Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Canada
As of 5 November 2026, 320 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Canada; 14 are hiring right now and Québec has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 320
- Hiring now
- 14 · 3 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Defence systems manufacturers · 88
- Top city
- Québec · 11
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 31,097
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence systems manufacturers | 88 | 28% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 49 | 15% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 45 | 14% |
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 33 | 10% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 29 | 9% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 11 | 3% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 10 | 3% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 10 | 3% |
| Workwear & uniform manufacturers | 10 | 3% |
| Precision CNC machining | 9 | 3% |
| Sensor instrument manufacturers | 9 | 3% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 6 | 2% |
| Robotics system manufacturers | 6 | 2% |
| Industrial safety equipment | 5 | 2% |
| Optics & photonics manufacturers | 4 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 33 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 156 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 80 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 37 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 9 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Québec | 11 | 3% |
| Toronto | 9 | 3% |
| Montréal | 5 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 5 | 2% |
| Calgary | 4 | 1% |
| London (YXU / North and East Argyle / East Huron Heights) | 4 | 1% |
| Brantford | 3 | 1% |
| Concord | 3 | 1% |
| Granby Central | 3 | 1% |
| Mississauga (Wildwood) | 3 | 1% |
| Pointe-Claire | 3 | 1% |
| Terrebonne Southwest | 3 | 1% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in Canada
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in Canada
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320 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Canada; 14 are hiring right now and Québec has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/canada/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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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.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Canada: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in Canada?
320 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as defence systems manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers, uav aerospace manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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