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Top 25 Private equity backed companies based in Canada

Name: Private equity backed companies based in Canada
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 751 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 751 private equity backed companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 7,835 professional contacts across them, including 3,385 with verified work emails and 867 with mobile numbers. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity backed 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 Match evidence on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

751Companies

7,835Contacts tracked

3,385Verified emails

867Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest private equity backed companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 751 private equity backed companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names private equity backed companies: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	JV Driver InvestmentsIndirect evidence	Leduc, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	642
	“JV Driver Investments Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Volaris GroupIndirect evidence	Mississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	10001+	485
	“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	NovacapIndirect evidence	Brossard, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	355
	“Novacap est un investisseur nord-américain d’envergure et l’une des sociétés d’investissement privé les plus expérimentées au Canada.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Fengate Asset ManagementStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	331
	“Fengate is a leading investment firm specializing in real assets, with a focus on infrastructure, private equity and real estate.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Aspire SoftwareIndirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	287
	“Aspire Software is a global software investment and operating company focused on acquiring, building, and scaling exceptional vertical market software businesses.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	SagardStrong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	287
	“Sagard is a global multi-strategy alternative asset management firm active in venture capital, private equity, private credit, and real estate.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Northleaf Capital PartnersStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	280
	“Northleaf Capital Partners is a global private markets investment firm with more than US$31 billion in private equity, private credit and infrastructure cumulative capital…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Kingsett CapitalStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	181
	“KingSett Capital is Canada’s leading private equity real estate investment firm with over $19 billion of assets under management.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	IMP Group InternationalPartial evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	167
	“IMP Group is a privately-held investment corporation, working to support our diverse business divisions to develop and deliver substantial value and growth in industries ranging…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Altas PartnersStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	99
	“Altas Partners is a North American private equity firm focused on selectively acquiring significant interests in high-quality, durable businesses with compelling growth potential.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	RedbrickIndirect evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	92
	“Redbrick builds, acquires, and operates innovative companies, providing the strategic guidance and shared resources that enable them to scale.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Birch Hill Equity PartnersStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	91
	“Birch Hill is a Canadian mid-market private equity firm with a long history of driving growth in our portfolio companies and delivering returns to our investors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	KV CapitalIndirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	88
	“KV Capital provides differentiated capital solutions across the Canadian real estate sector, delivering superior risk-adjusted returns for our investors while enabling borrowers…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	AquilaIndirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	79
	“Aquila eternally invests in market leaders with staying power across enterprise software, vertical SaaS and data.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Imperial Capital LimitedIndirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	75
	“Imperial Capital has been successfully building better businesses since 1989.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	Torquest PartnersStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	66
	“TorQuest Partners is a Canadian-based manager of private equity funds with a proven track record in identifying and building value in a diversified portfolio of companies based…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Sureswift CapitalIndirect evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	64
	“SureSwift Capital acquires and manages exceptional businesses with strong fundamentals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Lynx Equity LimitedStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	64
	“Lynx Equity is a private equity firm that owns and operates fifty companies in various industries across North America, the United Kingdom, and Denmark.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Claridge INCPartial evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	62
	“Claridge is a private investment firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	ARC Financial CorpIndirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	55
	Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Clairvest Group INCStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54
	“Clairvest, a leader in the Canadian private equity industry for more than 35 years, has approximately $4.3 billion of capital under management.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Lorval Capital ManagementIndirect evidence	Langley, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	46
	“Lorval Capital Management is a family office based in British Columbia, Canada.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	MKB & COStrong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	46
	“MKB is a North American private investment firm that specializes in providing growth equity to companies driving innovation in the energy, transportation, built environment…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Oncap Management PartnersIndirect evidence	Toronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	45
	“ONCAP, in partnership with operating company management teams, invests in and builds value in North American headquartered small and medium sized businesses that are market…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	VRG CapitalStrong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	43
	“Founded in 1982, VRG Capital is a private equity firm backed by a select group of Canadian family offices.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Private equity backed companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

TorontoLargest hub · 314 HQs

867Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

511

11-50

169

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Verified emails by last verification

0–30

3,198

31–60

181

61–90

90–180

180+

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 private equity backed companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “private equity backed companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity backed 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 an evidence 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, 3,385 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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Private equity backed companies by metro

Frequently asked

How many private equity backed companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 751 private equity backed 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?

JV Driver Investments, headquartered in Leduc, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most private equity backed companies?

Toronto leads with 314 headquartered companies, followed by Vancouver (112) and Montreal (71).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

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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 SmartSearch, 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.