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As of 4 November 2026, 1,720 holding & investment companies companies are based in Canada; 39 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,720
- Hiring now
- 39 · 16 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Private equity firms · 661
- Top city
- Toronto · 97
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 85,371
Holding & investment companies in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Private equity firms | 661 | 38% |
| Real estate investment firms | 502 | 29% |
| Venture capital firms | 410 | 24% |
| Family holdings | 225 | 13% |
| Other holding & investment companies | 193 | 11% |
| Wealth management general | 74 | 4% |
| Corporate finance advisers | 48 | 3% |
| Private asset managers | 46 | 3% |
| Other wealth management investment | 44 | 3% |
| Infrastructure investment funds | 31 | 2% |
| Property investment advisers | 26 | 2% |
| Mortgage & property finance | 15 | 1% |
| Direct SME business lenders | 13 | 1% |
| General management consulting | 12 | 1% |
| Innovation rnd consulting | 8 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 722 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 556 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 305 · 11 |
| 51-200 employees | 81 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 23 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 14 · 5 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 16 · 6 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 97 | 6% |
| Downtown Toronto (Richmond / Adelaide / King) | 53 | 3% |
| Vancouver (South West End) | 43 | 3% |
| Downtown Toronto (Harbourfront East / Union Station / Toronto Island) | 38 | 2% |
| Montréal | 36 | 2% |
| Calgary (City Centre / Calgary Tower) | 35 | 2% |
| Vancouver | 33 | 2% |
| Vancouver (Waterfront / Coal Harbour / Canada Place) | 33 | 2% |
| Calgary | 28 | 2% |
| Downtown Toronto (St. James Park) | 28 | 2% |
| Québec | 28 | 2% |
| Downtown Toronto (CN Tower / King and Spadina / Railway Lands / Harbourfront West / Bathurst Quay / South Niagara / YTZ) | 22 | 1% |
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Other segments of business & finance services in Canada
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1,720 holding & investment companies companies are based in Canada; 39 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/canada/holding_and_investment_companies)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Holding & investment companies in Canada: questions
How many holding & investment companies companies are there in Canada?
1,720 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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