79 Top Digital Entertainment Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021

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

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Wattpad

Wattpad

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Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.

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WOMBO is an AI-powered lip sync app that creates deepfake copies of images lip-syncing to a selection of songs.

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Snack App

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Snack App is a video-first dating application in iOS that connects people online and focuses on Gen-Z.

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Spin Master

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Spin Master creates, designs, manufactures, licenses, and markets a diversified portfolio of game products.

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Victory Square

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Victory Square creates, funds, and executes on ideas in sports, health, and entertainment.

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Big Viking Games

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Big Viking Games provides free-to-play social, mobile, and HTML5 games.

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Fio

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Fio is a developer of a point-of-care medical device used to gather data through interactions with a healthcare system.

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Dark Slope Studios

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Dark Slope Studios is a VR/AR developer.

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ole

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ole is a rights management company that provides the entertainment industry with IP acquisitions and creative development services.

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D-BOX Technologies

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D-BOX Technologies designs and manufactures motion systems for the entertainment and industrial markets worldwide.

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StellarAlgo

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Stellaralgo helps organizations to organize, analyze, and leverage the data they need to make successful business decisions.

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Celtx

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Celtx is the world’s first all-in-one media pre-production system. It replaces ‘paper & binder’ pre-production with a digital approach

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Triotech

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TRIOTECH is the creator of award winning immersive and interactive media-based attractions

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UXP Systems

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UXP Systems is the industry leader in User Lifecycle Management (ULM). Our ULM Platform powers digital identity as a strategic service.

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Askott Entertainment

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Askott Entertainment is a full-service development company that combines esports with the regulated iGaming space.

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Dood

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Live streaming platform for modern professionals to broadcast their products, services, and experiences to a global audience.

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Blue Ant Media

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Blue Ant Media is an international producer of gaming video content .

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IMAX

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IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies.

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Fintech Select

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Fintech Select is a provider of robust and disruptive Pre-Paid Card programs, mobile banking solutions and Cryptocurrency technologies.

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DeepMarkit Corp.

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DeepMarkit produces multi-platform HTML games and gaming solutions that drive audience engagement for brands and incentivize customers.

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Wow Unlimited Media Inc.

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Wow Unlimited Media is creating the next generation kids & youth entertainment business by focusing on digital platforms and content.

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Behaviour Interactive

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Behaviour Interactive is an independent world leader in the video game industry, employing 275 talented people in Canada and Chile.

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Stompy Bot Corporation

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SBC is also an intellectual property and acquisition holding house with successful property acquisitions already secured.

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ZoweeTV

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New Model for on TV/movie streaming

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SparkGig

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SparkGig, an online community platform of performers and event organizers that hires local performers on any budget, anywhere in the world.

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Stage Ten

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Stage Ten is the leading maker of browser-based live streaming software, empowering online video creators in 70+ countries globally.

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SmartTones Media

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SmartTones connect broadcast to mobile, delivering entertaining experiences with measurable results.

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Corus Entertainment

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Corus Entertainment is one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies.

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Bell Media

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Bell Media is home to assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media.

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Sinking Ship Entertainment

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Sinking Ship Entertainment is an award-winning production, distribution and interactive company specializing in family & kids live action.

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Moment Factory

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Moment Factory creates multimedia entertainment to bring people together.

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Cineplex Entertainment

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Cineplex Entertainment is a motion picture exhibitor.

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Uken Games

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Uken Games builds games such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Jeopardy! World Tour.

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Mash

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A radically better way to monetize your digital experiences and content

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AGNT

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AGNT is a digital booking platform that provides access to thousands of real DJs & a suite of tools that manages every stage of the booking.

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Nerd Corps Entertainment

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Nerd Corps is one of the largest animation studios in Canada boasting a diverse portfolio of award-winning original properties such as

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Stambol

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Immersive Experiences for different verticals through Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

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Toon Boom Animation Inc.

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Toon Boom has been changing the animation world one production at a time.

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LVL

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Product and Service Design company specialized in Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment

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crea-ture Studios

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crea-ture Studios is an independent videogame studio dedicated in bringing original IP’s to niche markets.

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E Play Digital

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ePlay Digital is an industry-leading Augmented Reality Sports, Esports, and Entertainment Game Platform.

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Deep (Canada)

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DEEP Inc. is a multi-platform production company,

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Anime News Network

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Anime News Network is an online news platform offering an anime encyclopedia, forums, surveys, contests and more.

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CTV Ltd

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CTV Limited operates a television broadcasting network in Canada.

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Icon Creative Studio

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Icon Creative Studio is a animation video company located in Vancouver.

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Tunezy

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Tunezy is a social platform for emerging and independent musicians to reach the community and collaborate with fans.

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LMK Technologies, LLC

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Chunky’s Cinema Pub is an entertainment company that organizes functions, birthday parties, and corporate functions.

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Reciprocity

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Reciprocity is a premier professional esports team franchise and content creator with the goal to become an industry brand.

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Riff

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Riff builds a robo-adviser that provides growth plans to musicians, connects them with industry contacts & gives access to a platform.

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FlowMotion Entertainment Inc

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FlowMotion Entertainment Inc. is committed to being one of the top publishers of mobile games for women.

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Nuare Studio

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Nuare is an art outsourcing company. It is a team of great professional artists and illustrators working in video-game and movie industry.

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Sim International

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Sim is a content creation platform that provides camera equipment, dailies and post-production solutions.

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Ricardo Media

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Ricardo Media publishes and distributes RICARDO magazine eight times per year.

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8x Labs

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8x Labs is a developer of a multi-access edge computing software designed to reduce traffic bandwidth for live streaming.

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National Film Board

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The National Film Boardis produces and distributes films and other audiovisual works which reflect Canada.

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Quantum Entanglement Entertainment

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Quantum Entanglement Entertainment creates films, games, and other entertainment content.

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LISN

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LISN is a mobile application that lets users and creators clip podcasts into short segments to make them more discoverable & consumable.

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Percyvites

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Personalized Video Invitations are short video clips featuring licensed characters, where your child’s image and party details are

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Yare Media Group Inc.

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Yare offers sports and entertainment companies solutions to deliver live programming via PCs, phones, tablets and connected TVs.

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Maktub

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Audiobooks and Podcasts for Persian / Farsi speakers in North America and Europe

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Parlay Entertainment

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Parlay Entertainment is a Canadian-based developer of online bingo software.

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Arsenal Media

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Arsenal Media is an online store, production studios for visual and sound content as well as information and entertainment platforms.

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Ontario Media Development Corporation

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The OMDC is the central catalyst for Ontario’s cultural media cluster.

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Toonbox Entertainment

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Toonbox Entertainment is a animation digital entertainment company located in Toronto.

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vrCAVE

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VrCAVE is a virtual reality company that brings users the highest quality shared entertainment experiences.

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RepeatSeat

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Entertainment Services Company

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All Play, No Work

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All Play, No Work create compelling digital experiences that focus on storytelling, gameplay, and interaction for both the web and mobile.

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Metric Empire

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Metric Empire is an independent Montreal-based game development company.

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Sim Post Production Business

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Sim is a content creation platform that provides camera equipment, dailies and post-production solutions.

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Ritual Music

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Instant music licensing for digital video production.

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Game On

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Game on focuses on the needs of yhe video game industry by providing motion capture and audio production services.

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Pipeline Studios

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Pipeline Studios is a creative driven studio, with a focus on development, production, and distribution of award-winning kids.

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RocketFire Labs

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|APP DEVELOPMENT| Fox Hole| Social platform to connect gamers and enhance their match making and communication. Esports Valuations

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Peace Arch

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Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.(“PAE”) produces and acquires feature films and television programs for worldwide distribution.

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Edutelly

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EduTelly – Education Platform for Leaders of New Age. We teach Blockchain, Data Science, Big Data Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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Imaging Dynamics Company

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A Canada-based medical technology company.

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Insight Production Company

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Insight Production Company is a television networks production partners located in Toronto.

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787 Networks

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787 Networks is a group of business entertainment networks.

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Ahava Group Global

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Ahava Group Global is a women-led modern media parent company.

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