Shipvane · 4 AE roles
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Fleetora · first roles in DEWaste management & recycling in Canada_
As of 4 November 2026, 910 waste management & recycling companies are based in Canada; 15 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
- 910
- Hiring now
- 15 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Skip hire & waste container rental · 296
- Top city
- Toronto · 26
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 1,657
Waste management & recycling in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Skip hire & waste container rental | 296 | 33% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 249 | 27% |
| Recycling & sorting facilities | 234 | 26% |
| Scrap metal trading | 159 | 17% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 147 | 16% |
| Hazardous waste management | 87 | 10% |
| E waste recycling | 76 | 8% |
| Plastic recycling | 45 | 5% |
| Household recycling collection | 38 | 4% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 32 | 4% |
| Construction & demolition waste recycling | 23 | 3% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 17 | 2% |
| Secure shredding & data destruction | 7 | 1% |
| Refineries & biofuel plants | 2 | 0% |
| Bioenergy plant operators | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 85 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 637 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 130 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 34 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 14 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 5 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 26 | 3% |
| Québec | 17 | 2% |
| Langley | 10 | 1% |
| Montréal | 9 | 1% |
| Calgary (Inglewood / Burnsland / Chinatown / East Victoria Park / Saddledome) | 8 | 1% |
| Concord | 8 | 1% |
| Calgary (City Centre / Calgary Tower) | 7 | 1% |
| Calgary | 6 | 1% |
| Calgary (Lynnwood Ridge / Ogden / Foothills Industrial / Great Plains) | 6 | 1% |
| Edmonton (Central Mistatim) | 6 | 1% |
| Mississauga (Courtney Park / East Gateway) | 6 | 1% |
| Bolton | 5 | 1% |
The biggest waste management & recycling companies in Canada
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The stack of waste management & recycling in Canada
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910 waste management & recycling companies are based in Canada; 15 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/canada/waste_management_and_recycling)
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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.
Waste management & recycling in Canada: questions
How many waste management & recycling companies are there in Canada?
910 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Waste management & recycling → leaf niches such as skip hire & waste container rental, municipal & commercial waste collection, recycling & sorting facilities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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