100 Top Market Research Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Market Research companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Market Research industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Canada Market Research Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Drop Technologies

Drop Technologies

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Intelligent mobile rewards platform

POTLOC

POTLOC

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Potloc is a hybrid software and services research platform that uses social networks for geo-targeted consumer surveys.

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Estated

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Access over 140 million properties, nationwide. Power your business with comprehensive property data delivered via API or bulk exports.

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ResponseTek

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ResponseTek Networks provides on-demand customer experience management software solutions for businesses.

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Brizo Data

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SaaS, Market Intelligence, Data Science, Data, Analytics, Restaurant Industry, Food Service Industry

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nplex biosciences

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NPlex Biosciences develops a proteomic technology platform designed to understand, detect, and treat diseases with DNA nanotechnology.

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Arbor

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eCommerce, Sustainability, Big Data

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Information Mediary Corp

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Information Mediary Corp offers innovative adherence data tools to improve clinical trials, reduce costs and speed up market introduction

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PigeonLine

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We want you to stop wasting time building reports, so we built a platform that automates report building while respecting your data privacy.

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Cohesys

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Cohesys develops novel biocompatible adhesives for surgical applications.

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Strainprint Technologies

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Strainprint is a unique software technology enabling patients to use cannabis more effectively.

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TSX

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The Toronto Stock Exchange is a public venture marketplace for early-stage companies across a diverse range of sectors.

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MetricWire

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MetricWire gives researchers complete creative control over the design of their study.

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TMX Group

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TMX Group companies provide listing venues, trading markets, clearing facilities, data products services to the global financial community.

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Tactii

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Rapid MachineLearning Prototyping for small companies

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Info-Tech Research Group

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Info-Tech Research Group is an information technology research and advisory company.

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Lanla

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Lanla transforms the power of customer experience into a driving force for the largest Canadian companies.

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JustGotThat! Inc.

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JustGotThat! is a services marketplace that brings together service demand and supply in an intuitive platform

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Bond Brand Loyalty

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Bond is a global customer engagement agency that specializes in building brand loyalty for the world’s most influential and valuable brands.

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Integra 3D Research LP

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Accelerating Adoption of Additive Manufacturing in industry.

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DNA Genotek

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DNA Genotek Inc. provides biological sample collection, stabilization, and preparation products for health research institutes.

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Borealis AI

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Borealis AI is an RBC Institute for Research.

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Saintrino Technologies Inc

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Canadian company founded in 2010 with specialties in Brain Computer Interfaces, Bio-Technology, Neuro Ergonomy and User Interface Usability.

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KASI Insight

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KASI Insight empower business leaders with reliable data and actionable insights from Africa

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Trend Hunter

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Trend Hunter is the #1 largest trend website, host of Future Festival & an AI-driven innovation consultancy

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FeaturePoints

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Launched in 2012, FeaturePoints is a premier rewards platform that has paid out over $5.6 million to our millions of users.

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Paymi

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Paymi is a financial services company located in Toronto.

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iperceptions

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iperceptions is a global leader in Voice of the Customer (VoC) solutions.

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Lootbag Inc.

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Lootbag is a mobile app that gives away free samples and collects consumer insights for brands.

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M Square Media (MSM)

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M Square Media is a service company that provides marketing, administrative and student recruitment support to educational institutions.

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Condos.ca

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Toronto’s Best Condominium Guide

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Dig Insights

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Dig Insights is a market research consultancy.

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Recollective

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Recollective is a software platform for market researchers to conduct their research projects.

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Daily Goods Design Labs

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Daily Goods Design Labs is a design, research and innovation company that consults and educates on human centred design processes.

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MuseFind Technologies

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MuseFind is the Platform to organize and manage your influencer marketing.

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InputHealth

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InputHealth empowers healthcare practices to efficiently collect data from patients utilizing mobile devices. No more clipboards.

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Ontario Centre of Innovation

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Ontario Centre of Innovation provides a preeminent research-to-commercialization vehicle in Ontario

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iData Research

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iData Research is an international market research and consulting firm.

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Quest Mindshare

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Quest Mindshare includes one of the industry’s most versatile and comprehensive group of online panel assets.

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The Quantum Daily

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The leading provider of data, news, insights, capital markets and media for the Quantum Technology industry

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Advanced Symbolics

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A market research firm that uses AI to analyze social media to monitor brand health while predicting trends and consumer behavior

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Ramius

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Ramius Corporation is an enterprise software company focused on the development of cloud-based social software for engagement and research.

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Explorer Research

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Explorer Research uses conscious and non-conscious research methods to understand, predict and help marketers influence shopper behavior.

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Demand Metric

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Agile project management software built for Marketers powered by 1,000+ practical tools & resources.

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TRIUMF

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Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics and accelerator-based science.

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Asde Survey Sampler

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Asde Survey Sampler fixates on sampling and project-related requirements with services to survey and market research professionals.

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R.A. Malatest & Associates

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R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic, progressive evaluation and market research organization.

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RSG

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RESEARCH STRATEGY GROUP is a Canadian company specializing in technical & scientific translations, revision, editing & DTP Services.

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People Analytics

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People Analytics: Where ground-truthed knowledge, scientific approach, and practical experience intersect to produce evidence-based insight.

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The Logit Group

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Logit Group is a data collection firm that specializes in consumer studies, market research, B2B and executive research.

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Heartbeat Ai

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Heartbeat reveals fine-grained emotions so you can truly understand people.

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Tellwut Corp.

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Tellwut’s community and proprietary online survey & reward site provide a platform to conduct online market research for actionable Insights

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Whitespark

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Whitespark builds tools and provides services that help businesses and agencies with local search marketing.

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RetouchMe

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RetouchMe turns any photo of any female into photo of a model who is 90-60-90 in just 7 minutes!

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Methodify

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Methodify is an automated market research platform.

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Bayesian Labs

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Develop FinTech software and research for Digital Assets

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Inventu Research

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Inventu Research focuses on the research and development of products for a healthy workplace environment.

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Firmwater

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Firmwater provides a hosted learning management system (LMS) built specifically for training companies.

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Synqrinus

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Synqrinus is about market research, it goes far beyond saving you time and money. Since, in our eyes, better pricing and quicker results.

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Houston

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Houston helps startups tap into their pre-launch email lists for valuable feedback, before launching their products.

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DelphX

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DelphX is a capital market company that offers fixed income solutions through the global bond market segment.

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Toronto Global

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Toronto Global is a non-profit investment attraction agency that supports the expansion of foreign-owned businesses to the Toronto Region.

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Bensimon Byrne

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Bensimon Byrne is a marketing company located in Toronto.

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Northstar Research Partners

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Northstar is your market research partner to generate ideas from a place where curiosity, insight and passion for research meet.

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Unisights Research and Analytics

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An end-to-end insights company

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Global Cannabis Applications Corp

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Global Cannabis is a global leader in designing, developing, marketing & acquiring innovative data technologies for the cannabis industry.

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XpertVR

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A SaaS portal for consumer behaviour and academic researchers

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Insync

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Insync focuses on sparking brand innovation through Human-Centric investigations and building in the pharmaceutical space.

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SOM

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SOM is a research firm specializing in data collection, data analysis and data visualization.

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CTRS Solutions Limited

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Cruikshank Tactical Research and Strategy is a full-service management consulting company specializing in delivering desired results.

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movmi

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movmi is a boutique agency specialized in Shared Mobility Architecture providing services of car-sharing or bike-sharing.

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Brainsights

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Brainsights is a technology and human insights company that provides businesses with insights into how their content is being consumed.

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SM Research

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SM Research are providers of technical solutions in support of both Market Research and Direct Marketing.

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Inspirapps

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Inspirapps offers polltogo, an application that enables its users to get instant feedback from friends, clients, and others.

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Hotspex Media

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Hotspex Media provides marketing research services. Its services include understanding strategic brand opportunities.

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CRC Research

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CRC Research is a Gold Seal Certified marketing research company.

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MD Analytics

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MD Analytics is a global provider of health and pharmaceutical market research solutions.

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BC Research

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BC Research is a leading innovation centre, specializing in the incubation and commercialization of upcoming technologies

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Liveweb

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Liveweb provides customer sales and service teams with a complete set of integrated communication tools and analytics.

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SEO Services Canada™

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SEO Services Canada is an online marketing company specializing in search engine optimization.

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Syndesis

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Syndesis is the market leader in the creation and activation of converged services for the new public network.

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Instar

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Instar provides global research, mobile enablement, message testing services.

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Insightrix

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Insightrix is a full-service market research firm offering services such as education analysis, omnibus analysis and media monitoring.

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The Secdev Group

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SecDev is an intersection of human behaviour and the digital future.

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Forum Research

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Forum Research is a leading Canadian-based market research firm committed to providing effective & comprehensive market analysis.

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Charlton Insights

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Charlton Insights is a strategic insights-driven research and analytics company.

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Lux Insights

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Lux is an independent market research firm, The real value Lux offer isn’t research and data, it’s a path forward.

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Renga

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Renga is a small team of design experts and professionals who work closely with clients at every point of the project.

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Advanis

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Advanis is a full service research firm

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Callosum Marketing

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Callosum Marketing Inc. collects and analyzes consumer data to provide its clients with the insights they need to improve their services.

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Sklar Wilton & Associates

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Sklar Wilton & Associates apply strategic advisory services and marketing research analysis to help clients make smarter business decisions.

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Landcor Data Corporation

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Landcor Data Corporation offers access to reliable real estate information with an aim to avoid physical inspection of properties.

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Eigenworks

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Eigenworks help B2B product companies connect to the stories of their buyers to accelerate sales, improve targeting, and increase retention.

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Decision Point Research

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Decision Point is a market research company with a wide variety of data collection approaches, offering both B2B & B2C to the clients.

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ECO Canada

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ECO Canada supports environmental sector by offering labor market research, professional certification, development resources & training.

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MicroHero

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MicroHero is an app that lets you trade a little bit of your time for real dollars towards causes you support.

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Ian Murray & Company

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Ian Murray & Co Ltd is a management consulting company that engages in the development and adoption of business management.

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Decisive Dividend Corporation

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Decisive was established to acquire a growing stable of successful companies.

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Montreal Exchange

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Montreal Exchange is a derivatives exchange for exchange-traded options & futures.

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RCR International

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A pioneer in the door and window insulation market

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