Best HR Services Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 385 best HR Services companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Brainhunter.
Ranked: Best HR Services companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brainhunter Staffing and recruitment agency | $25M | — | Acquired | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 2 | XTM Provider of earned wage access platform for service-focused businesses | $21M | 30 mo ago | Public | Marilyn Schaffer Chief Executive Officer | 2006 | WixSentryBootstrap+20 | — |
| 3 | People At Work Provider of temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, and volume hiring solutions | $6M | 179 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2009 | WordPressMySQLRedis+18 | 2 job openings |
| 4 | Career Spark Provider of employee engagement services | $1M | — | Seed | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 5 | Cinareo SaaS based workforce management software for contact centers | $1M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Mark Alpern Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+23 | — |
| 6 | BoomersPlus Provider of employee engagement services | $350K | 84 mo ago | Seed | Rick Emberley Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Livelii Provider of employee benefits services | $240K | 63 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 8 | Acadium Provider of HR services | $150K | 76 mo ago | Seed | Davide Panzeri Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | 1 job opening |
| 9 | Vacation Fund Provider of talent management services | $120K | 95 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2017 | — | — |
Top 12 HR Services companies in Ontario
#1
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2022$1Mraised▾
SaaS based workforce management software for contact centers. It helps businesses improve capacity planning and performance and increase productivity. It provides a tool to build detailed capacity plans and strategic financial forecasts to optimize staffing budgets and training requirements.
- Jan 2025Seed$1M
#2
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2006$20.5Mraised▾
Provider of earned wage access platform for service-focused businesses. The platform allows businesses to offer on-demand payments to staff. It provides faster access to earned wages and gratuities. The platform also offers benefits such as cash-back rewards and budgeting insights. The company offers mobile apps, web portals, and APIs.
- Dec 2023Post IPO$11M
- Sep 2021Post IPO$8.6M
- Mar 2021Post IPO$922.3K
#3
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 52 employees$25Mraised▾
Staffing and recruitment agency
- Conventional Debt$25M
#4
Funding Raised · Sudbury, Ontario · founded 2009$6.4Mraised▾
Provider of temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, and volume hiring solutions. It offers temporary staffing for flexible hiring needs, managing recruitment from screening to onboarding. Permanent recruitment solutions simplify the hiring process, identifying candidates aligned with company culture and long-term vision. Volume recruiting manages large-scale hiring campaigns, sourcing and screening multiple candidates. It also provides project/contract labor for specialized skills on a temporary basis, along with in-house training programs and custom payroll services. Testing services are available to assess candidate skills, with safety and training programs focused on workplace safety.
- Jun 2011Grant (prize money)$5.6M
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)$800K
#5
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of employee engagement services
- Seed$1.2M
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 11 employees$240Kraised▾
Provider of employee benefits services
- Feb 2021Seed$240K
#7
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012$350Kraised▾
Provider of employee engagement services
- 2019Seed$350K
#8
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2016 · 155 employees$150Kraised▾
Developer of an educational platform designed to offer online marketing courses. The company's platform features free online marketing courses like email, social media, and SEO marketing created by industry experts, enabling students to acquire in-demand skills and also helping to find and apply for an apprenticeship.
- Feb 2020Seed$150K
#9
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 11 employees$120Kraised▾
Developer of a web-based platform intended to turn vacation funds into a tangible benefit that the employees can actually interact with. The company's platform helps employees to enroll in a vacation fund, track their account balance, request withdrawals, plan their time off, share vacation experiences, and access the complimentary travel concierge service, providing clients with a feature that delivers everything from enrollment and onboarding and help people responsibly and appropriately prioritize their time and money.
- Jul 2018Seed$120K
#10
Late Stage · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1992 · 30 employees—raised▾
Provider of HR recruitment services
- Dec 2022PE—
#11
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1981 · 393 employees—raised▾
Provider of IT service suite solutions, digital marketing, and recruitment services
- Dec 2020PE—
#12
Funding Raised · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 1951 · 16096 employees—raised▾
Provider of recruitment services for construction sector
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