Radar · Building Materials in Quebec
Best Building Materials Companies in Quebec, Canada
The 93 best Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
93companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BUILDING MATERIALS × QUEBEC
Our analysis of 150 Building Materials companies
$19.1b in tracked funding; 75% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2020.
150companies analysed
75%cloud-native stacks
2020funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2001median founding year
162kcombined LinkedIn audience
59%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in Quebec
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | maax MAAX offers a broad range of bathtubs, showers and shower doors that provide the unique style, lasting… | — | 3,800 | 1969 | — | Node.jsZohoSalesforce+19 | Top 1M | 2 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 2 launchs |
| 2 | canam group Canam Group specializes in metal component design and fabrication for the construction industry. | — | 3,220 | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Atis Group Manufacturer & distributor of doors and windows for buildings | — | 1,200 | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | eacom timber corp. Eacom Timber engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of lumber, wood chips, and wood-based… | — | 1,200 | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | goodfellow Offline distributor of timber products and building material | — | 677 | 1898 | Patrick Goodfellow CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 6 | lefebvre & benoit Lefebvre & Benoit is a construction firm that provides building materials, tools and estimation for… | — | 600 | 1958 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 7 | lepage millwork Lepage Millwork is engaged in the manufacturing of high quality windows and doors. | — | 475 | 1947 | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365core-js+7 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 8 | Garaga Manufacturer of garage doors for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors | — | 301 | 1983 | — | DrupalApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+18 | Top 5M | 2 patents Design and construction of sectional garage door systems | 4 job openings · 1 partnership |
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,245,692 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Building Materials coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada
How research on Advanced Materials is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 207 Canada-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 80% → 86% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Ministry of Education37
- University of Alberta18
- University of British Columbia17
- University of Waterloo15
- Concordia University15
leading researchers
Chun‐Yi Su · M. Shahria Alam · Subhash Rakheja · Ramin Sedaghati · Mohammad Al Janaideh · Fred Nitzsche · Li Yu · Yue Zhao
▲
Breakthroughs78 · 38%
▲ 30%→53% share
▲1.8× share momentum5 median citations69% since 2021mostly methods-led
Soft robotics emerged brand-new with 8 papers, while Smart materials surged from 2 to 18 — Canadian breakthrough research intensifying rapidly.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material2→18
- Actuator2→11
- Nanotechnology4→7
- Composite material1→4
- Shape-memory alloy2→4
Newly emergingSoft robotics 0→8 · Self-healing hydrogels 0→7 · Elastomer 0→7
Landmark Surface Wrinkles for Smart Adhesion · 509 cites
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Advancements79 · 38%
▼ 45%→23% share
▼0.5× share momentum12 median citations29% since 2021mostly methods-led
Piezoelectricity research rising modestly from 3 to 4 papers as Advancements field-share contracted sharply from 45% to 23%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Piezoelectricity3→4
Landmark A generalized Prandtl–Ishlinskii model for characterizing the hysteresis and saturation nonlinearities of smart actuator · 206 cites
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Concerns10 · 5%
▲ 0%→9% share
1 median citations90% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns segment grew from 0% to 9% field-share, with Smart materials and Biomimetic materials each flagging 3 concern-linked papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material3
- Biomimetic materials3
- Shape-memory polymer2
- Dissipation2
- Pellets1
Landmark Recent progress in the development of smart supercapacitors · 95 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada
Where advanced materials is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Vancouver21 · +0.50
Edmonton/Calgary21 · +0.57
Waterloo/Hamilton16 · +0.57
Montreal14 · +0.66
Toronto12 · +0.54
Ottawa/Kingston10 · +0.52
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada
Who's filing advanced materials patents in Canada
Canada advanced materials patent filing is accelerating — 5,032 filings from 3,713 assignees (2016–2025), led by Schlumberger CA, Schlumberger Technology, Novelis; annual filings 473→483.
5,032 filings3,713 assigneespeak 585/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Schlumberger CA364
- Schlumberger Technology363
- Novelis362
- NAT RES Council Canada296
- RIO Tinto Alcan INT241
- Dwave SYS238
- D WAVE Systems190
- CA NAT Research Council189
Common questions
How many Building Materials companies are there in Quebec, Canada?
Radar tracks 93 indexable Building Materials companies headquartered in Quebec, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada?
The Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Building Materials company in Quebec, Canada?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada.
How many Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada are funded?
0 of the 93 Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Building Materials unicorns are there in Quebec, Canada?
None of the Building Materials companies in Quebec, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Quebec, Canada Building Materials companies?
The most active investors in Quebec, Canada Building Materials companies on this list include Centech, Desjardins Capital, GPI Capital, Hilltop Private Capital, Incline Equity Partners.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.