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Top 25 Arts schools based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 229 arts schools headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,456 professional contacts across them, including 421 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers arts schools headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest arts schools based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 229 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Canada’s National Ballet School has embraced the evolution of dance for over 60 years, establishing itself as a vibrant, internationally-recognized arts organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For English, click on "see more".” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) is one of the world's most highly respected post-secondary schools for visual, media and performing arts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1964, the Victoria Conservatory of Music (VCM) has earned an outstanding reputation of quality in education, performance and music therapy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Où chaque réussite trouve son sens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seul établissement au Québec offrant une formation de haut calibre en ballet Un programme danse-études qui allie les exigences d'une formation professionnelle en ballet et un…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis sa fondation en 1932, l’École de musique Vincent-d’Indy a su donner une place de choix à l’enseignement de la musique par le biais d’une double mission : transmettre la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Place des Arts is an established non-profit arts centre and music school in Coquitlam, BC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “New Image College (NIC) is a PTIB-accredited private academy for film acting, makeup artistry, aesthetics, hairdressing and nail design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts is committed to providing high quality performing arts education to students of all ages and levels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spécialisée dans la formation des interprètes en danse contemporaine, l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal (EDCM) se positionne comme un centre d’excellence dans le milieu…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A centre of excellence in performing arts training located in beautiful Victoria, BC Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Travelling Stage is Ontario & Manitoba's premier arts education company, supplying dozens of dynamic and affordable curriculum based dance and drama workshops to schools all…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen's University, Canada, is a vibrant learning community offering undergraduate programs in Drama, Entrepreneurship, Music, Music Theatre…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over 50 years, the Toronto School of Art (TSA) has established itself as one of the most distinguished alternative arts schools in the city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Situé à Saint-Irénée dans la région de Charlevoix, le Domaine Forget est à la fois une Académie de musique et de danse, un Festival International et un lieu de diffusion de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over 50 years, Dance Arts Institute (Formerly The School of Toronto Dance Theatre) has been passionately committed to the training and education of young dancers in the art of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Creative Genius Art Academy is a new art school designed to help individuals realize their creative potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts is a company based out of 126 James St S, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DramaWay is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities through innovative and dynamic creative arts programming.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nestled in the picturesque Rosebud River Valley, Rosebud Theatre & School of the Arts presents a vibrant season of engaging plays and concerts across three stages: the Rosebud…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Innovative Arts trains performers ages 8-18 to sing, dance and act by casting them in professional-grade musical theatre productions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Victoria Academy of Ballet (VAB), Western Canada's leading dance school, offers specialized dance instruction for young dancers through to professional level.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: arts schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names arts schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of arts schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name arts schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 229 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among arts schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “arts schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names arts schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among arts schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 421 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Arts schools by metro
- Arts schools in Toronto36
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names arts schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many arts schools are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 229 arts schools headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Canada's National Ballet School, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most arts schools?
Toronto leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (20) and Vancouver (16).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 421 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 229 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.