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As of 4 November 2026, 17,361 general consumer goods ecommerce stores are based in Canada; 28 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
- 17,361
- Hiring now
- 28 · 8 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Sporting goods webshops · 1,535
- Top city
- Toronto · 572
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 38,371
General consumer goods ecommerce in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting goods webshops | 1,535 | 9% |
| General merchandise webshops | 1,289 | 7% |
| Clothing fashion webshops | 1,146 | 7% |
| Kitchenware household goods webshops | 1,074 | 6% |
| Home decor webshops | 943 | 5% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 898 | 5% |
| Furniture webshops | 837 | 5% |
| Gift & giftware webshops | 778 | 4% |
| Other consumer goods webshops mixed | 683 | 4% |
| Fabric yarn craft supply webshops | 575 | 3% |
| Handmade craft product shops | 547 | 3% |
| Childrens toy webshops | 505 | 3% |
| Toy & collectible shops | 492 | 3% |
| Camping outdoor gear webshops | 488 | 3% |
| Computer hardware webshops | 462 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 11,891 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,614 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 685 · 6 |
| 51-200 employees | 120 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 30 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 12 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 572 | 3% |
| Montréal | 360 | 2% |
| Québec | 273 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 155 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 138 | 1% |
| Vaughan | 98 | 1% |
| Calgary | 87 | 1% |
| Concord | 77 | 0% |
| Laval | 75 | 0% |
| Vancouver | 66 | 0% |
| Brampton | 61 | 0% |
| Mississauga | 61 | 0% |
The biggest general consumer goods ecommerce stores in Canada
The largest ecommerce stores of the segment, by headcount; marketplaces and portals left out.
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What these ecommerce stores run on
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The stack of general consumer goods ecommerce in Canada
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of ecommerce in Canada
Ecommerce in Canada, the whole market →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 7,639 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 5,043 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 3,584 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 2,732 →
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail · 1,541 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 1,504 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 1,439 →
Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce · 1,211 →
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17,361 general consumer goods ecommerce stores are based in Canada; 28 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/canada/consumer_goods_webshops_mixed)
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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.
General consumer goods ecommerce in Canada: questions
How many general consumer goods ecommerce stores are there in Canada?
17,361 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Ecommerce → General consumer goods ecommerce → leaf niches such as sporting goods webshops, general merchandise webshops, clothing fashion webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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