Market map · Canada

Manufacturing & industry in Canada_

As of 4 November 2026, 31,097 manufacturing & industry companies are based in Canada: 2,595 with 51+ employees, 462 hiring right now, led by metal fabrication workshops and Québec.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies, confident classification
31,097
51+ employees
2,595 · 8%
Hiring now
462 · 157 new in 30 d
Largest segment
Metal fabrication workshops · 4,072
Top city
Québec · 1,014
Running cold outbound
38
31,097manufacturing & industry companies in Canada
2,595with 51+ employees
462hiring on their own career site today
157opened a role in the last 30 days
02 — Segments

Manufacturing & industry in Canada, by segment

Click a segment for its own map. Second column: companies hiring right now.

By sub-vertical
companies · hiring
Metal fabrication workshops
4,072 · 90
Print signage packaging production
3,792 · 22
Handmade craft makers
3,275 · 0
Industrial machinery manufacturing
3,262 · 95
Food & beverage production
3,205 · 29
Furniture makers & sellers
2,506 · 0
Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing
2,458 · 23
Textiles clothing & bedding
2,353 · 0
Building products manufacturing
1,955 · 26
Electronics & electrical manufacturing
1,952 · 69
Chemicals & materials production
1,779 · 46
Consumer goods manufacturing
1,609 · 0
Windows doors & precast concrete
1,510 · 22
Plastics & rubber processing
1,292 · 18
Medical device manufacturing
766 · 19
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
6,552 · 1
2-10 employees
15,960 · 43
11-50 employees
5,990 · 112
51-200 employees
1,977 · 184
201-500 employees
420 · 74
501-1000 employees
96 · 20
1001-5000 employees
75 · 19
5001-10000 employees
13 · 5
10,001+ employees
14 · 4
By city
companiesshare
Québec
1,0143%
Toronto
8103%
Montréal
6022%
Concord
3471%
Markham Outer Southwest
2621%
Calgary
2191%
Mississauga (Matheson / East Rathwood)
2181%
Calgary (Lynnwood Ridge / Ogden / Foothills Industrial / Great Plains)
1931%
Ottawa
1881%
Vancouver
1821%
Vaughan
1691%
Laval
1661%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest manufacturing & industry companies in Canada

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

kdc/oneGeneral personal care manufacturers · Longueuil West10,001+ employeesBausch + LombGeneral personal care manufacturers · Vaughan10,001+ employeesLundin MiningMineral exploration mining · Vancouver (Bentall Centre)5001-10000 employeesImperial Oil LtdLubricant manufacturers · Calgary5001-10000 employeesATS CorporationAutomation component manufacturers · Cambridge West5001-10000 employeesSleeman BreweriesCraft brewery · Guelph East1001-5000 employeesVelanValve actuator manufacturers · Montréal1001-5000 employeesEldorado GoldMineral exploration mining · Vancouver (Waterfront / Coal Harbour / Canada Place)1001-5000 employeesCCL HealthcareSticker & label printing · Etobicoke Northwest (Clairville / Humberwood / Woodbine Downs / West Humber / Kipling Heights / Rexdale / Elms / Tandridge / Old Rexdale)1001-5000 employeesGraymontOther chemicals & materials production · Richmond North1001-5000 employeesPolycor Inc.Stone fabrication · Québec1001-5000 employeesFPS Food Process SolutionsCommercial kitchen food equipment · Richmond Northeast1001-5000 employeesClow CanadaValve actuator manufacturers · Hamilton (Durand / Kirkendall / Chedoke Park)1001-5000 employeesAlgoma SteelMetal products manufacturers · Sault Ste. Marie East1001-5000 employeesMattr Inc.Wire & cable manufacturers1001-5000 employeesEnerflexCompressor drilling rig manufacturers · Calgary (Inglewood / Burnsland / Chinatown / East Victoria Park / Saddledome)1001-5000 employeesSolmaxOther chemicals & materials production · Longueuil Southwest1001-5000 employeesDurabuiltWindow & door manufacturers · Edmonton (West Northwest Industrial / Winterburn)501-1000 employeesGay Lea FoodsDairy & cheese manufacturing · Etobicoke Northwest (Clairville / Humberwood / Woodbine Downs / West Humber / Kipling Heights / Rexdale / Elms / Tandridge / Old Rexdale)501-1000 employeesCabicoCustom furniture makers · Coaticook501-1000 employees
31,097 manufacturing & industry companies in Canada; 462 of them hiring.

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04 — What they run

The stack of manufacturing & industry in Canada

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31,097 manufacturing & industry companies are based in Canada: 2,595 with 51 or more employees, 462 hiring right now (157 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by metal fabrication workshops and Québec. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/canada)
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.
  • StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
FAQ

Manufacturing & industry in Canada: questions

How many manufacturing & industry companies are there in Canada?

31,097 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 2,595 of them have 51 or more employees.

How do you know a company belongs to manufacturing & industry?

We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.

Which manufacturing & industry companies in Canada are hiring?

462 have an open role on their own career site today and 157 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.

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