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Toronto on Proud to Work: the companies here, the people behind them, the programs you can use, and a board for finding each other.

17 companies · 7 people · 22 programs

Toronto

The board

Live opportunities around Toronto, pulled from public sources and refreshed when the site rebuilds. Anyone can post here too — it is free, and read by hand before it goes live.

Buyers looking for suppliers10

Open public tenders with work delivered in or around Toronto, soonest closing first.

Open calls and programs5

Cohort intakes, challenges and funding calls that are still accepting applications.

Contracts open for bid10

The services side of the same notices: design, software, research, consulting, training.

Hiring, and what is on12

Open roles at companies in the directory, and events happening in Toronto.

Vancouver Fall Social

CVCA (Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Assoc.) · Office, Toronto · on October 20, 2026

CVCA

Toronto Holiday Social

CVCA (Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Assoc.) · Office, Toronto · on December 9, 2026

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Invest Canada ’27

CVCA (Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Assoc.) · Office, Toronto · on June 1, 2027

CVCA

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Culture leaders in Toronto5

Local companies setting the standard — the culture they build, what they do best and the capital behind them.

Cybersecurity

1Password

Turned a bootstrapped password manager into a remote-first security leader built on trust

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Enterprise artificial intelligence

Cohere

Canada's own frontier AI lab, built for enterprises that keep their data close

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Connected vehicle and fleet telematics

Geotab

A basement startup that became the world's telematics leader without outside investors

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Advertising technology

StackAdapt

A profitable Toronto adtech company whose people work like underdogs

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Financial technology

Wealthsimple

Making financial freedom simple for millions of Canadians, with a team that owns it

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Companies in Toronto17

Toronto1PasswordIdentity security company securing credentials for over 200,000 businesses and their people, agents and machines.SaaSTorontoAdaAI customer service platform that has powered more than four billion automated support interactions for global brands.AITorontoBenchSciAI research platform for preclinical drug discovery used by 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies.AITorontoCohereEnterprise AI company building secure large language models, embeddings and agent platforms for businesses.AITorontoDoceboTSX- and Nasdaq-listed AI-first learning platform for employee training, customer education and skills intelligence.EdtechTorontoEcopia AIUses artificial intelligence to convert aerial and satellite imagery into high-definition vector maps of the built environment.AITorontoFreshBooksCloud accounting and invoicing software used by over 500,000 small service-based businesses in 160 countries.SaaSOakvilleGeotabFleet telematics company processing roughly 100 billion daily data points from about six million connected vehicles.HardwareTorontoHydrostorDevelops advanced compressed air energy storage projects delivering long-duration grid storage in Canada, the US and Australia.CleantechTorontoKepler CommunicationsBuilds an optical satellite constellation acting as internet exchange points for space-to-space data relay.AerospaceTorontoLeagueDigital health platform powering consumer health experiences for large payers, providers and employers.HealthTorontoMejuriDirect-to-consumer fine jewellery brand selling online and through retail stores in Canada, the US and Europe.RetailTorontoRelayAll-in-one business banking and money management platform built for small business owners and their accountants.FintechTorontoStackAdaptProgrammatic advertising and media buying platform spanning connected TV, display, video and digital out-of-home.MediaTorontoWaabiPhysical AI company developing autonomous trucks and robotaxis with partners including Volvo and Uber.AITorontoWealthsimpleDigital financial platform offering investing, trading, banking and mortgages to over four million Canadians.FintechTorontoXanaduPhotonic quantum computing company building useful, scalable quantum computers, listed on Nasdaq and TSX.Hardware

People in Toronto7

TorontoAtom EgoyanFilmmaker and opera director behind The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and Ararat, working through his company Ego Film Arts.FilmTorontoGeoffrey HintonTuring Award laureate and University of Toronto professor emeritus whose neural network research underpins modern deep learning.AI ResearchTorontoJohn RuffoloFounder and managing partner of Maverix Private Equity, backing growth-stage technology companies in Canada and the US.InvestingTorontoMargaret AtwoodNovelist and poet whose works include The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy.WritingTorontoSanja FidlerUniversity of Toronto professor and NVIDIA VP of AI Research working on computer vision, graphics and 3D reconstruction.AI ResearchTorontoSheila HetiNovelist and essayist whose eleven books include Motherhood, Pure Colour and How Should a Person Be?WritingTorontoSiamak HaririArchitect who co-founded Hariri Pontarini Architects in Toronto in 1994, known for award-winning civic and cultural buildings.Architecture

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Programs you can use in Toronto

22 grants, accelerators, investors, industry groups, communities and workspaces mapped for this metro, plus 36 Canada-wide programs on top.

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