Real estate agencies in Canada
As of 4 November 2026, 17,816 real estate agencies companies are based in Canada; 13 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
- 17,816
- Hiring now
- 13 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General residential sales lettings agency · 16,817
- Top city
- Toronto · 798
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 112,770
Real estate agencies in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General residential sales lettings agency | 16,817 | 94% |
| Commercial property & business brokerage | 573 | 3% |
| Offplan investment brokerage | 413 | 2% |
| Buyers agents | 306 | 2% |
| Other real estate agencies | 276 | 2% |
| Cash property buyers | 228 | 1% |
| Property valuation & appraisal | 200 | 1% |
| Rural & farm property agencies | 188 | 1% |
| Residential landlords | 55 | 0% |
| Overseas holiday home agency | 48 | 0% |
| Residential property developers | 47 | 0% |
| General property developers | 43 | 0% |
| General property management | 36 | 0% |
| Residential letting management | 24 | 0% |
| Other property management services | 21 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 5,040 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 12,051 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 540 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 130 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 43 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 798 | 4% |
| Québec | 410 | 2% |
| Montréal | 286 | 2% |
| Real | 260 | 1% |
| Vancouver (West Fairview / Granville Island / NE Shaughnessy) | 206 | 1% |
| St. Albert | 196 | 1% |
| Victoria | 192 | 1% |
| Markham Outer Southwest | 170 | 1% |
| Calgary | 167 | 1% |
| Mississauga | 161 | 1% |
| Calgary (Highfield / Burns Industrial) | 150 | 1% |
| Vaughan | 136 | 1% |
The biggest real estate agencies companies in Canada
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The stack of real estate agencies in Canada
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17,816 real estate agencies companies are based in Canada; 13 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/canada/real_estate_agencies)
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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.
Real estate agencies in Canada: questions
How many real estate agencies companies are there in Canada?
17,816 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Real estate agencies → leaf niches such as general residential sales lettings agency, commercial property & business brokerage, offplan investment brokerage. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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