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As of 4 November 2026, 7,856 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Canada; 43 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
- 7,856
- Hiring now
- 43 · 12 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cake bakeries · 1,377
- Top city
- Toronto · 244
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 50,098
Food production, wholesale & retail in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cake bakeries | 1,377 | 18% |
| Bakeries | 835 | 11% |
| Ethnic & international grocers | 719 | 9% |
| Food import export traders | 676 | 9% |
| Online grocery webshops | 660 | 8% |
| Prepared meal snack webshops | 604 | 8% |
| Foodservice wholesalers | 602 | 8% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 585 | 7% |
| Coffee roasters | 557 | 7% |
| Candy & snack shops | 401 | 5% |
| Butcher shops | 323 | 4% |
| Tea retailers | 320 | 4% |
| Producer direct brand webshops | 307 | 4% |
| Beverage wholesalers | 302 | 4% |
| Wine & spirits shops | 290 | 4% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,234 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,843 · 4 |
| 11-50 employees | 534 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 171 · 18 |
| 201-500 employees | 40 · 7 |
| 501-1000 employees | 12 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 11 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 7 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 244 | 3% |
| Montréal | 242 | 3% |
| Québec | 150 | 2% |
| Calgary | 77 | 1% |
| Ottawa | 61 | 1% |
| Vancouver | 57 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 50 | 1% |
| Laval | 38 | 0% |
| Victoria | 34 | 0% |
| Edmonton | 33 | 0% |
| Vaughan | 30 | 0% |
| Concord | 28 | 0% |
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The stack of food production, wholesale & retail in Canada
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Canada
Commerce & trade in Canada, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 20,657 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 8,841 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 5,300 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 3,395 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 3,240 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 2,589 →
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail · 2,439 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 2,090 →
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7,856 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Canada; 43 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/canada/food_production_wholesale_and_retail)
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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.
Food production, wholesale & retail in Canada: questions
How many food production, wholesale & retail are there in Canada?
7,856 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Food production, wholesale & retail → leaf niches such as cake bakeries, bakeries, ethnic & international grocers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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