Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 First marketing agencies based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 9,530 first marketing agencies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 51,810 professional contacts across them, including 15,401 with verified work emails and 5,242 with mobile numbers. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers first marketing 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 24, 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 first marketing agencies based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,682 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re Critical Mass.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sid Lee is a big-hearted, multidisciplinary creative community known for crafting bold ideas that are rooted in design and informed by culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 461 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LG2 is a creative agency that firmly believes its work must serve progress.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 409 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rethink is one of the world’s leading independent creative agencies that relentlessly pursues work the world talks about.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We develop strategic, creative solutions that aren’t afraid of challenging tradition, because the way we see it – great marketing shouldn’t have to feel like marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 304 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2006, XMC is a proudly independent agency that provides strategic counsel and execution of bespoke Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing™ programs for over 25…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VERB Interactive provides inspired marketing for the best travel experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Diamond is an award-winning integrated creative agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Hive is a proudly independent, 100% Canadian-owned creative agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 233 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “If your business isn't generating consistent leads online, the problem usually is your digital presence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2021, Plus Company is a carefully curated collective of elite agencies engineered for maximum impact in today’s dynamic landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 195 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Connect6 Group, we recognize that every client is distinct.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seedbox is home to some of the most creative, curious, and driven employees of our time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tink has been pushing the boundaries of digital since 1995.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 181 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are Puulse Marketing, a premier marketing and sales agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Influence Marketing is a brand built on the foundations of people, trust, and authenticity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 175 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2009, INNOCEAN Canada is a full-service advertising agency based out of Toronto and Montreal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Running a company is a little like building a plane while flying it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We plan, build, and optimize online advertising campaigns that reach millions of people on platforms like Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 50 years, Saatchi & Saatchi has been where the world’s greatest brands have come for the biggest, world-changing ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Havas Canada’s mission is to make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses and people we work with.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HAWK is one of Atlantic Canada’s leading marketing agencies, delivering work on a national scale for household names like Royale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “POD Marketing is the parent company of four specialized verticals: Marketing4ECPs (eye care), CITIZEN (senior living marketing), SmileShop Dental Marketing, and Cleinman…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a proven leader in the industry, Cober has strong strategic partnerships with our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 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: first marketing 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 first marketing agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of first marketing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name first marketing 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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First marketing agencies based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 24, 2026Companies by employee count
Freshness & accuracy
How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked
Email last verified
Median 26.0dCompany record updated
Median 80.0dHow 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 first marketing 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 “first marketing 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 first marketing 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 first marketing 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, 15,401 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 24, 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.
First marketing agencies by metro
- First marketing agencies in Toronto2319
- First marketing agencies in Vancouver837
- First marketing agencies in Montreal797
- First marketing agencies in Calgary570
- First marketing agencies in Ottawa268
- First marketing agencies in Edmonton266
- First marketing agencies in Mississauga239
- First marketing agencies in London123
- First marketing agencies in Winnipeg123
- First marketing agencies in Halifax101
- First marketing agencies in Victoria101
- First marketing agencies in Oakville94
- First marketing agencies in Brampton89
- First marketing agencies in Hamilton87
- First marketing agencies in Burlington84
- First marketing agencies in Markham80
- First marketing agencies in Kitchener79
- First marketing agencies in Surrey71
- First marketing agencies in Vaughan69
- First marketing agencies in Kelowna68
- First marketing agencies in Burnaby62
- First marketing agencies in Saskatoon59
- First marketing agencies in Windsor57
- First marketing agencies in Richmond Hill56
- First marketing agencies in Waterloo55
- First marketing agencies in North York54
- First marketing agencies in North Vancouver51
- First marketing agencies in Laval49
- First marketing agencies in Barrie48
- First marketing agencies in Regina43
- First marketing agencies in Guelph41
- First marketing agencies in Kingston37
- First marketing agencies in Etobicoke35
- First marketing agencies in Langley31
- First marketing agencies in Gatineau28
- First marketing agencies in Longueuil26
- First marketing agencies in Abbotsford25
- First marketing agencies in Brossard25
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 first marketing 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 first marketing agencies are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 9,530 first marketing 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?
Critical Mass, headquartered in Calgary, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most first marketing agencies?
Toronto leads with 2319 headquartered companies, followed by Vancouver (837) and Montreal (797).
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 15,401 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 9,530 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 24, 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.
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