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Primary medical & veterinary practices in Canada_

As of 4 November 2026, 10,216 primary medical & veterinary practices companies are based in Canada; 176 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
10,216
Hiring now
176 · 61 new in 30 d
Largest niche
General practice primary care · 2,190
Top city
Toronto · 211
Parent market
Health care · 43,670
10,216primary medical & veterinary practices companies in Canada
176hiring today
61opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Primary medical & veterinary practices in Canada, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
General practice primary care
2,19021%
Veterinary clinic small animal
1,77117%
Multispecialty medical clinic
1,27612%
Aesthetic medicine clinics
1,02310%
Naturopathic integrative medicine
8438%
Plastic aesthetic surgery
3784%
Other primary medical & veterinary practices
2843%
Psychiatry mental health clinic
2643%
Pediatric practice
2613%
Diagnostic imaging radiology
2512%
Gynecology obstetrics practice
2112%
Heilpraktiker practices
1822%
Pain management clinics
1642%
General hospitals
1632%
Endocrinology metabolism practice
1622%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
1,572 · 0
2-10 employees
7,427 · 59
11-50 employees
839 · 31
51-200 employees
222 · 27
201-500 employees
64 · 22
501-1000 employees
26 · 8
1001-5000 employees
43 · 20
5001-10000 employees
10 · 4
10,001+ employees
13 · 5
By city
companiesshare
Toronto
2112%
Québec
1762%
Montréal
1682%
Vancouver (East Fairview / South Cambie)
821%
Victoria
771%
Ottawa
711%
Vaughan
581%
Westmount East
500%
Markham Outer Southwest
480%
Barrie South
420%
Calgary
410%
Central Toronto (The Annex / North Midtown / Yorkville)
410%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest primary medical & veterinary practices companies in Canada

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

Nova Scotia HealthMultispecialty medical clinic · Sydney North Central10,001+ employeesWilliam Osler Health SystemGeneral hospitals · Brampton Northwest5001-10000 employeesHealth Sciences CentreMultispecialty medical clinic · Winnipeg (Centennial)5001-10000 employeesScarborough Health NetworkGeneral hospitals · Scarborough (Steeles West / L'Amoreaux West)5001-10000 employeesQuinte HealthGeneral hospitals · Belleville East1001-5000 employeesOntario Shores Centre for Mental Health SciencesPsychiatry mental health clinic · Whitby Southeast1001-5000 employeesMichael Garron HospitalGeneral hospitals · Toronto1001-5000 employeesCHEOGeneral hospitals · Ottawa (Alta Vista)1001-5000 employeesNorth York General HospitalGeneral hospitals · Leslie1001-5000 employeesHalton Healthcare ServicesGeneral hospitals1001-5000 employeesHennick Humber HospitalGeneral hospitals · Toronto1001-5000 employeesWomen's College HospitalMultispecialty medical clinic · Downtown Toronto (University of Toronto / Harbord)1001-5000 employeesPeterborough Regional Health CentreGeneral practice primary care · Peterborough South1001-5000 employeesSouthern Health-Santé SudMultispecialty medical clinic1001-5000 employeesHomewood HealthHome care agencies · Guelph North1001-5000 employeesOak Valley HealthGeneral hospitals · Markham Central1001-5000 employeesMackenzie HealthGeneral hospitals · Richmond Hill Southwest1001-5000 employeesYukon HospitalsGeneral hospitals · Whitehorse501-1000 employeesTimmins and District HospitalGeneral hospitals · Timmins Southeast501-1000 employeesKinark Child and Family ServicesPsychiatry mental health clinic · Markham Outer Southwest501-1000 employees
10,216 primary medical & veterinary practices companies in Canada.

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04 — What they run

The stack of primary medical & veterinary practices in Canada

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10,216 primary medical & veterinary practices companies are based in Canada; 176 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/health_care/canada/primary_medical_and_veterinary_practices)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

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.
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Primary medical & veterinary practices in Canada: questions

How many primary medical & veterinary practices companies are there in Canada?

10,216 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Health care → Primary medical & veterinary practices → leaf niches such as general practice primary care, veterinary clinic small animal, multispecialty medical clinic. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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