List of Market Research Companies in Canada

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 5,977 market research companies in Canada, one in every 714 Canadian companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 130 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in five of all market research firms are based in Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Calgary and Ottawa. Below you find the largest market research firms 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.

5,977 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies5,9771 in714 Canadian companiesCities574Largest cityToronto 1,070Sole traders2%Employees1-4 (74%)Revenue$100-500K (49%)Email16%Phone74%Website43%

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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	Ipsos LIMITED Partnership	Canada	Vancouver	1700-1075 Georgia St W	British Columbia	V6E 3C9	*****.com	2002	$306,123,000	1,500	Partnership of unknown type	383	N/A
2	Decima INC	Canada	Ottawa	1800-160 Elgin St	Ontario	K2P 2P7	*****.ca	1988	$204,082,000	1,000	Corporation	4	N/A
3	Ac Nielsen Company Of Canada LIMITED	Canada	Markham	160 Mcnabb St	Ontario	L3R 4B8	*****.com	1944	$204,082,000	1,000	Corporation	34	N/A
4	Saine Marketing INC.	Canada	Montréal	220-2222 Boul Rene-levesque O	Québec	H3H 1R6	*****.com	1981	$197,948,700	900	Corporation	N/A	1206664
5	Leger Marketing INC	Canada	Montréal	700-507 Place D'Armes	Québec	H2Y 2W8	*****.com	2000	$163,265,600	800	Corporation	11	N/A
6	Gestion Canadadirect INC	Canada	Dorval	9045 Ch Cote-de-liesse	Québec	H9P 2M9	*****.ca	1998	$153,960,100	700	Corporation	N/A	1707035
7	Opinion Search INC	Canada	Ottawa	1800-160 Elgin St	Ontario	K2P 2P7	*****.com	1988	$142,857,400	700	Corporation	4	15636655
8	Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group LTD	Canada	Toronto	130 King St W Suite 1400	Ontario	M5X 1C8	*****.com	2019	$142,857,400	700	Corporation	7	N/A
9	Canadian Research Knowledge Network	Canada	Ottawa	468a-395 Wellington St	Ontario	K1A 0N4	*****.ca	2004	$113,920,596	43	Non profit organization	N/A	N/A
10	Sunnybrook Research Institute	Canada	Toronto	2075 Bayview Ave	Ontario	M4N 3M5	*****.ca	2010	$105,572,640	480	Non profit organization	N/A	N/A
11	Nielsen Media Research LIMITED	Canada	Markham	160 Mcnabb St	Ontario	L3R 4B8	*****.com	1996	$102,041,000	500	Corporation	104	N/A
12	Triumf INC.	Canada	Vancouver	4004 Wesbrook Mall	British Columbia	V6T 2A3	*****.ca	2022	$98,974,350	450	Corporation	N/A	13678792
13	Rddc Valcartier	Canada	Québec City	2459 Boul Pie-xi N Bureau 63	Québec	G3J 1X5	*****.ca	1945	$87,977,200	400	Corporation	N/A	N/A
14	Canadian International Council	Canada	Ottawa	1125 Colonel by Dr	Ontario	K1S 5B6	*****.ca	2014	$76,980,050	350	Non profit organization	N/A	0347591
15	Western Opinion Research INC	Canada	Winnipeg	806-213 Notre Dame Ave	Manitoba	R3B 1N3	*****.com	1982	$76,980,050	350	Corporation	N/A	N/A
16	Forum Research INC	Canada	Toronto	1400-180 Bloor St W	Ontario	M5S 2V6	*****.com	1993	$65,982,900	300	Corporation	N/A	N/A
17	International Development Research Centre	Canada	Ottawa	45 O'Connor St	Ontario	K1P 1A4	*****.ca	1970	$65,451,006	455	Corporation	14060	N/A
18	Iogen Bio-Products CORPORATION	Canada	Ottawa	310 Hunt Club Rd	Ontario	K1V 1C1	*****.com	1986	$61,224,600	300	Corporation	6	2100428
19	Interhealth Canada LIMITED	Canada	Toronto	600-357 Bay St	Ontario	M5H 2T7	*****.com	1994	$61,224,600	300	Corporation	6	N/A
20	Icom Information & Communications L.P.	Canada	Toronto	111 Gordon Baker Rd Suite 300	Ontario	M2H 3R1	N/A	2006	$55,205,693	251	Corporation	78	N/A
21	Torfac Canada INC.	Canada	Toronto	4789 Yonge St Suite 405	Ontario	M2N 0G3	*****.com	2017	$54,985,750	250	Corporation	N/A	10369675
22	Maritz Research Company	Canada	Toronto	6060-3080 Yonge St	Ontario	M4N 3N1	N/A	2002	$54,985,750	250	Corporation	72	N/A
23	Centre De Recherche De L'hopital Douglas	Canada	Montréal	6875 Boul Lasalle	Québec	H4H 1R3	*****.ca	1979	$51,020,500	250	Non profit organization	2	N/A
24	R. A. Malatest & Associates LTD	Canada	Victoria	201-862 Cloverdale Ave	British Columbia	V8X 2S8	*****.com	1985	$48,979,680	240	Corporation	4	N/A
25	Canadian Viewpoint INC	Canada	Richmond Hill	206-9350 Yonge St	Ontario	L4C 5G2	*****.com	1980	$43,988,600	200	Corporation	3	N/A

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Largest market research firms 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.

Ipsos Limited Partnership is the largest market research firm in Canada by headcount. 130 firms employ 50 people or more; 78 employ 100 or more.

1Vancouver1,500 staff
2Markham1,000 staff
3Ottawa1,000 staff
4Montréal900 staff
5Montréal800 staff
6Toronto700 staff
7Dorval700 staff
8Brampton700 staff
9Saint John700 staff
10Markham500 staff

By employee size · 5,941 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	4,394	74%
5-9	849	14%
10-19	294	5%
20-49	274	5%
50-99	52	0.9%
100-199	45	0.8%
200-499	24	0.4%
500-999	8	0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

74% have 1 to 4 people; 274 have 20 to 49; 130 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	6	0.1%
$100K-$500K	2,864	49%
$500K-$1M	1,997	34%
$1M-$5M	699	12%
$5M-$10M	137	2%
$10M-$50M	102	2%
$50M-$100M	12	0.2%
$100M-$500M	11	0.2%

49% between $100,000 and $500,000; 699 between $1M and $5M; 262 above $5M.

Market research firms in Toronto

Toronto has 1,070 market research companies and market research firms, 0.2% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 74% above the national share. Two in three Toronto firms have fewer than five people; 38 have 50 or more. 2 new firms were entered in 2026, 93 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 687 · 65%
5-9: 187 · 18%
10-19: 74 · 7%
20-49: 77 · 7%
50+: 38 · 4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 29 · 3%
Partnerships: 5 · 0.5%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.): 685 · 64%
Other or none: 351 · 33%

Of the Canadian total: 17.9%
Of all Toronto companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 2
Entered 2025: 4
Of Canada's 2026 entries: 18.2%

Old

Before 1990: 93 · 9%
1990 or later: 977 · 91%
Of Canada's pre-1990 firms: 21.3%

Reachable

Email: 205 · 19%
Phone: 843 · 79%
Website: 529 · 49%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 0 · 0%
$100K-$500K: 435 · 42%
$500K-$1M: 363 · 35%
$1M and more: 250 · 24%

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Market research companies and market research firms in Canada

5,977

21 October 2026

There are 5,977 market research companies and market research firms in Canada in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 714 Canadian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every month this year (11 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 5,731 96%
Head offices: 102
Branch offices: 144

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8732.

3,296 of the 5,977 are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.) (55%); 124 are sole traders. They come from Corporations Canada and our Canadian register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Canada?

Toronto has the most market research companies in Canada (1,070), ahead of Vancouver (383), Montréal (375), Calgary (319) and Ottawa (302). Together the five hold two in five of them. Relative to their size, Vancouver, Halifax and Toronto have the most: 1.7 to 2.2 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

574 Canadian cities have at least one market research firm; 74 have ten or more; 293 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Market research firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.14. Vancouver has 2.2 times the national share.

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By province 15 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Ontario	2,808	47%
British Columbia	1,041	17%
Québec	927	16%
Alberta	635	11%
Nova Scotia	165	3%
Manitoba	156	3%
Saskatchewan	85	1%
New Brunswick	60	1%
Newfoundland and Labrador	24	0.4%
Prince Edward Island	23	0.4%

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Firm sizes in Canada

Of the 5,941 Canadian market research firms with a known headcount, 4,394 (74%) have one to four people, 849 have five to nine, 568 have ten to 49 and 130 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (2,864, 49%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Canadian companies

Micro under 105,243 88%
Small 10 to 49568 10%
Medium 50 to 249121 2%
Large 250+9 0.2%

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

262

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 125 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

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

One in forty-eight Canadian market research firms work as sole traders, against 2% of all Canadian companies. Three in five are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

Sole traders1242%
Partnerships350.6%
Corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.)3,29655%
No form on record or other2,52242%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 102
Branches: 144

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

The oldest firms in Canada

Our data holds 0 Canadian market research firms from before 1900, 8 from before 1950 and 437 from before 1990.

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1. Ottawa
1911
1. Ottawa
1941
1. Montréal
1942
1. Regina
1944
1. Markham
1945
1. Québec City

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Canadian market research firms date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 8 consulting companies for every market research firm in Canada.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Consulting Companies	48,914	36%	84%
Accounting Companies	31,082	50%	81%
Architects	8,932	57%	71%
Market Research Companies	5,977	43%	74%
Tax Consultants	5,183	67%	85%
PR Companies	450	79%	58%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The Netherlands	74,695	19.3
The USA	37,870	0.6
Italy	10,261	1.5
The UK	6,845	0.8
Slovakia	6,416	5.4
Canada	5,977	1.4

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How reachable are they?

Market research firms are easier to reach than the average Canadian company: 74% list a phone number and 43% a website.

Email983 16%
Phone4,449 74%
Website2,590 43%

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How many market research companies are there in Canada?

There are 5,977 market research companies and market research firms in Canada in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 714 Canadian companies.

Which is the largest market research firm in Canada?

Ipsos Limited Partnership in Vancouver, with 1,500 staff. By revenue Ac Nielsen Company of Canada in Markham leads with $204.1 million a year.

Which Canadian city has the most market research companies?

Toronto, with 1,070, ahead of Vancouver (383), Montréal (375), Calgary (319) and Ottawa (302). Relative to its size, Vancouver has the most: 2.2 times the national share.

How many market research firms are there in Toronto?

1,070, which is 0.2% of all 439,417 Toronto companies and 74% above the national share.

How big is a typical market research firm?

Small. 74% of the 5,941 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 130 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Canadian market research companies sole traders or companies?

One in forty-eight (124) are sole traders, 0.6% are partnerships and 55% (3,296) are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

How many market research firms started in 2026?

11 were entered in the Canadian register so far in 2026, after 18 in 2025. 4 of them are corporations (Inc., Ltd., Corp.).

What is the oldest market research firm in Canada?

Air Liquide Canada in Ottawa, 1902, followed by Canadian Association of University Business Officers (Caubo) in Ottawa (1911) and HQ Energy Marketing in Montréal (1941). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers market research companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8732 (commercial economic, sociological, and educational research).

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