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Top 25 Creative economy development organizations based in Canada

Name: Creative economy development organizations based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 205 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 205 creative economy development organizations headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,917 professional contacts across them, including 649 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers creative economy development organizations 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,917Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest creative economy development organizations based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 205 creative economy development organizations based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to creative economy development organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Invest Ottawa	Strong evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	185 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Invest Ottawa, is Ottawa’s leading economic development agency for fostering the advancement of the region's globally competitive knowledge-based institutions and industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Calgary Economic Development	Strong evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	132 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Calgary Economic Development works with business, government and community partners to achieve economic success, embrace shared prosperity and build a strong community for Calgary.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Opportunities NEW Brunswick	Partial evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	123 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Opportunities NB is the lead business development agency for New Brunswick.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Réseau Mentorat	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nous sommes un organisme sans but lucratif activement engagé dans la promotion du développement de la culture entrepreneuriale comme moyen privilégié d'assurer le développement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Winnipeg Economic Development & Tourism	Strong evidence	Winnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Winnipeg Economic Development & Tourism is the city’s lead economic development and tourism agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Artscape	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Artscape is a not-for-profit urban development organization that makes space for creativity and transforms communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Drummond Économique	Indirect evidence	Drummondville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Drummond économique a pour mission de créer des conditions favorables à l’entrepreneuriat et au développement économique durable de la MRC de Drummond, notamment en soutenant et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Community Futures North Okanagan	Partial evidence	Vernon, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Community Futures North Okanagan's goal to assist the community to find local solutions to complex economic issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	LA Piscine MTL	Partial evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Created in 2015, La Piscine is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to catalyze and cultivate the first-ever ecosystem dedicated to the development of entrepreneurship…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	ZÚ	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Incubateur initié par Guy Laliberté en 2018, Zú soutient et propulse les entrepreneurs créatifs qui utilisent la technologie pour développer des solutions qui révolutionnent les…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Kootenay Employment Services	Partial evidence	Creston, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mission Statement:"To contribute to the on-going growth and integrity of our community by providing dynamic employment and community development services." Philosophy:"We believe…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Impact On	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vision: Ontario is a province where the values of the social and cooperative economy are lived and inspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Corporation DE Développement Économique DE Victoriaville ET SA Région	Indirect evidence	Victoriaville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La Corporation de développement économique de Victoriaville et sa région (CDEVR) se trouve au coeur de la vitalité économique de la MRC d'Arthabaska depuis plus de 40 ans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole	Indirect evidence	Saint-hyacinthe, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Offering business solutions designed to ensure success, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole is the gateway for all your industrial, commercial and tourism projects in Saint-Hyacinthe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	MRC DU Val-Saint-François	Indirect evidence	Richmond, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le CLD a pour mission de stimuler le développement économique par une implication dynamique du milieu et de favoriser la création et l’expansion des entreprises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	City Of Dauphin	Strong evidence	Dauphin, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “City of Dauphin, Manitoba Our municipality's online presence is managed by the City department - Dauphin Economic Development & Tourism.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Economic Development Lethbridge	Strong evidence	Lethbridge, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “At Economic Development Lethbridge, we are in the business of building community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Progress Unlimited INC	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Progress (un)ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Compétence Culture	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Compétence Culture voit à l’élaboration et à la mise en œuvre de stratégies assurant le développement et la reconnaissance des compétences des artistes, des travailleuses et des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	CLD Rouyn-Noranda	Strong evidence	Rouyn-noranda, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A partner in action, the Centre local de développement Rouyn-Noranda has been stimulating the development and consolidation of local economic and tourist activities for more than…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Cspace Projects	Partial evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “cSPACE is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting communities of artists, non-profits and entrepreneurs working in the culture and creative sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	SEF Canada	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Entrepreneurial Development Program or ED was developed from best practises of economic development programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Cdec DE Québec	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La mission de la CDEC de Québec est de promouvoir le développement économique communautaire et social, par l’accompagnement des entreprises d’économie sociale et la mobilisation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Culture Bas-Saint-Laurent	Indirect evidence	Rimouski, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Culture Bas-Saint-Laurent travaille au développement culturel de la région par les services-conseils, par la représentation, la concertation et la promotion auprès des différents…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Brampton Arts Organization	Partial evidence	Brampton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Brampton Arts Organization (BAO) champions Brampton's diverse creative community and advocates for the city's creatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: creative economy development organizations. 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 creative economy development organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of creative economy development organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name creative economy development organizations. 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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Creative economy development organizations based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

33.9%Verified-email coverage

9.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

10.2%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

155

11-50

51-200

5,001-10,000

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 205 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 creative economy development organizations, 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 “creative economy development organizations”. 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 creative economy development organizations), 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 creative economy development organizations, 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, 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 creative economy development organizations, 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 creative economy development organizations are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 205 creative economy development organizations 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?

Invest Ottawa, headquartered in Ottawa, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most creative economy development organizations?

Toronto leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Calgary (11) and Montreal (11).

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 649 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 205 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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About this data

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.