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As of 4 November 2026, 2,439 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in Canada; 6 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
- 2,439
- Hiring now
- 6 · 4 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops · 1,191
- Top city
- Toronto · 69
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 50,098
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops | 1,191 | 49% |
| Vape & ecigarette shops | 656 | 27% |
| Other tobacco vape & cannabis retail | 265 | 11% |
| Smoke shop webshops | 261 | 11% |
| Cbd & hemp webshops | 196 | 8% |
| Tobacconists & cbd shops | 133 | 5% |
| Other health beauty & food webshops | 24 | 1% |
| Tea retailers | 18 | 1% |
| Other consumer goods webshops mixed | 17 | 1% |
| Home fragrance webshops | 16 | 1% |
| Vitamins & supplements webshops | 15 | 1% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 13 | 1% |
| Producer direct brand webshops | 12 | 0% |
| Candy & snack shops | 11 | 0% |
| Online liquor shops | 11 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 811 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,470 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 134 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 15 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 7 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 69 | 3% |
| East Toronto (The Danforth West / Riverdale) | 45 | 2% |
| Vancouver | 36 | 1% |
| Vancouver (South Renfrew-Collingwood) | 16 | 1% |
| Québec | 14 | 1% |
| Victoria | 13 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 12 | 0% |
| York | 12 | 0% |
| Calgary | 11 | 0% |
| Vancouver (Strathcona / Chinatown / Downtown Eastside) | 11 | 0% |
| Hamilton | 10 | 0% |
| London | 10 | 0% |
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The stack of tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Canada
Commerce & trade in Canada, the whole market →
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Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 5,300 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 3,395 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 3,240 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 2,589 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 2,090 →
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2,439 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in Canada; 6 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/canada/tobacco_vape_and_cannabis_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.
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada: questions
How many tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are there in Canada?
2,439 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail → leaf niches such as cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops, vape & ecigarette shops, other tobacco vape & cannabis retail. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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