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As of 4 November 2026, 3,205 food & beverage production companies are based in Canada; 29 are hiring right now and Québec has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,205
- Hiring now
- 29 · 17 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Preserves sauces & spices · 594
- Top city
- Québec · 130
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 31,097
Food & beverage production in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Preserves sauces & spices | 594 | 19% |
| Other food & beverage production | 557 | 17% |
| Snack & sweet manufacturing | 392 | 12% |
| Winery | 329 | 10% |
| Packaged food manufacturing | 310 | 10% |
| Craft brewery | 297 | 9% |
| Distillery | 271 | 8% |
| Meat processing & charcuterie | 183 | 6% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 182 | 6% |
| Fruit & vegetable processing | 169 | 5% |
| Dairy & cheese manufacturing | 152 | 5% |
| Pet food manufacturing | 131 | 4% |
| Mineral water & soft drink bottlers | 128 | 4% |
| Tea & infusion producers | 109 | 3% |
| Contract produced drinks brands | 92 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 486 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,922 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 487 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 207 · 9 |
| 201-500 employees | 71 · 7 |
| 501-1000 employees | 17 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 9 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Québec | 130 | 4% |
| Toronto | 86 | 3% |
| Montréal | 44 | 1% |
| Rode | 18 | 1% |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 17 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 16 | 0% |
| Concord | 15 | 0% |
| Penticton | 15 | 0% |
| Vancouver | 15 | 0% |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 15 | 0% |
| Calgary | 14 | 0% |
| Langley | 13 | 0% |
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The stack of food & beverage production in Canada
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Canada
Manufacturing & industry in Canada, the whole market →
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Textiles clothing & bedding · 2,353 →
Building products manufacturing · 1,955 →
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3,205 food & beverage production companies are based in Canada; 29 are hiring right now and Québec has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/canada/food_and_beverage_production)
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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.
Food & beverage production in Canada: questions
How many food & beverage production companies are there in Canada?
3,205 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Food & beverage production → leaf niches such as preserves sauces & spices, other food & beverage production, snack & sweet manufacturing. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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