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Top 18 Rare disease drug manufacturers based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 38 rare disease drug manufacturers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,345 professional contacts across them, including 253 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers rare disease drug manufacturers 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 17, 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.

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38Companies
2,345Contacts tracked
253Verified emails
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The 18 largest rare disease drug manufacturers based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 38 rare disease drug manufacturers based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to rare disease drug manufacturers: 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 evidenceBlainville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The multinational Duchesnay with its affiliated companies is headquartered in Blainville, Quebec.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20070 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Verity Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on commercializing therapeutically relevant prescription medicines that are in short supply or absent…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Elvium Life Sciences, patients are at the centre of everything we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cipher Pharmaceuticals (TSX: CPH)(OTCQX:CPHRF) is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a diversified portfolio of commercial and early to late-stage products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Auro Pharma Inc, is a Canadian subsidiary of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCambridge, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At United Pharma, innovation drives everything we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Natco Pharma (Canada) Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Indirect evidenceOttawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-1017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Xediton is a privately-held pharmaceutical company with a focus on meeting the needs of patients, physicians and partners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Apobiologix is a member of the Apotex Group of Companies, the largest Canadian-owned, pharmaceutical company with sales in 115 countries across the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Headquartered in Lachen, Switzerland, Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBoucherville, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2008 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Orimed Pharma est une compagnie pharmaceutique québécoise privée.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We thrive on tackling the toughest challenges By taking on seemingly insurmountable obstacles, we give ourselves the opportunity to achieve remarkable things and make a real…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidenceVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceLaval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2003 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Leveraging our 20 years plus history of 505(b)(2), Hybrid and Complex Generic approvals, Altus Drug Development designs, develops and delivers new Value-Added Medicines to pharma…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Strong evidenceVaughan, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Revive is a life sciences company focused on the research and development of therapeutics for infectious diseases and rare disorders, and it is prioritizing drug development…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWinnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Strong evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“VeriLuce Therapeutics is an early stage drug development Company focusing in oncology and rare diseases

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Rare disease drug manufacturers based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
10.8%Verified-email coverage
61.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
26.3%Largest-city concentration · Toronto
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
13
11-50
11
51-200
12
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
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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 38 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 rare disease drug manufacturers, 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 “rare disease drug manufacturers”. 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 rare disease drug manufacturers), 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 rare disease drug manufacturers, 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, 253 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 17, 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 rare disease drug manufacturers, 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 rare disease drug manufacturers are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 38 rare disease drug manufacturers 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?

Duchesnay, headquartered in Blainville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most rare disease drug manufacturers?

Toronto leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Laval (5) and Mississauga (4).

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 253 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 38 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 17, 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.