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Top 25 Federal criminal defense lawyers based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 193 federal criminal defense lawyers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 946 professional contacts across them, including 271 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers federal criminal defense lawyers 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 16, 2026.
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The 25 largest federal criminal defense lawyers based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The leading criminal and penal law firm in the Outaouais” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Riendeau Avocats est un cabinet d’avocat spécialisé en défense criminelle, en droit pénal, familial et en droit de l’immigration à Montréal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Strategic Criminal Defence is a full-service law office dedicated to protecting your rights and achieving the best possible outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California was established in 1972, and is dedicated to the defense of clients charged with federal offenses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hicks Adams is one of the largest and most seasoned law firms in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Edward H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Based in Toronto, our criminal defence lawyers represent clients on all criminal, regulatory and provincial offences at trial and on appeal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Daniel Brown Law is one of Toronto's premier boutique criminal defence firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Caramanna, Friedberg LLP is a leading criminal defence law firm located in Toronto, Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Neuberger & Partners LLP is one of Canada's leading criminal defence law firms, and our lawyers are relentless when it comes to successfully defending clients charged with a wide…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mass Tsang LLP is criminal defence law firm that practices across the Province of Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dunn and Associates is a full service criminal defence law firm that was founded in 1978.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a criminal law firm in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jordana H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shadley Knerr is a boutique law firm dedicated exclusively to the representation of individuals and corporations at all stages of criminal, regulatory, or other government…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Edelmann and Company is a progressive law firm located in Vancouver's historic Gastown neighbourhood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AGP LLP is a law firm located in Ottawa, Ontario, practicing exclusively criminal and quasi-criminal litigation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With over 100 years of combined criminal defence experience, our team of lawyers has the experience and knowledge you’re looking for.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Howard C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bottos Law Group is a leading Criminal Defence Law Firm based out of 4th Floor, 10226 - 104 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Website: Phone:(519) 645-6969 Email: lakin@lakinafolabilaw.com Lakin Afolabi is a criminal lawyer in London Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Roulston Urquhart Criminal Defence is a team of skilled criminal lawyers dedicated to smart, aggressive and strategic advocacy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As one of the largest criminal defence firms in Canada, our lawyers are deeply committed to the liberties and rights of all citizens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dedicated.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Igor Vilkhov is the principal lawyer and founder of Vilkhov Law Professional Corporation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: federal criminal defense lawyers. 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 federal criminal defense lawyers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of federal criminal defense lawyers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name federal criminal defense lawyers. 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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Federal criminal defense lawyers based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 16, 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 193 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 federal criminal defense lawyers, 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 “federal criminal defense lawyers”. 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 federal criminal defense lawyers), 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 federal criminal defense lawyers, 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, 271 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 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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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 federal criminal defense lawyers, 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 federal criminal defense lawyers are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 193 federal criminal defense lawyers 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?
CSG Avocats, headquartered in Gatineau, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most federal criminal defense lawyers?
Toronto leads with 52 headquartered companies, followed by Calgary (15) and Montreal (15).
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 271 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 193 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 16, 2026.
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