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Top 25 Drug development service providers based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 270 drug development service providers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 10,026 professional contacts across them, including 5,499 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers drug development service providers 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.

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270Companies
10,026Contacts tracked
5,499Verified emails
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The 25 largest drug development service providers based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 270 drug development service providers 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 drug development service providers: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceLaval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,759 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Outsourcing made easy with a one-stop solution to early-phase drug development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceCharlottetown, PE, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000628 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Expertise in both microbial fermentation and chemical synthesis allows us to tackle today’s development pipeline’s increasingly complex molecules.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000625 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Industry-leading specialty GI contract research organization (CRO) transforming clinical trial outcomes and accelerating the development of life-changing therapies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500568 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pharma Medica Research is a full service early phase contract research organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000498 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Everest Clinical Research ("Everest") is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) providing a broad range of expertise-based clinical research services to worldwide…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500405 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“JSS Medical Research is a full service clinical research organization (CRO) with strong academic affiliations offering a wide range of services internationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBaie D’urfe (montreal), QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500344 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ITR Canada provides preclinical testing services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000279 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500266 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500218 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CPL is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides development, manufacturing, packaging, and testing of non-sterile liquid and semi-solid…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceBrockville, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500214 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Trillium Health Care Products is a North American contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in the formulation, manufacturing, and packaging of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000211 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Sygnature Discovery, a global drug discovery CRO, we create exceptional scientific outcomes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500195 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eurofins CDMO Alphora Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceBlainville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200181 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1990, with extensive combined expertise across our businesses, we provide solutions for every stage of product development and commercialization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200167 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dalton is a contract pharmaceutical manufacturer which provides integrated chemistry, development, and manufacturing to biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceCambridge, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Novocol Pharma is a CDMO based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceHamilton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200159 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AtomVie Global Radiopharma Inc.("AtomVie"), incorporated in late 2021, is a global leading CDMO for the GMP manufacturing and distribution of clinical and commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceKingston, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200118 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc.(KPM) is an integrated contract chemical process development company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceSaint-hubert, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1997, KABS has offered a broad range of product development services to the bio-pharmaceutical industry, worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Therapure is an integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that helps develop and manufacture therapeutic proteins for biopharmaceutical companies of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceGuelph, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nutrasource is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) that helps health companies bring products to market with strong science and regulatory confidence - from…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceScarborough, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20089 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1970, NUCRO-TECHNICS, a Pharmaceutical Contract Support Organization has been a partner to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies located all over the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceWinnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20083 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Genvion Corporation is an FDA approved CDMO, specialized in solid dosage and fully equipped to handle highly toxic API materials such as safe bridge level 4.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLondon, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1997, KGK Science has played a key role in the natural health product industry by providing our clients with high-quality clinical research and regulatory expertise to bring…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20073 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Groupe PARIMA is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization founded in 1994.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Drug development service providers based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
54.8%Verified-email coverage
37.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
19.6%Largest-city concentration · Toronto
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
132
11-50
78
51-200
38
201-500
13
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
1

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 270 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 drug development service providers, 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 “drug development service providers”. 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 drug development service providers), 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 drug development service providers, 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, 5,499 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.

Drug development service providers by metro

  • Drug development service providers in Toronto53
  • Drug development service providers in Montreal44

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 drug development service providers, 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 drug development service providers are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 270 drug development service providers 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?

Altasciences, headquartered in Laval, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug development service providers?

Toronto leads with 53 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (44) and Mississauga (19).

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 5,499 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 270 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.