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As of 4 November 2026, 603 games development & publishing companies are based in Canada; 17 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
- 603
- Hiring now
- 17 · 8 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Game studios · 302
- Top city
- Toronto · 19
- Parent market
- Media & content · 26,431
Games development & publishing in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Game studios | 302 | 50% |
| Tabletop game publishers | 125 | 21% |
| Mobile casual game studios | 114 | 19% |
| Game portals | 105 | 17% |
| Other games development & publishing | 43 | 7% |
| Video game media | 42 | 7% |
| Game development service studios | 25 | 4% |
| Private game servers | 18 | 3% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 4 | 1% |
| Composers | 3 | 0% |
| Game & 3d asset stores | 3 | 0% |
| Novelist author sites | 3 | 0% |
| Youtube channels | 3 | 0% |
| Artist studios | 2 | 0% |
| Other user content aggregator platforms | 2 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 483 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 60 · 4 |
| 11-50 employees | 43 · 6 |
| 51-200 employees | 11 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 6 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 19 | 3% |
| Montréal | 18 | 3% |
| Québec | 13 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 12 | 2% |
| Vancouver | 12 | 2% |
| Downtown Toronto (CN Tower / King and Spadina / Railway Lands / Harbourfront West / Bathurst Quay / South Niagara / YTZ) | 11 | 2% |
| Vancouver (SW Downtown) | 9 | 1% |
| Downtown Toronto (Richmond / Adelaide / King) | 8 | 1% |
| Vancouver (NE Downtown / Harbour Centre / Gastown / Yaletown) | 6 | 1% |
| Calgary | 5 | 1% |
| Downtown Montreal East | 5 | 1% |
| Downtown Toronto (Ryerson) | 5 | 1% |
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The stack of games development & publishing in Canada
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Other segments of media & content in Canada
Media & content in Canada, the whole market →
News & content portals · 10,234 →
User content aggregator platforms · 5,341 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 3,044 →
Writers & independent publishing · 2,023 →
Music & radio · 1,967 →
Books publishing & retail · 1,697 →
Travel blogs guides · 1,524 →
Creator channels & influencers · 1,220 →
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603 games development & publishing companies are based in Canada; 17 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/canada/games_development_and_publishing)
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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.
Games development & publishing in Canada: questions
How many games development & publishing companies are there in Canada?
603 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Games development & publishing → leaf niches such as game studios, tabletop game publishers, mobile casual game studios. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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