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As of 4 November 2026, 2,682 testing inspection & contract research companies are based in Canada; 28 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,682
- Hiring now
- 28 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General inspection & certification bodies · 754
- Top city
- Montréal · 79
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 85,371
Testing inspection & contract research in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General inspection & certification bodies | 754 | 28% |
| Other testing inspection & contract research | 472 | 18% |
| Certification readiness consultants | 382 | 14% |
| Industrial ndt inspection | 323 | 12% |
| Testing laboratories | 245 | 9% |
| Property compliance testing | 170 | 6% |
| Forensic expert appraisal | 136 | 5% |
| Marine & cargo surveying | 94 | 4% |
| Building surveyors | 75 | 3% |
| Health safety fire consulting | 75 | 3% |
| Asbestos surveying | 62 | 2% |
| Calibration & metrology | 55 | 2% |
| Environmental consulting | 55 | 2% |
| Vehicle damage appraisers | 44 | 2% |
| Other engineering technical consulting | 41 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,311 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,073 · 8 |
| 11-50 employees | 248 · 9 |
| 51-200 employees | 43 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal | 79 | 3% |
| Toronto | 79 | 3% |
| Québec | 51 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 46 | 2% |
| Calgary | 36 | 1% |
| Vancouver | 33 | 1% |
| Edmonton (South Bonnie Doon / East University) | 21 | 1% |
| Edmonton | 19 | 1% |
| Calgary (Bridgeland / Greenview / Zoo / YYC) | 18 | 1% |
| Laval | 12 | 0% |
| Brampton | 10 | 0% |
| Langley | 10 | 0% |
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The stack of testing inspection & contract research in Canada
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2,682 testing inspection & contract research companies are based in Canada; 28 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/canada/testing_inspection_and_contract_research)
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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.
Testing inspection & contract research in Canada: questions
How many testing inspection & contract research companies are there in Canada?
2,682 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Testing inspection & contract research → leaf niches such as general inspection & certification bodies, other testing inspection & contract research, certification readiness consultants. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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