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Top 25 Photonics companies based in Canada

Name: Photonics companies based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026 94 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 94 photonics companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 1,944 professional contacts across them, including 771 with verified work emails and 158 with mobile numbers. Ottawa is the largest hub.

This list covers photonics 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 7, 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 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

94Companies

1,944Contacts tracked

771Verified emails

158Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest photonics companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 94 photonics companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to photonics 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	INO	Indirect evidence	Quebec City, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	319 contacts →
	“Created through the merger of the activities of the National Optics Institute (INO) and the Computer Research Institute of Montréal (CRIM), Luqia is a brand-new industrial…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2	OZ Optics LTD	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	191 contacts →
	“OZ Optics Limited is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic products for existing and next-generation optical networks.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3	INDIE	Strong evidence	Quebec & Switzerland, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	“At indie (Nasdaq: INDI), we empower our customers with best-in-class semiconductor, photonics, software, and system-level technologies designed to drive their success.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4	Telops An Exosens Brand	Indirect evidence	Quebec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	90 contacts →
	“Telops, part of Exosens is a leading supplier of high-performance scientific infrared cameras for the defense, academic, industrial, and environmental research industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5	Ranovus INC	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	“The world-class team of scientist and engineers at Ranovus is comprised of professionals with a unique combination of decades of expertise in product development of…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6	Vuereal INC	Indirect evidence	Waterloo, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	“VueReal is a global pioneer in MicroSolid Printing™, revolutionizing the micro-semiconductor device industry with its breakthrough eco-friendly micro-pixel manufacturing process.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7	Enablence Technologies	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	“Enablence Technologies Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8	Poet Technologies	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	“POET Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer™ a novel platform that allows the seamless…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9	ITF Technologies	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	“HELPING YOU BUILD YOUR LASER SYSTEM Whether for volume production of industrial lasers to custom R&D project, you need reliable components that are optimized to your design, to…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10	INPHO	Strong evidence	Ottawa, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	“Inpho's mission is to lead the world in photonic chips for computing.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11	Doric Lenses INC	Indirect evidence	Sainte-foy, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12	Lightmachinery	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	“LightMachinery is dedicated to producing the world's finest lasers, optical components and optical process machinery.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13	Coractive	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	“Coractive develops and manufactures Specialty Optical Fibers (SOF)products and fiber laser solutions for OEM customers’ applications in the industrial, telecommunications, sensing…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14	Femtum	Strong evidence	Québec (québec), QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	“Femtum is a Canadian manufacturer of mid-infrared fiber lasers for material processing and fundamental photonics.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15	Osela INC	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	“Osela est un fabricant spécialisé dans les systèmes d’illumination laser et l’éclairage structuré pour les applications de vision industrielle nécessitant une mise en forme…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16	Aeponyx Enterprises INC	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	“Photonics in Motion Aeponyx develops advanced integrated photonics with MEMS products.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17	Norcada	Strong evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	“Norcada specializes in the development and manufacturing of MEMS and Photonic products for a wide range of industrial and scientific applications.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18	Lumir Lasers INC	Indirect evidence	Québec, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	“Established in 2019, LumIR Lasers is a market-leading provider of mid-IR fiber lasers and components, unlocking the disruptive potential of this wavelength range for research…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19	Thorlabs Canada	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	“À Montréal depuis 2014, Thorlabs Canada se concentre sur le développement et la production d'une vaste gamme de composants optiques à base de fibres pour les appareils d'imagerie…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20	Genoptic LED	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	“An advanced R&D firm specializing in the development of its disruptive Nano-optoelectronic technologies, which significantly enhance performance, reliability, and energy…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21	Newcon Optik	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	16 contacts →
	“Newcon Optik, established in 1992, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced electro-optical devices and components for military, law enforcement and commercial…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22	Allied Scientific Pro, ASP	Indirect evidence	Gatineau, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	“ASP, Allied Scientific Pro a brand of ASP Laser Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23	Dream Photonics INC	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	“Our goal is to help our customers reach one Billion devices with integrated photonics.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24	PPI Systems	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	“PPI Systems is a leading supplier of laser-based material processing, test and inspection systems.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25	Few-Cycle	Indirect evidence	Varennes, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	“few-cycle Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 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: photonics 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 photonics companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of photonics companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name photonics 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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Photonics companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026

39.7%Verified-email coverage

8.1%Mobile-number coverage

20.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

16.0%Largest-city concentration · Ottawa

Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

7170–30

4931–60

261–90

190–180

2180+

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 photonics 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 “photonics 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 photonics 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 photonics 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, 771 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 7, 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.

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 photonics 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 photonics companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 94 photonics 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?

INO, headquartered in Quebec City, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most photonics companies?

Ottawa leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (14) and Quebec (14).

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 771 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 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 7, 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.