Canadian business leads
Canada business leads list
A Canada business leads list is a spreadsheet of local businesses with phones, websites and ratings, pulled from Google Maps by postal area. Statistics Canada counted 1.37 million employer businesses in December 2025. Calls to businesses fall outside the National Do Not Call List, but email and text fall under CASL. Leadity is free to start with 300 credits.
By the Leadity team Updated 20 October 2026 8 min read 10 sources How we work
On this page
Calling businessesThe National DNCL does not cover business calls, but calling hours and the rules for autodialers and recorded messages (ADAD) still do.Read the calling rules Emailing or textingCASL lets you rely on a published business address only if the message fits the person's role.Read the CASL rules
Part 1 of 2: Calling businesses
Can you cold call Canadian businesses?
Yes, mostly. The National DNCL Rules do not apply to telemarketing calls made to businesses, so a business list does not need to be checked against the National Do Not Call List. The Telemarketing Rules and the ADAD Rules still apply to every telemarketer, and you must keep an internal do-not-call list.
In a news release of 9 September 2019 the CRTC gave the permitted hours as 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends, in the time zone of the person you call. Leadity puts a time zone on every Canadian lead. Check the current rules before you dial.
Sources Government of Canada, National Do Not Call List Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Which Canadian rules apply to your plan?
If You will phone businesses yourself
Then Keep an internal do-not-call list and call inside the permitted hours. A National DNCL check is not required for business calls
If You will use an autodialer or recorded messages
Then The ADAD Rules apply on top of the Telemarketing Rules. Read them before you load the list
If You will email or text businesses
If You are not sure
Then Ask a Canadian lawyer, because this page is not legal advice
Part 2 of 2: Emailing or texting
Can you email or text Canadian businesses?
Yes, if you have express consent or the consent can be implied. Canada's anti-spam law, CASL, covers commercial electronic messages, and it implies consent when the person has conspicuously published the address, the publication carries no refusal, and the message is relevant to the person's business, role, functions or duties.
A business address on a shop's own website may therefore support an offer that fits that business, but not an unrelated pitch. The penalty cap for a violation is $1,000,000 for an individual and $10 million for any other person.
conspicuously published, or has caused to be conspicuously published, the electronic address to which the message is sent
How many businesses are there in Canada?
- 1.37 million employer businesses, December 2025, counted by operating location Statistics Canada
- 3.67 million non-employer businesses with annual revenues above $30,000 Statistics Canada
- 1,099,521 employer enterprises, December 2024, counted by ISED Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Statistics Canada counts each operating location, so a chain with ten shops adds ten. ISED counts enterprises, so the same chain adds one. Of the 1,099,521 employer enterprises, 98.2% have 1 to 99 employees.
Leadity's Q3 2026 Google Maps data (1 July to 30 September 2026) holds 55,370 Canadian businesses. Customers chose what to scrape, so this is not a census. 63.5% of their listings show no website, against 35.3% of US listings.
What this means for you: in this data, Canadian listings more often showed no website than US listings, which matters if you sell websites.
Sources Statistics Canada Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Leadity
How do Canadian phone numbers differ from US ones?
Canadian numbers look like US ones, because Canada shares the North American Numbering Plan: ten digits, written +1 from abroad, as a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code and four more digits.
The area code does not tell you the line type. In Leadity's count of 1,539,378 US and Canadian number blocks, read 22 September 2026, 47.5% of exchanges hold more than one kind of line. Leadity checks each number in four steps, and with the mobile filter on it delivers only mobiles.
What this means for you: you cannot spot a mobile from its area code or its first six digits. Leadity checks each number, so you do not have to.
In Leadity's Q3 2026 Google Maps data, 48.6% of the phone numbers on Canadian listings are mobiles, against 36.7% on US listings.
What this means for you: in this data, a Canadian listed number was more often a mobile than a US one.
What stays the same and what changes between the US and Canada on Leadity
| United States | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Cell Leadity searches | ZIP code | FSA, the first three characters of a postal code |
| Cells in the catalog | 40,693 | 1,641 |
| First-level areas | 50 states | 12 provinces and territories |
| Not sold | Washington DC and the US territories | Prince Edward Island |
| Line type read from | Carrier data for the +1 plan | The same data, because the +1 plan is shared |
| Price per lead | The Leadity rate card | The same rate card |
Leadity's territory catalog and number records, read 15 October 2026.
Source Leadity
How do you pull Canadian businesses from Google Maps?
Search one forward sortation area (FSA) at a time. A postal code such as T2P 1J9 starts with an FSA, T2P, and a Maps search shows only a short, ranked list, so a scraper covers a province with many small searches and removes the repeats. Leadity sells 1,641 FSAs across 12 provinces and territories.
Source Leadity
| Item | Value (FSAs) |
|---|---|
| Ontario | 527 FSAs |
| Quebec | 422 FSAs |
| British Columbia | 192 FSAs |
| Alberta | 154 FSAs |
| New Brunswick | 111 FSAs |
| Nova Scotia | 77 FSAs |
| Manitoba | 67 FSAs |
| Saskatchewan | 50 FSAs |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 35 FSAs |
| Northwest Territories | 3 FSAs |
| Nunavut | 3 FSAs |
| Yukon | 3 FSAs |
FSAs Leadity sells by province or territory, read 15 October 2026
Source Leadity
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Does a Canadian list cost more than a US one?
No: Leadity uses one rate card in every country and bills in US dollars. A business record is 0.2 credit and a verified mobile adds 0.8, so records start from $0.0032 and verified mobiles from $0.016.
Source Leadity
Roofers in Toronto, ON Live results
- Acme Roofing Toronto, ON (416) 555-0142 Mobile John Carter
- Northside Roofing Mississauga, ON (905) 555-0178 Mobile Elena Reyes
- Summit Roof Repair Brampton, ON (905) 555-0119 Mobile No website
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Questions people ask
How many businesses are there in Canada?
According to the Statistics Canada release of 13 February 2026, Canada had 1.37 million employer businesses in December 2025, counted by location. Statistics Canada also counted 3.67 million non-employer businesses with revenues above $30,000. ISED counts 1,099,521 employer enterprises, a stricter definition.
Does the National Do Not Call List cover business numbers?
The National DNCL Rules do not apply to telemarketing calls made to businesses, so a business list needs no wash against the list. The Telemarketing Rules and the ADAD Rules still apply, and every telemarketer must keep an internal do-not-call list. Leadity does not scrub lists, so keep your own. This is not legal advice.
Do I need consent to email a Canadian business?
Under CASL you need express or implied consent. Consent is implied when the address was conspicuously published, carries no refusal, and the message is relevant to the person's business, role, functions or duties. The maximum penalty is $1,000,000 for an individual and $10 million for any other person. This is not legal advice.
Can Leadity find mobile numbers for Canadian businesses?
Yes, the mobile filter works in Canada as in the US, because both use the North American Numbering Plan. In Leadity's Q3 2026 Google Maps data (1 July to 30 September 2026), 48.6% of phone numbers on Canadian listings were mobiles. Only numbers that pass the four steps as mobiles are delivered, and a failed lead is never billed.
Which Canadian provinces does Leadity cover?
Leadity sells 12 provinces and territories: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. Prince Edward Island is not sold. Each is searched FSA by FSA, 1,641 in all.
Does Leadity charge more for Canadian leads?
Leadity uses one rate card in every country and bills in US dollars. A business record is 0.2 credit, so records start from $0.0032, and the mobile filter adds 0.8 credit. Every new account gets 300 free credits at sign-up, enough for 1,500 business records or 300 verified mobiles, with no card needed.
Sources
Where the figures on this page come from, with the date we read each one.
- Statistics Canada Canadian business counts, December 2025 (The Daily) Read 15 October 2026
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Key Small Business Statistics 2025 Read 15 October 2026
- Government of Canada, National Do Not Call List National Do Not Call List Exemptions Read 15 October 2026
- Government of Canada, National Do Not Call List Telemarketer FAQs Read 15 October 2026
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Ontario Consumers Home Services and Blue Dream must pay $260,000 in penalties for their telemarketing activities Read 15 October 2026
- Justice Laws, Government of Canada Canada's anti-spam legislation (S.C. 2010, c. 23), section 10(9): implied consent Read 15 October 2026
- Justice Laws, Government of Canada Canada's anti-spam legislation (S.C. 2010, c. 23), section 20: penalty Read 15 October 2026
- Canadian Numbering Administrator Consortium North American Numbering Plan Read 15 October 2026
- Leadity Leadity coverage, pricing and terms Read 15 October 2026
- Leadity Leadity's Q3 2026 Google Maps data (1 July to 30 September 2026) Read 20 October 2026
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