Insurance underwriters in Canada
As of 5 November 2026, 1,110 insurance underwriters companies are based in Canada; 33 are hiring right now and Victoria has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,110
- Hiring now
- 33 · 23 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Insurance companies underwriters · 646
- Top city
- Victoria · 50
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 85,371
Insurance underwriters in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance companies underwriters | 646 | 58% |
| General insurance brokerage | 193 | 17% |
| Health insurance brokers | 92 | 8% |
| Exclusive insurance agents | 58 | 5% |
| Independent financial advisers | 53 | 5% |
| Other insurance underwriters | 53 | 5% |
| Other insurance brokerage agency | 34 | 3% |
| Wealth management general | 18 | 2% |
| Insurance comparison portals | 15 | 1% |
| Warranty & extended protection providers | 8 | 1% |
| Employer of record peo providers | 5 | 0% |
| Loss adjusters & public adjusters | 5 | 0% |
| Mortgage & property finance | 5 | 0% |
| Other law firms | 5 | 0% |
| Real estate property law | 5 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 207 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 559 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 207 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 71 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 29 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 12 · 5 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 7 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 50 | 5% |
| Toronto | 40 | 4% |
| Québec | 35 | 3% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 21 | 2% |
| Downtown Toronto (Richmond / Adelaide / King) | 14 | 1% |
| Concord | 13 | 1% |
| Downtown Toronto (Harbourfront East / Union Station / Toronto Island) | 12 | 1% |
| Mississauga (Matheson / East Rathwood) | 12 | 1% |
| Downtown Montreal East | 8 | 1% |
| Brossard Northeast | 7 | 1% |
| Burnaby (Burnaby Heights / Willingdon Heights / West Central Valley) | 7 | 1% |
| Calgary | 7 | 1% |
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The stack of insurance underwriters in Canada
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Other segments of business & finance services in Canada
Business & finance services in Canada, the whole market →
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1,110 insurance underwriters companies are based in Canada; 33 are hiring right now and Victoria has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/canada/insurance_underwriters)
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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.
Insurance underwriters in Canada: questions
How many insurance underwriters companies are there in Canada?
1,110 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Insurance underwriters → leaf niches such as insurance companies underwriters, general insurance brokerage, health insurance brokers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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