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Top 25 Enterprise development agencies based in Canada

Name: Enterprise development agencies based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 371 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 371 enterprise development agencies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 5,461 professional contacts across them, including 2,124 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.

This list covers enterprise development agencies 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

371Companies

5,461Contacts tracked

2,124Verified emails

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The 25 largest enterprise development agencies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 371 enterprise development agencies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to enterprise development agencies: 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	Investissement Québec	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,326 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Investissement Québec is the go-to partner for foreign and Québec-based businesses seeking to make a go of it in the province.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Meda Mennonite Economic Development Associates	Partial evidence	Waterloo, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	326 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MEDA is an international economic development organization whose mission is to create business solutions to poverty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Invest Ontario	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Invest Ontario is an agency of the Government of Ontario that helps businesses and investors discover what others from around the province and globe already know, that Ontario is…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Invest Ottawa	Partial evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	185 contacts →
	Partial 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 28, 2026
5	UK	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	184 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1992, The UK Business Financing Centre has been a partner in bridging the gap between Government funding programmes and Entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Inno-Centre IC Canada	Indirect evidence	Performance, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	146 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1987, IC Canada has been helping companies across Canada achieve their business objectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Invest Nova Scotia	Partial evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	144 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Invest Nova Scotia is the business development agency of Nova Scotia, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Opportunities NEW Brunswick	Partial evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	123 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Opportunities NB is the lead business development agency for New Brunswick.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Entrechefs PME	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Notre mission Accompagner la progression des chefs propriétaires de PME et leur successeur, dans un esprit d’entraide, par l’échange d’expériences vécues, dans nos rassemblements…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	CEED	Partial evidence	Dartmouth, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CEED (Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development) empowers entrepreneurs across Nova Scotia to start, grow and scale businesses by providing personalised pathways…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Drummond Économique	Indirect evidence	Drummondville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
12	Community Futures North Okanagan	Indirect evidence	Vernon, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Community Futures North Okanagan's goal to assist the community to find local solutions to complex economic issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre	Indirect evidence	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Sault Ste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Enablis Entrepreneurial Network	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Enablis is a Canadian non-profit organization co-founded in 2002 by Canadian business leaders Charles Sirois and Paul Lamontagne, along with Accenture, and supported by the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	CIDEP	Partial evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are specialists in economic development services, international trade and foreign direct investment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Kootenay Employment Services	Partial evidence	Creston, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
17	Town Of Vegreville	Indirect evidence	Vegreville, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Home to the World’s Largest Freestanding Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Egg), the Town of Vegreville is located about 100 kilometers east of Edmonton and conveniently adjacent to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Build ME APP	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Build Me App is a product studio that builds, fixes, and scales digital products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Corporation DE Développement Économique DE Victoriaville ET SA Région	Indirect evidence	Victoriaville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
20	Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole	Indirect evidence	Saint-hyacinthe, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
21	MRC DU Val-Saint-François	Indirect evidence	Richmond, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
22	Invest Windsoressex	Partial evidence	Windsor, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Invest WindsorEssex advances economic development and prosperity in Windsor-Essex, Ontario Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	City Of Dauphin	Partial evidence	Dauphin, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Partial 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 28, 2026
24	L'effet Futé	Indirect evidence	Sainte-thérèse, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’effet Futé is your strategic partner in business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Economic Development Lethbridge	Partial evidence	Lethbridge, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Economic Development Lethbridge, we are in the business of building community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: enterprise development agencies. 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 enterprise development agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of enterprise development agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name enterprise development agencies. 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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Enterprise development agencies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

38.9%Verified-email coverage

14.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

5.9%Largest-city concentration · Montreal

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

290

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 371 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 enterprise development agencies, 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 “enterprise development agencies”. 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 enterprise development agencies), 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 enterprise development agencies, 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, 2,124 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 28, 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 enterprise development agencies, 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 enterprise development agencies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 371 enterprise development agencies 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?

Investissement Québec, headquartered in Montreal, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most enterprise development agencies?

Montreal leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Toronto (19) and Quebec (12).

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 2,124 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 371 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 28, 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.