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As of 4 November 2026, 30,789 companies in Canada run a Shopify store: 16,375 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 150 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
- 30,789
- Hiring now
- 150 · 68 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- General consumer goods ecommerce · 8,992
- Top city
- Toronto · 584
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 38,371
- Pure online shops
- 16,375 · 53%
Shopify stores in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General consumer goods ecommerce | 8,992 | 29% |
| Fashion & apparel ecommerce | 4,690 | 15% |
| Health, beauty & food ecommerce | 2,809 | 9% |
| Food production, wholesale & retail | 2,213 | 7% |
| Handmade craft makers | 1,162 | 4% |
| Trade & technical equipment ecommerce | 1,157 | 4% |
| Jewellery & watch ecommerce | 967 | 3% |
| Pet supplies ecommerce | 854 | 3% |
| Food & beverage production | 783 | 3% |
| Vehicle & parts retail | 779 | 3% |
| Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing | 748 | 2% |
| Textiles clothing & bedding | 678 | 2% |
| Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce | 665 | 2% |
| Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail | 549 | 2% |
| Consumer goods manufacturing | 496 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 17,981 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 10,074 · 19 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,024 · 36 |
| 51-200 employees | 520 · 44 |
| 201-500 employees | 119 · 24 |
| 501-1000 employees | 39 · 14 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 22 · 8 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 8 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 584 | 2% |
| Montréal | 555 | 2% |
| Québec | 439 | 1% |
| Ottawa (Centre Town) | 191 | 1% |
| Ottawa | 180 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 156 | 1% |
| Calgary | 128 | 0% |
| Ottawa (Lower Town / Sandy Hill / University of Ottawa) | 125 | 0% |
| Victoria | 102 | 0% |
| Vaughan | 96 | 0% |
| Vancouver | 92 | 0% |
| Laval | 91 | 0% |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Online shop | 19,544 | 63% |
| Manufacturer | 4,981 | 16% |
| Service | 3,188 | 10% |
| Retail | 1,630 | 5% |
| Wholesale | 614 | 2% |
| Public & non-profit | 435 | 1% |
| Hospitality | 328 | 1% |
| Unknown | 35 | 0% |
| Other | 34 | 0% |
The biggest Shopify stores in Canada
The largest ecommerce stores on this platform in the country, by headcount; marketplaces and portals left out.
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What Shopify stores in Canada add on top
Payment providers and marketing tools found on these stores' pages and DNS.
The stack of shopify stores in Canada
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other platforms and segments in Canada
Ecommerce in Canada, the whole market →
Every company using Shopify in Canada, not only ecommerce →
WooCommerce stores in Canada · 10,354 →
Wix stores in Canada · 3,385 →
Squarespace stores in Canada · 870 →
OpenCart stores in Canada · 291 →
Webador stores in Canada · 276 →
BigCommerce stores in Canada · 250 →
Magento stores in Canada · 199 →
PrestaShop stores in Canada · 139 →
Webflow stores in Canada · 64 →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 17,361 →
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 →
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30,789 companies in Canada run a Shopify store: 16,375 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 150 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/canada/on-shopify)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- 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.
Shopify stores in Canada: questions
How many Shopify stores are there in Canada?
30,789 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
How do you know a store runs Shopify?
From the store's own pages and DNS: the platform's scripts, assets, checkout or hosting fingerprints. A store is counted once, on the platform we detected.
Can I get the list?
Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.
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