Membership associations & unions in Canada
As of 4 November 2026, 7,287 membership associations & unions companies are based in Canada; 177 are hiring right now and Québec has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 7,287
- Hiring now
- 177 · 75 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Industry & employer associations · 2,386
- Top city
- Québec · 220
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 45,983
Membership associations & unions in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Industry & employer associations | 2,386 | 33% |
| Professional bodies | 2,165 | 30% |
| Healthcare professional societies | 1,068 | 15% |
| Trade unions | 994 | 14% |
| Chambers of commerce | 595 | 8% |
| Other membership associations & unions | 588 | 8% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 286 | 4% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 214 | 3% |
| Networking communities | 202 | 3% |
| Local trade & craft associations | 134 | 2% |
| School support associations | 124 | 2% |
| Cultural arts associations | 87 | 1% |
| Service & social clubs | 78 | 1% |
| Sports federations | 57 | 1% |
| Alumni & veterans associations | 46 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,235 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,527 · 64 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,745 · 46 |
| 51-200 employees | 484 · 34 |
| 201-500 employees | 156 · 14 |
| 501-1000 employees | 60 · 7 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 54 · 7 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 15 · 3 |
| 10,001+ employees | 11 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Québec | 220 | 3% |
| Toronto | 199 | 3% |
| Montréal | 173 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 73 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Parliament Hill) | 73 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Centre Town) | 60 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Lower Town / Sandy Hill / University of Ottawa) | 60 | 1% |
| Winnipeg (Broadway / The Forks / Portage and Main) Manitoba Provincial Government | 52 | 1% |
| Victoria | 42 | 1% |
| Downtown Montreal North | 40 | 1% |
| Calgary (City Centre / Calgary Tower) | 38 | 1% |
| Downtown Toronto (Central Bay Street) | 34 | 0% |
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The stack of membership associations & unions in Canada
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Canada
Public, community & associations in Canada, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 15,537 →
Charitable foundations · 10,959 →
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Amateur sports clubs · 5,969 →
Public programmes & agencies · 3,621 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 3,110 →
Municipal government · 812 →
Justice & public safety · 216 →
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7,287 membership associations & unions companies are based in Canada; 177 are hiring right now and Québec has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/canada/membership_associations_and_unions)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Membership associations & unions in Canada: questions
How many membership associations & unions companies are there in Canada?
7,287 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Membership associations & unions → leaf niches such as industry & employer associations, professional bodies, healthcare professional societies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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