Best Marketing Services Companies in Canada
The 1863 best Marketing Services companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Corus Entertainment.
Marketing Services funding in Canada is more concentrated than you'd expect: 1,863 tracked companies share $3.0B in disclosed capital, and the top of that stack is steep. Corus Entertainment holds $1.8B of it. Viral Nation follows at $198M. After that the numbers drop fast, with most of the directory clustering well below $25M. This page ranks those companies by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, so you can see the full shape of the field at once.
The global market these players are competing inside sits at roughly $286.4B, growing at a 5.68% CAGR as AI-driven automation reshapes how brands map the customer journey and reduces reliance on traditional search. I'd flag that median install growth across 657 marketing and advertising apps is running at roughly plus-10% year-over-year, which tells you mobile-first demand isn't slowing. And if you're wondering whether gen AI is quietly replacing agency work, that pressure is real and structural, not cyclical. Active investors like Panache Ventures and L-Spark are still writing checks into this space, but the funding gap between the handful of scaled winners and the long tail is widening every quarter.
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Ranked: Best Marketing Services companies in Canada
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corus Entertainment Media and Content company | $1.8B | 84 mo ago | 3,336 | — | WordPressSentryMySQL+22 | Top 5M | — | 2 awards |
| 2 | Waverly AI-powered social platform for like-minded individuals | $616M | 53 mo ago | — | Philippe Gagnon Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Shoplazza Marketing services provider | $199M | 52 mo ago | 300 | Junfeng Li Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityHubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud Mail+30 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 4 | Viral Nation Offering marketing technology suite solutions | $198M | 50 mo ago | 437 | Joe Gagliese Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5M | 9 patents Social media analytics and digital communication platforms for targeted marketing and engagement | — |
| 5 | TransCanna Provider of cannabis focused advertising ,marketing, and products distribution services | $34M | 46 mo ago | — | Bob Blink CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Quadshift Acquirer and builder of vertical market software for B2B companies | $23M | 2 mo ago | — | John Paterson Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Deethree Provider of branding, SMM, and web designing services | $17M | 144 mo ago | — | Martin Cheyne Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | StellarAlgo Platform offering customer data solutions | $16M | 56 mo ago | 76 | Joseph King Co-Founder | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 9 | Simply Better Brands Provider of branding services | $14M | 26 mo ago | 16 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+10 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 10 | Virtual Gurus Provider of web development and digital marketing services | $10M | 51 mo ago | 40 | Bobbie Racette Founder & CEO | WordPressMarkerZoho+32 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Glacier Media Provider of marketing and advertising services | $10M | 64 mo ago | 246 | Jonathon Kennedy CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 12 | eBuyNow Provider of digital advertising, marketing, and managed customer support services | $7M | 75 mo ago | 105 | Craig Smith CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | HyperComply Third party risk management software for enterprises | $6M | 45 mo ago | 41 | Cody Wright Co-Founder and CTO | WebflowEmotionAmazon Web Services+23 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 14 | Communo Marketing service agency | $5M | 76 mo ago | 24 | Ryan Gill Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | INEO Digital OOH advertising system for retail stores | $4M | 5 mo ago | 27 | Greg Watkin President & Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | Top 50M | 10 patents Retail anti-theft RFID pedestals with integrated digital signage and display technology | 1 launch |
| 16 | Joyn Provider of content creation and digital marketing services | $4M | 50 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Lanla Provider of customer management services | $2M | 108 mo ago | 35 | — | WordPress Site EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 18 | HelloDarwin Provider of IT service suite solutions and digital marketing services | $2M | 60 mo ago | 34 | — | ContentfulAnt DesignReact+24 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 19 | Webware.ai AI based digital marketing solutions for small businesses | $2M | 85 mo ago | 315 315 → 221 (-30%) | Cory York Co-Founder & CEO | JavaDebianZURB Foundation+24 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 20 | Bell Haven CG Provider of mining based legal services | $2M | 119 mo ago | — | Paul Zweng CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Fintel Connect Provider of performance marketing services | $2M | 27 mo ago | 37 | Nicky Senyard Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership |
| 22 | Vertical City Provider of advertising and screen & software services | $1M | 1 mo ago | 36 | Nicolette Leonardis Vice President + Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowEmotion+18 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 23 | Dingus & Zazzy Provider of branding, SMM, content creation, website design, and other services | $867K | 52 mo ago | 104 | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 24 | SearchEye Provider of content marketing and SEO services | $736K | 33 mo ago | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | OnSched Online appointment scheduling software | $197K | 106 mo ago | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | BITRUSH Provider of Blockchain focused advertising services | $150K | 139 mo ago | — | Karsten Arend CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Brick and Mobile Mobile Content Management Services Provider | $100K | 177 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Marketing Services companies in Canada
#1
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017$23Mraised▾
Acquirer and builder of vertical market software for B2B companies. The organization provides resources including marketing, sales, finance, and IT management. It offers brand guides with logos, fonts, and colors. The entity aims to increase online lead conversion through website rebuilds and improved online presence. It also offers customer data mining and direct marketing tools.
- Apr 2026Series B—
- Feb 2025Series B$23M
#2
Seed · Edmonton, Alberta · founded 2011 · 36 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Provider of digital elevator advertising and property communication services intended to help property managers communicate with their residents. The company's platform empowers advertisers to connect with target audiences in the physical world, enabling organizations to reach the right people, with the right message and at the right time.
- May 2026Conventional Debt$945.7K
- Oct 2017Seed$500K
#3
Public · Surrey, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 27 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Digital OOH advertising system for retail stores. The platform provides digital signage for retailers to display the ads. It includes an ad analytics and reporting feature that provides insights into ad performance and traffic data.
- Dec 2025Post IPO$1.2M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$362.4K
- Jan 2025Post IPO$694.7K
- Dec 2024Post IPO$1.6M
#4
Series C · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2018$616Mraised▾
AI-powered social platform for like-minded individuals. It allows users to connect with others who share similar interests, curate content, manage their feeds, and more.
- Jan 2022Conventional Debt$150M
- May 2021Series C$325M
- Nov 2019Series B$50M
- Dec 2018Series B$91M
#5
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1999 · 3336 employees$1.8Braised▾
Corus Entertainment is a media company that creates brands and delivers content across platforms. The company's offerings include 45 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, live events, children’s book publishing, animation software, technology and media services and others. Some brands of the company include Oprah Winfrey Network Canada, Food Network Canada,Nickelodeon Canada and others
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$1.8B
#6
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 437 employees$198.2Mraised▾
Offering marketing technology suite solutions. It offers end-to-end influencer campaigns a talent management platform called Influsoft and a social media background check platform. Both can be used to create quality connections, streamline operations results, and protect users with detailed profile content audits and ongoing monitoring.
- Apr 2022Series D$198.2M
#7
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 16 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Provider of branding services
- Apr 2024Post IPO$306.5K
- Jan 2023Post IPO$7M
- Jul 2022Post IPO$7.1M
#8
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 300 employees$199Mraised▾
Shoplazza provides marketing services to businesses. Its services include content creation, SMS/email marketing, search engine optimization/marketing, social media advertising, and product positioning analysis.
- Jan 2022Series C$150M
- Oct 2020Series B$10M
#9
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017$33.9Mraised▾
Provider of cannabis focused advertising ,marketing, and products distribution services
- Aug 2022Post IPO$9.5M
- Sep 2021Post IPO$1.2M
- Feb 2021Post IPO$2M
- Dec 2020Post IPO$746.3K
#10
Series A · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2016 · 76 employees$15.8Mraised▾
Platform offering customer data solutions. The platform allows users to make a decision for the sports and entertainment industry. It provides a SaaS data platform for organizations to collect, organize, and drive insight to maximize the engagement and lifetime value of customers. NBA, New Orleans, Dawgs, Vancouver, US Open are part of its clientele.
- Oct 2021Conventional Debt$2.8M
- Oct 2021Series A$13.3M
- Jul 2020Seed$1.5M
- Jun 2018Seed$1M
#11
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 37 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of performance marketing services
- Mar 2024Seed$1.5M
- Dec 2022Seed—
#12
Series A · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2015 · 40 employees$10.4Mraised▾
Provider of web development and digital marketing services
- Mar 2022Series A$6.6M
- Apr 2021Series A$1.3M
- Feb 2020Seed$892.6K
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