List of Clothing Companies in Canada

Last updated 20 October 2026

There are 59,089 clothing companies in Canada, one in every 72 Canadian companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 314 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all clothing stores are based in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton. Below you find the largest clothing stores 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.

59,089 companies indexed · Data counted on 20 October 2026

Companies59,0891 in72 Canadian companiesCities2,081Largest cityToronto 6,450Sole traders4%Employees1-4 (73%)Revenue$100-500K (74%)Email22%Phone79%Website53%

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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	Aritzia INC	Canada	Vancouver	611 Alexander St Suite 118	British Columbia	V6A 1E1	aritzia.*****	2008	$1,914,643,983	8,300	Corporation	99	N/A
2	Groupe Dynamite INC	Canada	Mont-royal	5592 Rue Ferrier	Québec	H4P 1M2	groupedynamite.*****	2019	$958,369,349	1,950	Corporation	211	11228226
3	Gap (canada) INC	Canada	Brampton	9500 Mclaughlin Rd	Ontario	L6X 0B8	gapinc.*****	1995	$748,530,000	6,000	Corporation	2717	3111628
4	Gestion Tree Roots INC	Canada	Montréal	905 Rue Hodge	Québec	H4N 2B3	aldogroup.*****	1993	$709,356,930	5,686	Corporation	522	N/A
5	Ym INC. (sales)	Canada	Toronto	50 Dufflaw Rd	Ontario	M6A 2W1	ym-inc.*****	2017	$674,176,020	5,404	Corporation	739	10468908
6	Reitmans (canada) Limitee	Canada	Toronto	155 Wellington St.w 40th Fl	Ontario	M5V 3J7	reitmans.*****	1926	$537,614,257	6,812	Corporation	668	3517098
7	Northern Acquisition Holdings CORP	Canada	Toronto	21 Four Seasons Pl	Ontario	M9B 6J8	northernreflections.*****	2001	$376,731,600	2,100	Corporation	N/A	N/A
8	The Children's Place (canada) LP	Canada	Mississauga	6040 Cantay Rd	Ontario	L5R 4J2	N/A	2002	$374,265,000	3,000	Partnership of unknown type	692	N/A
9	Foot Locker Canada CO	Canada	Toronto	230 Barmac Dr	Ontario	M9L 2Z3	footlocker.*****	1976	$374,265,000	3,000	Corporation	3247	N/A
10	American Eagle Outfitters Canada CORPORATION	Canada	Mississauga	450 Courtneypark Dr W	Ontario	L5W 1Y6	ae.*****	2011	$361,789,500	2,900	Corporation	1128	N/A
11	928338 Ontario INC	Canada	Toronto	300 Supertest Rd	Ontario	M3J 2M2	N/A	1991	$322,912,800	1,800	Corporation	N/A	N/A
12	La Maison Simons INC.	Canada	Québec City	20 Cote de la Fabrique	Québec	G1R 3V9	simons.*****	1840	$311,887,500	2,500	Corporation	21	0338451
13	Northern Reflections LTD	Canada	Toronto	21 Four Seasons Pl 2nd Fl	Ontario	M9B 6J8	northernreflections.*****	2024	$255,747,750	2,050	Corporation	238	N/A
14	Holt, Renfrew & CO., LIMITED	Canada	Toronto	60 Bloor St W Unit 1100	Ontario	M4W 3L8	holtrenfrew.*****	1837	$249,510,000	2,000	Corporation	27	N/A
15	H&M Hennes & Mauritz INC	Canada	Toronto	1808-1 Dundas St W	Ontario	M5G 1Z3	www2.*****	2003	$249,510,000	2,000	Corporation	2676	6100881
16	Fairweather LTD	Canada	Toronto	1185 Caledonia Rd	Ontario	M6A 2X1	N/A	2001	$174,657,000	1,400	Corporation	58	10082023
17	Laura's Shoppe (P.V.) INC	Canada	Laval	3000 Boul le Corbusier	Québec	H7L 3W2	laura.*****	1930	$170,535,464	1,063	Corporation	125	N/A
18	Grafton Apparel LTD	Canada	Concord	115 Applewood Cres	Ontario	L4K 5C1	columbia.*****	2017	$166,797,435	1,337	Corporation	N/A	N/A
19	Wmi-99 Holding Company	Canada	Mississauga	1-60 Standish Crt	Ontario	L5R 0G1	N/A	2002	$162,181,500	1,300	Corporation	4627	N/A
20	Boutique Marie Claire INC	Canada	Montréal	8501 Boul Ray-lawson	Québec	H1J 1K6	facebook.*****	1973	$149,706,000	1,200	Corporation	166	3904776
21	Soft-Moc INC	Canada	Whitby	1400 Hopkins St	Ontario	L1N 2C3	softmoc.*****	1990	$141,846,435	1,137	Corporation	116	N/A
22	Groupe Yellow INC	Canada	Montréal	5665 Boul Saint-laurent	Québec	H2T 1S9	N/A	1916	$124,755,000	1,000	Corporation	101	N/A
23	INC Group INC.	Canada	Toronto	1185 Caledonia Rd	Ontario	M6A 2X1	N/A	2016	$124,755,000	1,000	Corporation	32	9860851
24	The Aldo Group INC.	Canada	Montréal	905 Rue Hodge	Québec	H4N 2B3	aldogroup.*****	2022	$124,755,000	1,000	Corporation	522	14200951
25	1735825 Ontario INC	Canada	Toronto	44 Apex Rd	Ontario	M6A 2V2	N/A	N/A	$119,640,045	959		N/A	N/A

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How many clothing companies are there in Canada?

Clothing companies and clothing stores in Canada

59,089

20 October 2026

There are 59,089 clothing companies and clothing stores in Canada in our data (20 October 2026). That is one in every 72 Canadian companies. About 3 new firms are entered in the register every month this year (26 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 49,500 84%
Head offices: 790
Branch offices: 8,799

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC major group 56.

14,245 of the 59,089 are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.) (24%); 2,649 are sole traders. They come from Corporations Canada and our Canadian register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest clothing stores 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.

Reitmans (Canada) Limitee is the largest clothing store in Canada by headcount. 314 firms employ 50 people or more; 132 employ 100 or more.

1Toronto6,812 staff
2Québec City2,500 staff
3Toronto2,100 staff
4Toronto2,050 staff
5Toronto2,000 staff
6Mont-Royal1,950 staff
7Toronto1,800 staff
8Concord1,337 staff
9Montréal1,200 staff
10Toronto1,000 staff

By employee size · 58,116 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	42,146	73%
5-9	11,118	19%
10-19	3,363	6%
20-49	1,175	2%
50-99	182	0.3%
100-199	84	0.1%
200-499	31	<0.1%
500-999	12	<0.1%
1,000+	5	<0.1%

73% have 1 to 4 people; 1,175 have 20 to 49; 314 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	18	<0.1%
$100K-$500K	37,391	74%
$500K-$1M	9,909	20%
$1M-$5M	2,639	5%
$5M-$10M	144	0.3%
$10M-$50M	138	0.3%
$50M-$100M	23	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	22	<0.1%
$500M+	6	<0.1%

74% between $100,000 and $500,000; 2,639 between $1M and $5M; 333 above $5M.

Clothing stores in Toronto

Toronto has 6,450 clothing companies and clothing stores, 1.5% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 6% above the national share. Seven in ten Toronto firms have fewer than five people; 57 have 50 or more. 4 new firms were entered in 2026, 362 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 4,477 · 70%
5-9: 1,386 · 22%
10-19: 309 · 5%
20-49: 142 · 2%
50+: 57 · 0.9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 274 · 4%
Partnerships: 57 · 0.9%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.): 2,082 · 32%
Other or none: 4,037 · 63%

Of the Canadian total: 10.9%
Of all Toronto companies: 1.5%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 4
Entered 2025: 23
Of Canada's 2026 entries: 15.4%

Old

Before 1990: 362 · 6%
1990 or later: 6,088 · 94%
Of Canada's pre-1990 firms: 12.4%

Reachable

Email: 1,273 · 20%
Phone: 5,207 · 81%
Website: 3,272 · 51%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 2 · <0.1%
$100K-$500K: 3,946 · 68%
$500K-$1M: 1,444 · 25%
$1M and more: 369 · 6%

Largest

16,812
22,100
32,050
42,000
51,800

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Where in Canada?

Toronto has the most clothing companies in Canada (6,450), ahead of Montréal (4,321), Calgary (2,540), Vancouver (2,157) and Edmonton (2,097). Together the five hold three in ten of them. Relative to their size, Lévis, Drummondville and Trois-Rivières have the most: 1.8 to 2.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

2,081 Canadian cities have at least one clothing store; 452 have ten or more; 832 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Clothing stores per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.38. Lévis has 2.3 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	22,120	37%
Québec	15,523	26%
British Columbia	8,546	14%
Alberta	7,083	12%
Saskatchewan	1,469	2%
Manitoba	1,364	2%
Nova Scotia	1,234	2%
New Brunswick	612	1%
Newfoundland and Labrador	495	0.8%
Nouveau-Brunswick	268	0.5%

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Firm sizes in Canada

Of the 58,116 Canadian clothing stores with a known headcount, 42,146 (73%) have one to four people, 11,118 have five to nine, 4,538 have ten to 49 and 314 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (37,391, 74%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Canadian companies

Micro under 1053,264 92%
Small 10 to 494,538 8%
Medium 50 to 249297 0.5%
Large 250+17 <0.1%

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

333

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 189 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Clothing stores are easier to reach than the average Canadian company: 79% list a phone number and 53% a website.

Email13,013 22%
Phone46,840 79%
Website31,387 53%

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

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

The oldest firms in Canada

Our data holds 5 Canadian clothing stores from before 1900, 120 from before 1950 and 2,924 from before 1990.

1837
1. Toronto
1840
1. Québec City
1875
1. Montréal
1880
1. Sainte-Luce
1895
1. Vancouver

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2,924

Canadian clothing stores date from before 1990

260

were entered in 1990

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

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

Sole traders2,6494%
Partnerships5240.9%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)14,24524%
No form on record or other41,67171%

Single-site: 84%
Head offices: 790
Branches: 8,799

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

How they compare

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	1,158,929	40.2
India	1,064,788	27.5
The USA	623,021	9.8
Italy	208,738	29.7
Germany	75,030	11.1
Canada	59,089	13.8

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Newcomers in Canada in 2026

26 clothing stores were entered in the Canadian register so far in 2026, about 3 a month, after 180 in 2025. Canada as a whole saw 4,484 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.6% of the inflow.

6852022
3682023
2792024
1802025
262026 so far

17 of this year's 26 are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Drummondville11 staff
2Fredericton10 staff
3Winnipeg8 staff
4Rimouski7 staff
5Drummondville6 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many clothing companies are there in Canada?

There are 59,089 clothing companies and clothing stores in Canada in our data, counted on 20 October 2026. That is one in every 72 Canadian companies.

Which is the largest clothing store in Canada?

Reitmans (Canada) Limitee in Toronto, with 6,812 staff. By revenue Aritzia in Vancouver leads with $1.9 billion a year.

Which Canadian city has the most clothing companies?

Toronto, with 6,450, ahead of Montréal (4,321), Calgary (2,540), Vancouver (2,157) and Edmonton (2,097). Relative to its size, Lévis has the most: 2.3 times the national share.

How many clothing stores are there in Toronto?

6,450, which is 1.5% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 6% above the national share.

How big is a typical clothing store?

Small. 73% of the 58,116 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 314 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Canadian clothing companies sole traders or companies?

One in twenty-two (2,649) are sole traders, 0.9% are partnerships and 24% (14,245) are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

How many clothing stores started in 2026?

26 were entered in the Canadian register so far in 2026, after 180 in 2025. 17 of them are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

What is the oldest clothing store in Canada?

Holt, Renfrew & Co. in Toronto, 1837, followed by La Maison Simons in Québec City (1840) and Fringues & Cie Boutique in Montréal (1875). 5 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers clothing companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC major group 56 (apparel and accessory stores).

Can I download the full list?

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