Best GovTech Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 45 best GovTech companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Patriot1 Tech.
Ranked: Best GovTech companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patriot1 Tech Online public safety management platform for weapon detection | $121M | 53 mo ago | Public | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Thentia Cloud based license management software | $56M | 30 mo ago | Series B | Brian Utley CEO | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+38 | — | — |
| 3 | CSDC Systems Citizen relationship management tools | $30M | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | Dan Mishra Chairman & CEO | 1989 | — | — | — |
| 4 | SceneDoc Data collection and investigation platform for public safety | $6M | 112 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2011 | — | 3 patents Digital forensic evidence capture and documentation system for law enforcement | — |
| 5 | Emergency Response Management Services Corporation Enterprise wide emergency response management systems | $4M | 155 mo ago | Series A | Sylvain Rollin CEO & President | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 6 | FreeBalance Financial management software for government agencies | $3M | 284 mo ago | Series B | — | 1984 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 7 | eScribe Meeting management solutions | $250K | 115 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | WordPressSentryZendesk+31 | — | — |
| 8 | IGM Technology Provider of financial management software for local government agencies | — | 26 mo ago | Seed | Isaac Gleicher CEO | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | — | — |
Top 9 GovTech companies in Ontario
#1
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 153 employees$56.1Mraised▾
Cloud based license management software. The platform centralizes, digitizes, and automates the agency license registration and renewal processes. It enables licensees and companies to manage personal and professional registration profile information, upload or download documents, track and manage continuing education requirements, apply for and renew licenses, make payments, and access payment history.
- Jan 2024Series B$38M
- Apr 2022Series B$10M
- Oct 2021Conventional Debt$11.9M
- May 2021Series B$8.1M
#2
Public · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2016 · 69 employees$120.6Mraised▾
Online public safety management platform for weapon detection. It provides users with a concealed weapons detection system using cognitive microwave radar technology in collaboration with McMaster University and NATO's Science for peace and security program. It uses AI technology for detecting threats such as weapons and crowd disturbances. It operates in the 500 MHz to 5 GHz frequency range and does not require a line of sight to detect concealed weapons.
- Mar 2022Post IPO$5.1M
- Nov 2021Post IPO$2M
- Nov 2018Post IPO$46M
- Oct 2018Post IPO$30.5M
#3
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1989 · 176 employees$30Mraised▾
CSDC provides tools for government agencies to provide citizen services through its platforms Amanda and Grantium. Amanda is a case management and process automation software helping in automating permitting, licensing, code compliance, tax compliance, legal compliance, and court automation. Grantium is a grants management software for government agencies. Claims to be used by more than 350 government agencies in 17 countries.
- Jan 2017Series B$30M
#4
Acqui-Hired · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2011 · 18 employees$6Mraised▾
SceneDoc is a public safety software for data collection, retrieval, and investigation. The software enables the field officers to collect data at the crime scenes using mobile phone apps. The app provides features for recording audio, video, provides digital notepad to sketch and take notes, and capture photos. Provides timelines for viewing data collection, notes, and activity reports.The data collected would be shared and enables collaboration. Provides both web-based and on-premises deployments. Rebranded from Siamese Systems company in December 2013. Counts Apple, Deloitte, Motorola, and Intergraph among partners. Montgomery County, Brentwood Police, and Lexington Fire department are among the customers.
- Apr 2017Series B—
- Apr 2015Series A—
- Jan 2015Series A$4M
- May 2014Seed$1.3M
#5
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 14 employees$3.5Mraised▾
ERMS (Emergency Response Management Services) offers crisis management and business continuity services. The company provides a product Emergency Advantage which is a comprehensive, secure and reliable emergency notification system. The company helps deploy and enterprise-wide robust, secure, and redundant mass notification system for incident notification. It also offers business continuity and disaster management customized to an organization.
- Sep 2013Series A$3.5M
#6
Series B · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1984 · 212 employees$3Mraised▾
Financial management software for government agencies. It offers an accountability suite that provides solutions in public financial management, public expenditure management, government treasury management, government receipts management, government performance management, and civil service management. Also provides transparency portals to government agencies.
- Dec 2002Series B$3M
#7
Acquired · Markham, Ontario · founded 2008 · 44 employees$250Kraised▾
eScribe provides both web-based and on-premises meeting management solutions to public sector and private sector companies. The Legislative management solution helps in automating the process of enacting and maintaining legislations. Meeting efficiency tool helps in capturing votes, meeting minutes, and reporting. Public engagement module allows citizens to participate in discussions and officials to solicit feedback. Allows streamlining the formulation of agendas and meeting documents.
- Dec 2016Series A$250K
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 82 employees—raised▾
Provider of financial management software for local government agencies. The platform offers tools for budgeting, financial reporting, and compliance. It automates processes related to financial data, disclosures, and transparency. The software integrates with existing systems to streamline workflows.
- Jun 2024Seed—
#9
Acquired · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2009 · 491 employees—raised▾
Digital forensic software for law enforcement agencies and enterprises. It is used by law enforcement agencies, governments, and the military to recover evidence like IM chats, social media, and web history to support investigation and building cases. It provides software that helps in acquiring forensic images of any iOS or Android devices, hard drives, and removable media for investigators.
- Dec 2015Series A—
- Apr 2014Seed—
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