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Fleetora · first roles in DETobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada_
As of 4 November 2026, 1,541 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in Canada; 3 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
- 1,541
- Hiring now
- 3 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops · 573
- Top city
- Toronto · 52
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 38,371
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops | 573 | 37% |
| Vape & ecigarette shops | 497 | 32% |
| Other tobacco vape & cannabis retail | 218 | 14% |
| Smoke shop webshops | 185 | 12% |
| Cbd & hemp webshops | 184 | 12% |
| Tobacconists & cbd shops | 50 | 3% |
| Other health beauty & food webshops | 22 | 1% |
| Other consumer goods webshops mixed | 17 | 1% |
| Tea retailers | 17 | 1% |
| Home fragrance webshops | 14 | 1% |
| Vitamins & supplements webshops | 14 | 1% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 12 | 1% |
| Candy & snack shops | 11 | 1% |
| Producer direct brand webshops | 11 | 1% |
| Single product health beauty shops | 10 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 764 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 719 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 48 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 52 | 3% |
| East Toronto (The Danforth West / Riverdale) | 45 | 3% |
| Vancouver | 26 | 2% |
| Vancouver (South Renfrew-Collingwood) | 13 | 1% |
| Calgary (Lynnwood Ridge / Ogden / Foothills Industrial / Great Plains) | 11 | 1% |
| London | 8 | 1% |
| Ottawa | 8 | 1% |
| Calgary | 7 | 0% |
| Downtown Toronto (CN Tower / King and Spadina / Railway Lands / Harbourfront West / Bathurst Quay / South Niagara / YTZ) | 7 | 0% |
| Downtown Toronto (Kensington Market / Chinatown / Grange Park) | 7 | 0% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 7 | 0% |
| Québec | 7 | 0% |
The biggest tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada
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The stack of tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in Canada
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of ecommerce in Canada
Ecommerce in Canada, the whole market →
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Pet supplies ecommerce · 1,439 →
Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce · 1,211 →
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1,541 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in Canada; 3 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/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?
1,541 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Ecommerce → 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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