Live music acts & performers in Canada
As of 5 November 2026, 2,132 live music acts & performers companies are based in Canada; 6 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,132
- Hiring now
- 6 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Theatre & musical show companies · 553
- Top city
- Montréal · 118
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 74,166
Live music acts & performers in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Theatre & musical show companies | 553 | 26% |
| Event dj services | 492 | 23% |
| Other live music acts & performers | 190 | 9% |
| Cover & party bands | 171 | 8% |
| Comedians & cabaret performers | 137 | 6% |
| Magicians & illusionists | 120 | 6% |
| Classical & chamber ensembles | 104 | 5% |
| Classical instrumental soloists | 104 | 5% |
| Solo musicians & background music acts | 103 | 5% |
| Wedding ceremony musicians | 96 | 5% |
| Entertainment booking agencies | 83 | 4% |
| Circus & street theatre acts | 53 | 2% |
| Dance schools | 37 | 2% |
| Concert & tour promoters | 34 | 2% |
| Theatres & theatre companies | 32 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,630 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 391 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 87 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 23 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal | 118 | 6% |
| Toronto | 84 | 4% |
| Québec | 67 | 3% |
| Calgary | 42 | 2% |
| Vancouver | 39 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 20 | 1% |
| Edmonton | 14 | 1% |
| Winnipeg | 12 | 1% |
| Victoria | 10 | 0% |
| London | 9 | 0% |
| Calgary (Lakeview / Glendale / Killarney / Glamorgan) | 7 | 0% |
| Canmore | 7 | 0% |
The biggest live music acts & performers companies in Canada
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The stack of live music acts & performers in Canada
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2,132 live music acts & performers companies are based in Canada; 6 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/canada/live_music_acts_and_performers)
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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.
Live music acts & performers in Canada: questions
How many live music acts & performers companies are there in Canada?
2,132 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Live music acts & performers → leaf niches such as theatre & musical show companies, event dj services, other live music acts & performers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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