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Top 25 Grocery chains based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 165 grocery chains headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 33,250 professional contacts across them, including 5,070 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.

This list covers grocery chains 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
165Companies
33,250Contacts tracked
5,070Verified emails
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The 25 largest grocery chains based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 165 grocery chains 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 grocery chains: 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
1Indirect evidenceStellarton, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+13,606 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sobeys Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLangley, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+4,087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Save-On-Foods is a Pattison Food Group business with a legacy of outstanding value and customer service that dates back more than 100 years to its start in 1915.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBrampton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a2,541 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to NO FRILLS!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceOttawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Farm Boy, it’s all about the food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceVaughan, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,777 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Food is what we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceKingsville, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000252 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Your proudly Canadian neighbourhood grocer committed to community, connection and opportunity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000209 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1967, the Rabba family established their first small grocery store in Toronto, Ontario.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500154 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Summerhill Market is Toronto’s destination for premium groceries, chef-prepared meals, and specialty products sourced from around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceRichmond, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000145 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kin’s Farm Market has been a part of British Columbia since 1987.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000143 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The seeds of Sunterra took root on the family farm over 50 years ago in Acme, Alberta.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500124 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Leading grocers with 5 to 500 stores use Mercatus to run their digital storefronts, fulfill orders for pickup and delivery, personalize rewards and loyalty offers, and ultimately…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBurnaby, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000120 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Family-owned, operated, and based in British Columbia, Fresh St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceBurnaby, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Known as H.Y.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500110 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Stong’s Market is your local full service grocery store, established in 1931 in Vancouver by Carson Stong.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMontreal, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000110 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BIENVENUE DANS LA FAMILLE PA!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAbbotsford, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00090 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Big Box Outlet Store has been proudly Canadian and family-owned since 1985.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWaterloo, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50086 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're the little store with a whole lot more!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceBurnaby, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50072 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sungiven Foods Canada Inc, a subsidiary of Xiamen Sungiven Foods Holding Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceMaple Ridge, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Good food brings a family together…we’ve proved that.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fresh City is an award-winning urban farm and omni-channel retailer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Strong evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20056 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Coppa’s Fresh Market is a family-owned and operated grocery store chain in the Greater Toronto Area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceHalifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pete's Frootique is a locally-loved market with a taste of old charm, founded by Pete Luckett.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceSharon, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50049 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The mission of Vince’s Market is to serve our customers quality and fresh food through an experience of convenience, cleanliness, and accessibility provided by a team dedicated to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceToronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a42 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Panchvati Supermarket is a food & beverages company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMontréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a41 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fondée à Lasalle en 1947, la bannière Metro, c’est aujourd’hui près de 200 magasins au quatre coins de la province et près de 20 collègues passionnés.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Grocery chains based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
15.2%Verified-email coverage
201.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.7%Largest-city concentration · Montreal
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
46
11-50
40
51-200
28
201-500
23
501-1,000
15
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
7

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 165 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 grocery chains, 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 “grocery chains”. 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 grocery chains), 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 grocery chains, 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, 5,070 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
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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 grocery chains, 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 grocery chains are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 165 grocery chains 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?

Sobeys, headquartered in Stellarton, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most grocery chains?

Montreal leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Toronto (21) and Mississauga (8).

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 5,070 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 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.