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This list has 95 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 22 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: Toronto (54), Vancouver (12), and Kitchener (8). Largest teams: BioRender, Vidyard, and PartnerStack. Latest round: Quarterhill raised $3.61M (Oct 13, 2026).

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Rally is Zoom for social events
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Sales AI for your Website
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Pave analyzes Google Analytics + marketing data and sends you reports…
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The AI-native business intelligence platform
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Project management on a live map
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Detect cyber attacks on critical physical infrastructure
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Empowering local retailers with tech that works for them.
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AI-powered equity research software
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AI for modern automotive dealerships
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Create, Share, Play Mobile Games on the iPad.
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HQ: London, Canada

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On-demand labour that's actually good
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Employee security done for you.
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Knowledge base maintenance on auto-pilot
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Communication and publishing tools for scientists
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API for shared embeddable web browsers
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M&A due diligence platform powered by AI
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A robot that makes tea!
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Collaborative ticketing that integrates into Teams and Slack
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KemNet supplies reformulated drugs for specific groups of patients.
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Your software should build itself.
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Real-time interaction models for voice agents
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Continuously improving evals for agentic commerce
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Verify that the expected person is in control before key actions.
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Instant Labs builds modern tools to help you find and buy domain…
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Notion for science
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$3.61M · Equity · Oct 2026
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PartnerStack is a full stack solution for partnerships.
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Payroll, HR, and Health Benefits for Canada's SMB's
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Bonfire is reimagining RFPs & bidding for gov procurement teams
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HQ: Canada

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We build communities through massively multiplayer mobile games
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