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As of 4 November 2026, 1,549 pharmacies companies are based in Canada; 16 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
- 1,549
- Hiring now
- 16 · 4 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Community pharmacies · 1,410
- Top city
- Toronto · 25
- Parent market
- Health care · 43,670
Pharmacies in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Community pharmacies | 1,410 | 91% |
| Online pharmacy shops | 160 | 10% |
| Other pharmacies | 106 | 7% |
| Grey market online pharmacies | 38 | 2% |
| General practice primary care | 22 | 1% |
| Pharmaceutical wholesale | 7 | 0% |
| Medical weight loss clinics | 6 | 0% |
| Multispecialty medical clinic | 5 | 0% |
| Addiction treatment & rehab centres | 4 | 0% |
| Iv therapy & wellness clinics | 3 | 0% |
| Endocrinology metabolism practice | 2 | 0% |
| Medical equipment distributors | 2 | 0% |
| Naturopathic integrative medicine | 2 | 0% |
| Gynecology obstetrics practice | 1 | 0% |
| Home care agencies | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 10 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,396 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 100 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 38 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 25 | 2% |
| Surrey Upper West | 13 | 1% |
| Montréal | 8 | 1% |
| Richmond Hill Southwest | 8 | 1% |
| Surrey East | 8 | 1% |
| York | 8 | 1% |
| Brampton | 7 | 0% |
| Oakville North | 7 | 0% |
| Ottawa | 7 | 0% |
| Burnaby (Burnaby Heights / Willingdon Heights / West Central Valley) | 6 | 0% |
| Mississauga (Matheson / East Rathwood) | 6 | 0% |
| Barrie North | 5 | 0% |
The biggest pharmacies companies in Canada
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The stack of pharmacies in Canada
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1,549 pharmacies companies are based in Canada; 16 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/health_care/canada/pharmacies)
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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.
Pharmacies in Canada: questions
How many pharmacies companies are there in Canada?
1,549 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Health care → Pharmacies → leaf niches such as community pharmacies, online pharmacy shops, other pharmacies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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