Business Services

Clearwater Facility Services provides Indigenous-owned facility and construction services; ABM is a U.S. provider of facility, engineering and infrastructure services.

Canadian email-marketing platform built around Canadian anti-spam requirements. A strong alternative for email campaigns and automation, though ActiveCampaign has a broader CRM stack.

100% Canadian-owned payroll/HR platform for small and mid-sized organizations.

Canadian payroll software serving small businesses and accountants.

Canadian people-management platform combining HR, payroll and benefits.

Steel River Group provides Indigenous-led infrastructure and advisory services in Canada; AECOM offers overlapping infrastructure and professional services in the U.S.

Abegweit Construction provides Nation-owned construction services in PEI; AECOM is a large U.S. infrastructure and construction-management firm.

First North Enterprise provides First Nation-owned construction and development services; AECOM is a large U.S. infrastructure-services counterpart.

SkyWest provides Indigenous-owned environmental, forestry and land services in Canada; AECOM is a large U.S. infrastructure and environmental-services counterpart.

Shxw’ōwhámél Ventures provides Nation-owned construction and development services; AECOM is a major U.S. infrastructure and construction-management counterpart.

Hope Plumbing provides direct Canadian plumbing and mechanical contracting; Angi is a U.S. home-services platform commonly used to find plumbing contractors.

Ethical Electrical provides direct Métis-owned electrical contracting in Saskatchewan; Angi is a U.S. home-services platform used to find electricians.

Canadian home-services marketplace for repairs, maintenance and installations. Useful as an alternative to Angi specifically for home repair and maintenance marketplace.

Canadian apartment and home-rental listing marketplace. Useful as an alternative to Apartments.com specifically for residential rental listings.

Calgary-founded rental-housing marketplace with listings across Canada. Useful as an alternative to Apartments.com specifically for residential rental listings.

Toronto-founded custom sticker, label, decal and transfer platform. Useful as an alternative to Avery specifically for labels, stickers and custom printed labels.

Canadian online printing company producing business cards, postcards, packaging and specialty print. Useful as an alternative to Avery specifically for labels, stickers and custom printed labels.

Toronto-founded accounts-payable and accounts-receivable automation platform for small and midsize businesses. Useful as an alternative to BILL specifically for business payments and accounts payable.

Business-finance platform for Canadian companies offering accounts, cards, payments and FX. Useful as an alternative to BILL specifically for business payments and accounts payable.

Canadian recurring bank-payment platform for small businesses and nonprofits. Useful as an alternative to BILL specifically for business payments and accounts payable.

Montreal-founded commerce platform offering POS and payment tools for retailers and restaurants.

Calgary payments company for online and in-person merchants.

Both products serve salon businesses with operational software. SalonScale specifically tracks colour usage, service cost and backbar inventory.

Amarok Scaffolding provides Indigenous-owned scaffolding services in Western Canada; BrandSafway is a U.S.-based access and scaffolding specialist.

Canadian business-finance platform combining corporate cards, spend management and business accounts. For corporate cards and spend management, it is a close Canadian substitute to Brex.

Toronto business-finance platform for multi-currency accounts, corporate cards and cross-border payments. For corporate cards and spend management, it is a close Canadian substitute to Brex.

Toronto-founded accounts-payable and accounts-receivable automation platform for small and midsize businesses. It covers a meaningful part of Brex's corporate cards and spend management use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

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Both companies provide software for scheduling customer appointments. Coconut Software adds lobby management and financial-services workflows for banks and credit unions.

Calgary-based payments company offering merchant accounts, card processing and POS tools. Useful as an alternative to Clover specifically for point-of-sale and merchant payments.

Montreal-founded commerce platform providing POS, payments and business-management software. Useful as an alternative to Clover specifically for point-of-sale and merchant payments.

ScribeWire provides Indigenous Canadian communications and information services; Edelman is a large U.S.-founded communications firm.

pipikwan pêhtâkwan is an Indigenous-owned Canadian communications and PR agency; Edelman is a major U.S.-founded communications firm serving a similar business need.

Sacred Four Communications provides Indigenous communications and engagement services; Edelman is a large U.S.-founded communications and public-relations firm.

Glooscap Ventures is a First Nation-owned economic-development corporation; Enterprise Community Partners is a U.S. community-development organization working to strengthen communities.

PEI Mi’kmaq Holdings is jointly owned by PEI’s two Mi’kmaq First Nations for economic development; Enterprise Community Partners is a U.S. community-development organization.

Abegweit Development is the economic-development arm of Abegweit First Nation; Enterprise Community Partners is a U.S. community-development organization.

Windigo Community Development Corporation advances First Nations community economic development; Enterprise Community Partners is a U.S. nonprofit focused on community development and strengthening communities.

Canadian business-finance platform combining corporate cards, spend management and business accounts. Useful as an alternative to Expensify specifically for business expense management.

Business-finance platform for Canadian companies offering accounts, cards, payments and FX. Useful as an alternative to Expensify specifically for business expense management.

Peter’s Expediting provides Inuit-owned freight and expediting in Baker Lake; FedEx is a major U.S. shipping and logistics company.

Canadian parcel/logistics company with nationwide delivery and freight services.

Montreal-headquartered Canadian delivery company specializing in e-commerce parcel delivery.

Canadian-owned parcel carrier with a national terminal network and domestic/transborder shipping services. A strong alternative to FedEx for Canadian small-parcel delivery, though its international network is narrower.

Canadian online printing company producing business cards, postcards, packaging and specialty print. Useful as an alternative to FedEx Office specifically for business printing and marketing print.

Toronto-founded custom sticker, label, decal and transfer platform. Useful as an alternative to FedEx Office specifically for business printing and marketing print.

Rich Resources is an Innu-owned Canadian resource company; Freeport-McMoRan is a U.S.-headquartered metals and mining company.

Canadian recruiting platform for video interviewing, structured interviews and hiring workflows. For recruiting and applicant tracking, it is a close Canadian substitute to Greenhouse.

Canadian all-in-one HR, payroll, benefits and people-management platform. It covers a meaningful part of Greenhouse's recruiting and applicant tracking use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Canadian payroll and HR software platform for payroll, benefits and workforce administration. It is a narrower Canadian substitute to Greenhouse specifically for recruiting and applicant tracking, not the full platform.

Canadian payroll software for small businesses, bookkeepers and accountants. For payroll and hr software, it is a close Canadian substitute to Gusto.

Canadian all-in-one HR, payroll, benefits and people-management platform. It covers a meaningful part of Gusto's payroll and hr software use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Canadian payroll and HR software platform for payroll, benefits and workforce administration. For payroll and hr software, it is a close Canadian substitute to Gusto.

Quebec workforce-management software for scheduling, time tracking, HR and employee communications. Useful as an alternative to Homebase specifically for employee scheduling, time tracking and hr tools.

Canadian all-in-one HR, payroll, benefits and people-management platform. Useful as an alternative to Homebase specifically for employee scheduling, time tracking and hr tools.

TonightCode provides Montreal-based digital design and development services overlapping with Huge's digital product and experience work.

Canadian platform connecting businesses with local freelancers and flexible workers. Useful as an alternative to Indeed specifically for job search and employment listings.

Toronto-founded accounting and invoicing platform with strong overlap for small businesses.

Canadian payroll platform replacing QuickBooks Payroll rather than QuickBooks accounting.

Canadian payroll software for businesses using QuickBooks primarily for payroll.

Canadian email-marketing service for newsletters, automation and customer communications. A partial Klaviyo alternative, particularly for businesses prioritizing Canadian data and support.

Marrow Law provides Indigenous-founded Canadian legal services; LegalZoom is a U.S. legal-services platform serving overlapping business and personal legal needs.

NewNation Developments provides Indigenous-owned sustainable economic-development consulting; McKinsey offers broad U.S. strategy and organizational consulting.

OneHoop provides Indigenous-founded strategy and professional services; McKinsey is a major U.S.-founded strategy consulting firm with overlapping advisory use cases.

Indigevisor provides Indigenous engagement and procurement consulting; McKinsey offers broader U.S. organizational and strategy consulting.

Militaw Consulting provides Mi’kmaw-led decolonization and organizational-change consulting; McKinsey offers broader U.S. organizational and strategy consulting.

Mokwateh focuses on Indigenous economic and business strategy; McKinsey provides broad U.S. strategy consulting to organizations and institutions.

Bear Clan Strategy provides Indigenous-owned strategy and project-development services; McKinsey provides broad U.S. strategy consulting.

Business-finance platform for Canadian companies offering accounts, cards, payments and FX. Useful as an alternative to Mercury specifically for banking-style financial platform for startups and smbs.

Toronto business-finance platform for multi-currency accounts, corporate cards and cross-border payments. Useful as an alternative to Mercury specifically for banking-style financial platform for startups and smbs.

Canadian online printing company producing business cards, postcards, packaging and specialty print. Useful as an alternative to Mixbook specifically for photo books and custom printed photo products.

Tarquti Energy develops Inuit-owned renewable-energy projects in Nunavik; NextEra Energy is a major U.S. energy company with large renewable-energy operations.

Toronto-founded restaurant point-of-sale and management platform for ordering, payments, reservations and operations. Useful as an alternative to OpenTable specifically for restaurant reservations and hospitality software.

Both companies provide payroll, HR, time and workforce-management services to employers. Payworks provides a Winnipeg-headquartered Canadian option.

Financial-data connectivity platform providing bank-account connections and open-banking infrastructure. For bank account connectivity and financial apis, it is a close Canadian substitute to Plaid.

Vancouver financial-technology platform providing embedded payments, account-to-account transfers and financial APIs. It covers a meaningful part of Plaid's bank account connectivity and financial apis use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Canadian portable-storage and moving-container company. Useful as an alternative to PODS specifically for portable storage and moving containers.

Canadian recurring bank-payment platform for small businesses and nonprofits. Useful as an alternative to QuickBooks Payments specifically for recurring bank payments and small-business collections.

Toronto-founded accounts-payable and accounts-receivable automation platform for small and midsize businesses. Useful as an alternative to QuickBooks Payments specifically for recurring bank payments and small-business collections.

TonightCode overlaps with R/GA in web development, product and digital experience work for clients.

Canadian business-finance platform combining corporate cards, spend management and business accounts. For corporate cards and spend management, it is a close Canadian substitute to Ramp.

Toronto-founded accounts-payable and accounts-receivable automation platform for small and midsize businesses. It covers a meaningful part of Ramp's corporate cards and spend management use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Toronto business-finance platform for multi-currency accounts, corporate cards and cross-border payments. It covers a meaningful part of Ramp's corporate cards and spend management use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Toronto-founded restaurant point-of-sale and management platform for ordering, payments, reservations and operations. Useful as an alternative to Resy specifically for restaurant reservations and hospitality software.

Canadian payroll software for small businesses, bookkeepers and accountants. It covers a meaningful part of Rippling's hr, payroll and workforce operations use case, but not the full U.S. platform.

Canadian all-in-one HR, payroll, benefits and people-management platform. For hr, payroll and workforce operations, it is a close Canadian substitute to Rippling.

Canadian payroll and HR software platform for payroll, benefits and workforce administration. For hr, payroll and workforce operations, it is a close Canadian substitute to Rippling.

Vancouver-founded CRM platform offering a direct Canadian alternative for sales and customer management.

Toronto-founded business software covers invoicing/client management for smaller firms, but is not a full enterprise CRM.

Both companies supply lotteries with instant tickets, systems, digital products and retail technology. Pollard Banknote provides a Winnipeg-headquartered direct industry counterpart.

Edmonton-founded field-service software for scheduling, quoting, invoicing, payments and customer management. For field-service business management software, it is a close Canadian substitute to ServiceTitan.

Canadian online printing company producing business cards, postcards, packaging and specialty print. Useful as an alternative to Shutterfly specifically for photo books and custom printed photo products.

RGO Products provides office furniture and workplace outfitting that overlap Staples' office-furniture purchasing use case.

Calgary-based merchant-payment platform with online checkout and card processing.

Canadian commerce platform with integrated payments, particularly for retail and hospitality.

Canadian home-services marketplace for repairs, maintenance and installations. Useful as an alternative to TaskRabbit specifically for home repair and maintenance marketplace.

Montréal-founded commerce platform offering restaurant point-of-sale, payments and management software. A strong Canadian alternative to Toast for restaurants and hospitality businesses.

Toronto-founded restaurant point-of-sale and management platform for ordering, payments, reservations and operations. For restaurant point-of-sale and management, it is a close Canadian substitute to Toast.

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Canadian office-products and business-supplies network operated by Novexco. A partial Canadian alternative to Uline for workplace and office procurement, with less industrial-packaging breadth.

Canadian nationwide parcel and logistics company and the closest large domestic alternative.

Canadian last-mile delivery company serving e-commerce shippers.

Canadian-owned parcel carrier with a national terminal network and domestic/transborder shipping services. A strong alternative to UPS for Canadian small-parcel delivery, though its international network is narrower.

Canadian platform connecting businesses with local freelancers and flexible workers. Useful as an alternative to Upwork specifically for freelancer and flexible-work marketplace.

Quebec workforce-management software for scheduling, time tracking, HR and employee communications. Useful as an alternative to When I Work specifically for employee scheduling and time tracking.

Canadian HR, payroll and benefits platform built for Canadian employers. A strong Canadian alternative to Workday for small and mid-sized organizations, with a narrower enterprise scope.

Canadian apartment and home-rental listing marketplace. Useful as an alternative to Zillow specifically for residential rental listings.

Calgary-founded rental-housing marketplace with listings across Canada. Useful as an alternative to Zillow specifically for residential rental listings.