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As of 4 November 2026, 7,852 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in Canada; 139 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 7,852
- Hiring now
- 139 · 31 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Freight forwarding & logistics · 2,652
- Top city
- Montréal · 224
- Parent market
- Transport, logistics & rental · 9,933
Freight transport & equipment rental in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Freight forwarding & logistics | 2,652 | 34% |
| Road freight haulage | 2,484 | 32% |
| Removals & moving services | 1,998 | 25% |
| Courier & express delivery | 781 | 10% |
| Heavy haulage & project cargo | 509 | 6% |
| Warehousing & fulfilment 3PL | 455 | 6% |
| Construction equipment rental | 336 | 4% |
| Vehicle rental | 332 | 4% |
| Freight brokerage | 305 | 4% |
| Other freight transport & equipment rental | 259 | 3% |
| Vehicle transport & car shipping | 197 | 3% |
| Cold chain & refrigerated transport | 181 | 2% |
| Crane hire & lifting services | 155 | 2% |
| General equipment & tool rental | 136 | 2% |
| Shipping container sales & hire | 113 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 660 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,058 · 26 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,534 · 32 |
| 51-200 employees | 446 · 46 |
| 201-500 employees | 101 · 19 |
| 501-1000 employees | 31 · 6 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 17 · 7 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal | 224 | 3% |
| Toronto | 202 | 3% |
| Québec | 178 | 2% |
| Calgary | 114 | 1% |
| Mississauga (Matheson / East Rathwood) | 86 | 1% |
| Brampton | 75 | 1% |
| Mississauga (Courtney Park / East Gateway) | 74 | 1% |
| Ottawa | 70 | 1% |
| Brampton East | 64 | 1% |
| Vancouver | 54 | 1% |
| Laval | 51 | 1% |
| Surrey | 49 | 1% |
The biggest freight transport & equipment rental companies in Canada
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The stack of freight transport & equipment rental in Canada
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7,852 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in Canada; 139 are hiring right now and Montréal has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/transport_logistics_rental/canada/freight_transport_and_equipment_rental)
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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.
Freight transport & equipment rental in Canada: questions
How many freight transport & equipment rental companies are there in Canada?
7,852 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Transport, logistics & rental → Freight transport & equipment rental → leaf niches such as freight forwarding & logistics, road freight haulage, removals & moving services. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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