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Top 25 Independent music labels based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 165 independent music labels headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,479 professional contacts across them, including 385 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers independent music labels 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 20, 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 independent music labels based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 277 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Arts & Crafts is a Toronto based, artist-owned premium music-focused media and artist services company, offering expertise as an independent record label, artist management firm…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1984, Nettwerk Music Group is a leading global independent record label with a legacy of purpose-driven innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Universal Music Canada!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Monstercat is North America’s largest independent electronic music record label.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “604 Records is a music company based out of Vancouver, BC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dine Alone Records is a small but quickly growing self contained independent record label founded in 2005 by Joel Carriere in St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bonsound is a music company founded in 2004 and based in Montreal, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Declaimer: We are an independently-owned, private, music company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We’re Bravo musique, a “music and talent label” that represents complex and complete homegrown artists, allowing them to shine on local stages and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1997 by legendary Montreal indie-rockers, GrimSkunk, Indica Records was started with a grassroots, do-it-yourself approach; and an overriding belief in "artist first"…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sonic Unyon Recording Company (founded 1993) is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Secret City Records is a leading Montreal-based independent record label founded in 2006, initially to provide a home for Patrick Watson’s first album, Close to Paradise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Unidisc Music Inc, is one of Canada’s largest independent record label’s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in in Toronto, Six Shooter Records is a full-service music company with a diverse roster that includes artists in the genres of Americana, country, rock, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Wax Records is an independent, full-service, 100% Canadian music company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Indie electronic record label founded by YouTube curator MrSuicideSheep.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lisbon Lux Records is an independent record label, management, publishing, concert and remix production team based in Montreal (Canada), launched in may 2013 by Producer Julien…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Emengy is a bass music record label located in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cadence Music Group is a leading independent music company based in Toronto, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Record Label, Publishing, and Music Management company based in Winnipeg, MB.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ray-On is a Montreal-based company providing label services to artists including digital distribution, rights management, sync representation, marketing and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Paper Bag Records is a leading independent record label, artist management and music publishing company based in Toronto, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Soluté Records est une entreprise fondée en 2020 par de jeunes entrepreneurs qui avaient comme ambition de colorer et de professionnaliser la scène musicale du…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Westwood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Simone Records est une maison de disques, de production de spectacles, de gérance et d’éditions impliquée dans la carrière d’une trentaine d’artistes depuis 2006.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: independent music labels. 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 independent music labels.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent music labels, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent music labels. 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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Independent music labels based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 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 independent music labels, 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 “independent music labels”. 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 independent music labels), 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 independent music labels, 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, 385 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 20, 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.
Independent music labels by metro
- Independent music labels in Toronto53
- Independent music labels in Montreal39
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 independent music labels, 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 independent music labels are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 165 independent music labels 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?
Arts & Crafts, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most independent music labels?
Toronto leads with 53 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (39) and Vancouver (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 385 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 20, 2026.
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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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