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Plumbing heating sanitary trades in Canada_

As of 4 November 2026, 9,958 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in Canada; 121 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
9,958
Hiring now
121 · 10 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Plumbing heating contractor · 5,184
Top city
Toronto · 213
Parent market
Property & construction · 112,770
9,958plumbing heating sanitary trades companies in Canada
121hiring today
10opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Plumbing heating sanitary trades in Canada, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Plumbing heating contractor
5,18452%
HVAC air conditioning contractor
3,60736%
Drain unblocking sewer cleaning
6507%
Chimney sweeping & stove installation
4785%
Heat pump installation
4585%
Septic system services
4164%
Commercial refrigeration contractor
3844%
Other plumbing heating sanitary trades
2553%
Boiler installation repair
1532%
Water treatment installers
1291%
Air duct cleaning services
1251%
Pool service & maintenance
671%
Excavation & earthmoving contractors
470%
Other specialist building services contractors
430%
Foundation repair & basement waterproofing
330%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
2,175 · 0
2-10 employees
6,954 · 56
11-50 employees
678 · 37
51-200 employees
130 · 20
201-500 employees
18 · 8
501-1000 employees
1 · 0
10,001+ employees
2 · 0
By city
companiesshare
Toronto
2132%
Montréal
2062%
Québec
1682%
Calgary
1001%
Ottawa
951%
Edmonton
671%
Vaughan
601%
Laval
561%
Victoria
561%
Markham Outer Southwest
521%
Langley
511%
Burnaby (Burnaby Heights / Willingdon Heights / West Central Valley)
490%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest plumbing heating sanitary trades companies in Canada

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

9,958 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies in Canada.

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04 — What they run

The stack of plumbing heating sanitary trades in Canada

From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.

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9,958 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in Canada; 121 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/canada/plumbing_heating_sanitary_trades)
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.
FAQ

Plumbing heating sanitary trades in Canada: questions

How many plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are there in Canada?

9,958 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Plumbing heating sanitary trades → leaf niches such as plumbing heating contractor, hvac air conditioning contractor, drain unblocking sewer cleaning. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

Can I get the list?

Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.

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