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Top 25 Nonprofit executive search companies based in Canada

Name: Nonprofit executive search companies based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 135 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 135 nonprofit executive search companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,419 professional contacts across them, including 539 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers nonprofit executive search companies 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

135Companies

1,419Contacts tracked

539Verified emails

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The 25 largest nonprofit executive search companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 135 nonprofit executive search companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nonprofit executive search companies: 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	Caldwell	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	245 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TALENT TRANSFORMS Caldwell is an elite executive search firm trusted by established and growth-focused companies alike.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Macdonald Search Group	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	197 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MacDonald Search Group is a national executive search and recruitment firm helping companies across Canada and North America hire high-impact leaders in sales, marketing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	KCI	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At KCI, we are a firm focused on values and people…both ours and yours.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	Phelps	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Phelps is an executive search company that helps clients accelerate their performance by unlocking leadership potential and building a preeminent firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Bedford Group Transearch	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The world of executive talent has fundamentally changed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Truenorth Executive Search, INC	Indirect evidence	Barrie, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	FAUVE	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “It all started with a simple question: why not extend the same care and rigor of executive search to mid-level leadership positions?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Vitreo Group INC	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our team has over 350 years of combined consulting and fundraising experience with expertise in campaign planning, campaign management, leadership development, stakeholder…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Harbour West Consulting INC	Indirect evidence	North Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	PFM Executive Search	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PFM Executive Search is a leading, BC-based executive search firm with international partners throughout North America, Europe and Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Pender & Howe	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pender & Howe is a North American talent advisory firm specializing in leadership recruitment and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Stonewood Group	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “StoneWood Group Inc- A Leading Executive Search Firm In Canada Founded in 1981, StoneWood Group is a Canadian Executive Search firm, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Aixal Consulting	Indirect evidence	Waterloo, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 60 years, Aixal Consulting has been focused on delivering the highest level of integrity in our work, with personal accountability to our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Pathways Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are changing the face of workplace leadership, in Canada and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Humanedge Recruitment & Consulting Services	Strong evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HumanEdge provides executive and senior level search and human resources and workplace consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	GXB Leadership	Partial evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our search strategies are based on clear objectives: to recommend business solutions that yield results and to identify individuals who will take your organization to the next…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Crawfordconnect	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “crawfordconnect is a retained, executive search firm that places talent exclusively in the nonprofit sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Promeus INC	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Promeus is a senior team of Executive Search Partners and professionals that delivers search innovation and excellence to clients across Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Hric Executive Search	Strong evidence	Vancouver, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HRIC Executive Search partners with foundations, development banks, NGOs, mission-driven organizations, and purpose-led private sector on senior leadership decisions that hold.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Mirams Becker	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mirams Becker is a retained executive search firm dedicated to serving the healthcare sector, with a focus on providing clients with the highest level of service and customization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Nelson Kraft And Associates	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nelson/Kraft & Associates Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	CBI Business Solutions	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Foundations of Excellence CBI’s expert team has over 150 years of combined experience and takes much pride in striving to achieve your excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Janet Soles And Associates Executive Search	Strong evidence	Calgary, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Our team members have over 110 years of experience in the field of executive search supporting clients in the private, public, academic, and not-for-profit sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Décarie Transearch	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “À chaque organisation son leader.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Serv Recruitment	Strong evidence	Southampton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Serv Recruitment Agency is an Executive Search Firm helping growth organizations find top talent in the market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: nonprofit executive search companies. 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 nonprofit executive search companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of nonprofit executive search companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name nonprofit executive search companies. 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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Nonprofit executive search companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

38.0%Verified-email coverage

10.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

34.8%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

107

11-50

51-200

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 135 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 nonprofit executive search companies, 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 “nonprofit executive search companies”. 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 nonprofit executive search companies), 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 nonprofit executive search companies, 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, 539 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 29, 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.

Nonprofit executive search companies by metro

Nonprofit executive search companies in Toronto47

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 nonprofit executive search companies, 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 nonprofit executive search companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 135 nonprofit executive search companies 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?

Caldwell, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nonprofit executive search companies?

Toronto leads with 47 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (20) and Vancouver (20).

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 539 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 135 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 29, 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.