55 Top Leisure Startups and Companies in Canada

This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Leisure companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Leisure 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

Top Canada Leisure Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Plusgrade

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The market leading provider of upgrade solutions, a key segment of the fast-growing ancillary revenue and merchandising sector

Transat

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Transat A.T. Inc. is an integrated tour operator that specializes in holiday travel and offers more than 60 destination countries.

Book4Time

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Book4Time is a global leader in wellness and recreation management solutions for the hospitality market.

Luxury Retreats

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Luxury Retreats is a full service villa rental company offering personalized villas for vacations in various destinations.

iQ Offices

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iQ Offices offers luxury shared office space, coworking, meeting rooms, event space, and virtual office solutions across Canada.

flytographer

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flytographer is a vacation photography company that connects travellers with local photographers.

The Happenin Company

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The Happenin Company is an app for users to easily discover new local experiences and plan them with friends.

G Adventures

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G Adventures has been a world leader and innovator in sustainable adventure travel since 1990.

Standard Luggage Co.

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Standard Luggage Co. is a designer and online retailer of fine luggage and travel products

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

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Four Seasons is an operator of a chain of hotels, resorts, and residence clubs.

IndigenEYEZ

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IndigenEYEZ is an workshop developing resilient people and healthy communities with connections across generations.

Tiketi.com

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Tiketi offers a curated selection of unique travel experiences in a variety of popular destinations around Africa.

Marlena Books

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Providing meaningful leisure and cognitive stimulation in the form of reading to individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

ChildVoice

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DescriptionChildVoice is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the voices of children silenced by war

Cougar Life

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Cougar Life is the premier online dating service that pairs women in their prime with younger men and ends the double standard!

MDIIO

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MDIIO is connecting songwriters to the music industry to help them collaborate, manage, and earn royalties on their music.

mTrip

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Mobile solutions for the travel industry: tour operators, travel agencies, tourism boards, DMO, travel publishers, airlines

Kiwi Collection

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Kiwi Collection provides booking and travel services across its curated collection of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide.

Kafko Manufacturing Ltd

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Kafko Manufacturing Limited designs and manufactures vinyl liner swimming pools for residential markets.

LaCure Villas

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Villa and vacation home rentals from worldwide regions including Europe, Caribbean, North America, Asia and other popular destinations

CAA South Central Ontario

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Canada’s largest not-for-profit Automobile Association with over 2 million Members in South Central Ontario.

Cartly

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Cartly is an online grocery delivery service that is exclusively designed for ethnic/community based grocery buyers.

Pilot

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Pilot is a Vancouver Travel Tech Startup & Social Trip Planner.

Maritime Travel

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Maritime Travel is a travel agency.

Boondockers Welcome

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Boondockers Welcome is a community of RVers helping other RVers by allowing guests to stay on their property for free.

redtag.ca

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redtag.ca is a Canadian travel agency that specializes in offering fantastic travel deals worldwide.

Crystal World Inc

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Crystal World is a light fixture store and wedding light fixture rental service located in Markham, ON.

Calgary Stampede

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Calgary Stampede focuses on preserving and promoting western heritage, culture and community spirit by organizing programs and events.

Engineers Without Borders Canada

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Investing in people and ideas to end global poverty.

GyPSy Guide

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GyPSy Guide provides leisure, travel, and tourism services.

Fairmont Raffles Hotels International

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FRHI Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Canada based hotel management company owned by Qatar based Katara Hospitality.

Butterfield & Robinson

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Butterfield & Robinson—the world’s premier active travel company

Ag-West Bio

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Ag-West Bio Inc. is a catalyst for Saskatchewan’s bioeconomy, helping to move research to market. A not-for-profit, member-based

Tourism Vancouver

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vision is to be the global leader in destination sales, marketing and visitor experiences.

BagsAway Luggage Storage

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Looking for luggage storage? BagsAway is your 21st century alternative to storage lockers!

Landmart Homes

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Building new homes throughout Ancaster, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and Brampton. Find your new home in one of our award winning communities.

ClubLink

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ClubLink is also engaged in rail, tourism and port operations based in Skagway, Alaska.

Trend Savvy

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Trend Savvy is an online shopping website that provides members with access to top designer labels.

I Love Travel

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ilovetravel is a family of travel brands offering the best and most innovative youth and student travel experiences around the world.

S‑Trip!

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S‑Trip! offers eco-conservation, volunteer projects, cultural exchange services and adventure journeys for graduating high school students.

Lunavoy

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Lunavoy is an online activity marketplace for organizations to book curated local group experiences at a discounted price.

Fun Park Amusement Center

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Amusement Park, Family Entertainment Facility, Trampoline Park, Laser Tag, Restaurant, Arcades, Indoor Playground

FlyOver Canada

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FlyOver Canada is a virtual flight ride attraction.

Resorts of the Canadian Rockies

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Resorts of the Canadian Rockies engages in providing vacation and recreational experience.

CTMS Travel Group

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Ctms Travel is a company that provides corporate event management, travel plans and business consulting services.

Wheel Estate

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Wheel Estate is an online marketplace that connects RV owners with people looking for camping vehicles on a short-term basis.

Incursion Voyages

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Incursion Voyages is a travel agency that organizes cruises and trips for travellers.

Tour East Holidays

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Tour East Holidays offers customer service, product quality, and highly customizable tour planning.

Travel Agency Tribes

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Saas For Travel Agencies in North America

Nautilus Liveaboards

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Nautilus Liveaboards provides diving at Socorro Island, Guadalupe Island & Sea of Cortez, with Giant Mantas, Great White Sharks, Dolphins.

MyVacationPages

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My Vacation Pages is a travel search eng

Divebooker.com

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Online Marketplace for Diving Trips

Accent Inns

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Accent Inns Hotel offers lodging,hospitality and dining services company.

Orchid Plastics

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Orchid Plastics produces plastic rotational moulding products for health sector, agriculture, leisure, marine and automotive industries.

Last Frontier Heliskiing

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Last Frontier Heliskiing is a heli skiing and heli boarding tour company in Vernon, BC.