2%
500+	2,560	<0.1%

67% have 1 to 4 employees; 2,560 have 500 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Companies	%
< $100K	28,077	0.9%
$100K-$500K	1,248,517	42%
$500K-$1M	936,908	31%
$1M-$5M	682,876	23%
$5M-$10M	42,841	1%
$10M-$100M	39,798	1%
$100M-$1B	4,699	0.2%
$1B+	791	<0.1%

5,490 companies report more than $100 million; 791 more than $1 billion.

Small businesses in Canada

Most companies in Canada are small businesses. Of the 3,349,576 with a known headcount, 2,932,012 (88%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 365,157 are small (10 to 49) and 49,847 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 2,560 employ 500 people or more, so 99.92% of Canadian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.

Size class	Companies	%
Micro · fewer than 10	2,932,012	88%
Small · 10 to 49	365,157	11%
Medium · 50 to 499	49,847	1%
Large · 500 or more	2,560	<0.1%

2,234,085

companies have 1 to 4 employees (67%). 28,077 turn over less than $100,000 a year.

97,886

sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.

89%

of the 4,484 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (3,946). Only 10 started with 200 staff or more.

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Where are companies in Canada based?

Ontario has more companies than any other province in Canada: 1,692,317, or 40% of the total, ahead of Québec (845,042) and Alberta (736,699). Below you find the twelve largest of its 14 provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.

The twelve largest of 14 provinces

Province	Companies	%
Ontario	1,692,317	40%
Québec	845,042	20%
Alberta	736,699	17%
British Columbia	531,866	12%
Manitoba	120,589	3%
Saskatchewan	105,830	2%
Nova Scotia	87,566	2%
New Brunswick	46,370	1%
Newfoundland and Labrador	28,478	0.7%
Prince Edward Island	18,720	0.4%
Nouveau-Brunswick	11,692	0.3%
Quebec	4,148	<0.1%

Ten busiest cities

Toronto439,417
Calgary292,372
Montréal217,466
Edmonton198,004
Ottawa135,671
Vancouver125,806
Mississauga120,472
Brampton113,349
Winnipeg80,724
Surrey56,115

Main industries in Canada

Business services and IT is the biggest industry in Canada by number of companies: 332,475, or 10% of all firms with an industry code. Next come engineering, accounting and management (228,725) and construction trades (179,744). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 144 industry lists for Canada.

Business services and IT332,47510%
Engineering, accounting and management228,7257%
Construction trades179,7445%
Restaurants and bars167,8275%
Health care164,7445%
Other shops161,0225%
Associations154,8075%
Personal services144,1684%
Brokers and asset managers143,7164%
Haulage and warehousing122,6684%
Holding and investment companies105,7483%
Building construction100,7303%
Real estate93,3553%
Wholesale (durable goods)81,6412%
Leisure and recreation80,0752%
Other industries1,104,36533%

The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.

Largest industries in Canada

332,475

Business services and IT

SIC 73: Business Services

1Mississauga18,000 staff
2Mississauga8,000 staff
3Winnipeg7,000 staff

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228,725

Engineering, accounting and management

SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services

1Montréal66,500 staff
2Montréal26,000 staff
3Edmonton14,500 staff

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179,744

Construction trades

SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors

1Toronto6,500 staff
2Burnaby2,300 staff
3Rocky View County1,431 staff

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167,827

Restaurants and bars

SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places

1Mississauga4,000 staff
2Mississauga4,000 staff
3Vancouver2,800 staff

164,744

Health care

SIC 80: Health Services

1St. John's22,175 staff
2Laval10,357 staff
3Toronto9,900 staff

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161,022

Other shops

SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail

1Montreal24,945 staff
2Richmond Hill14,000 staff
3Dorval4,641 staff

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154,807

Associations

SIC 86: Membership Organizations

1Toronto60,000 staff
2Toronto6,377 staff
3Vancouver1,082 staff

144,168

Personal services

SIC 72: Personal Services

1Toronto24,000 staff
2London1,400 staff
3Montréal540 staff

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Every Canadian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.

A · Agriculture

B · Mining

D · Energy

E · Water and waste

F · Construction

G · Wholesale and retail

H · Transport and storage

I · Accommodation and food

J · Information and communication

K · Finance and insurance

L · Real estate

M · Professional, scientific and technical

N · Administrative and support

P · Education

Q · Health and social work

R · Arts and recreation

S · Other services

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New companies and startups in Canada in 2026

4,484 new companies and startups registered in Canada so far in 2026, about 21 every working day, after 46,850 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 89% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 3,504 of them are corporations (corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)).

≈ 21

new companies register every working day in 2026

89%

of this year's startups begin with one to four employees

46,850

new companies in 2025

Companies founded per year

128,9932022
105,1262023
86,9872024
46,8502025
4,4842026 so far

The biggest newcomers of 2026

A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.

1Toronto1,156 staff
2Montréal1,000 staff
3Montréal1,000 staff
4Montréal755 staff
5Vancouver106,400 staff

Oldest companies in Canada

The oldest organisation still active is L'Archevêque Catholique Romain De Quebec, from 1647. Our data holds 25 Canadian organisations founded before 1700, 125 before 1800, 3,622 before 1900 and 16,160 before 1950.

Oldest organisations still active

1647Québec City162 staff
1658Montréal100 staff
1668Québec City100 staff
1749Halifax1,646 staff
1789Halifax200 staff
1792Essex850 staff

The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.

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1990

310,291

Canadian companies were founded before 1990

30,445

were founded in 1990

2,875,379 Canadian companies, 90% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 310,291 are older.

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Types of companies in Canada

Two in five Canadian businesses in our data are corporations (corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)), and one in forty-four is a sole trader (sole proprietorships). Partnerships (partnerships) make up 0.6%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.

Corporations1,834,92143%
No legal form on record2,190,85951%
Sole traders97,8862%
Partnerships27,3900.6%
Non-profit organisations114,8683%
Cooperatives4,2840.1%
Joint ventures172<0.1%

Which Canadian companies are part of a group?

Most Canadian companies stand alone: 93% are single-site businesses. The other 288,105 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 54,596 head offices or 233,509 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Government of Canada, with 14,060 companies in its group.

The largest corporate families on this page

114,060 companies
2Alimentation Couche-Tard6,689 companies
33,170 companies
42,642 companies
52,272 companies
6Empire Company1,214 companies
7George Weston888 companies
8Enbridge766 companies

Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 4,270,380; the API has no group-size filter.

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What you can reach: contact data on Canadian companies

1,641,128 Canadian companies have a website on record (38%), 2,628,689 a phone number (62%) and 819,981 an email address (19%). Among corporations: 29% have a website and 15% an email address.

Field	Companies	%
Website	1,641,128	38%
Phone	2,628,689	62%
Email	819,981	19%

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Questions about companies in Canada

Every answer is counted from the data on this page (21 October 2026).

There are 4,270,380 companies and businesses in Canada in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 1,834,921 of them are corporations.

4,270,380. That includes 97,886 sole traders and 27,390 partnerships.

1,834,921 corporations, 43% of all Canadian businesses in our data (21 October 2026).

Of the 3,349,576 Canadian companies with a known headcount, 3,347,016 have fewer than 500 employees: 2,932,012 micro, 365,157 small and 49,847 medium-sized. 2,560 are large enterprises.

Government of Canada, with $357.3 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Royal Bank of Canada ($74.5B) and Alimentation Couche-Tard ($53.7B).

Government of Canada, with 367,772 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).

1,692,317, 40% of all Canadian companies (21 October 2026).

4,484 so far in 2026, about 21 per working day, after 46,850 in 2025.

From Corporations Canada and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.

1,641,128, 38% of all Canadian companies. 2,628,689 have a phone number and 819,981 an email address.

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