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Top 25 Community development finance institutions based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 69 community development finance institutions headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 3,354 professional contacts across them, including 1,649 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers community development finance institutions 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.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest community development finance institutions based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,243 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Everyone needs a place to bank.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 614 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Affinity Credit Union is a locally-owned co-operative that exists for you, our members and the communities we serve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “During 50 years we have contributed to bring better quality and life conditions to Womens, young, entrepreneurs and farmers around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FNFA is the only 100% First Nation-led organization in the world leveraging private capital for a pooled-borrowing model of Nations to finance projects that build strong, healthy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At ACCESS, we are dedicated to empowering individuals and entrepreneurs in underserved communities, assisting them in overcoming financial obstacles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF) is a non-profit organization working for financial inclusion in the Ottawa area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vous pensez démarrer ou agrandir une entreprise?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NEDC strives to assist Indigenous Entrepreneurs make their dreams come true and build a better future for business by providing financing and business support to Indigenous…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Venture Niagara is one of 61 Community Futures Development Corporations investing in small and medium sized businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Enterprise Brant our mission is "to foster economic development in Brant".” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La Société d'aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) de Papineau est située en Outaouais et a pour mission de soutenir la création d'entreprise, le développement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “La Société d’aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) Arthabaska-Érable est un organisme à but non lucratif financé par Développement économique Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Kawartha Lakes CFDC our goal is to create employment through strategic capital investments in small and medium sized enterprises, support entrepreneurs in the development of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La Corporation de développement communautaire (CDC) Centre-Sud est une structure de soutien dédiée au changement visé par la communauté en facilitant la concertation et la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Rainy River Future Development Corporation is one of 61 Community Future Development Corporations in Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whether you are are starting or expanding your business Community Futures South Georgian Bay offers a full range of business services to help achieve your business goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La SADC de Nicolet-Bécancour, c'est une équipe à l'écoute de vos besoins, une organisation résolument durable et qui met l’humain au cœur de ses actions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La mission du Fonds Mauricie consiste à développer le potentiel économique et humain de la collectivité en donnant un accès au crédit, un soutien technique et un accompagnement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La SADC couvre 4 MRC de la Côte-Nord pour une superficie totale de 166 829 km2, une population de près de 50 personnes, 15 municipalités, 6 communautés autochtones et une…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a not-for-profit financial institution dedicated to empowering our community and helping individuals achieve their financial goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Parry Sound Area Community Business & Development Centre is a federally supported not-for-profit Community Futures Development Corporation, governed by a Board of Directors in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We actively support community-based economic development with a range of products and services aimed at creating diverse, sustainable rural communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Community Futures Ontario is a provincial association supporting a network of 60 Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) that drive economic growth in rural Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “La SADC Achigan-Montcalm est un organisme qui contribue au développement et à l’essor de la communauté en offrant des services d’accompagnement en affaires et du financement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “South Lake Futures CFDC is a community-based organization committed to providing economic development opportunities for small businesses and social enterprises in the Town of East…” 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: community development finance institutions. 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 community development finance institutions.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of community development finance institutions, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name community development finance institutions. 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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Community development finance institutions based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
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 69 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 community development finance institutions, 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 “community development finance institutions”. 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 community development finance institutions), 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 community development finance institutions, 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, 1,649 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.
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 community development finance institutions, 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 community development finance institutions are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 69 community development finance institutions 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?
Vancity, headquartered in Vancouver, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most community development finance institutions?
Toronto leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Edmonton (2) and Levis (2).
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 1,649 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 69 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.
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