This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Education companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Education 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 Education Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Paper
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Paper is an educational support system that provides personalized tutoring accessible to every student.
Headversity
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Headversity is a workplace mental health and resilience platform helping workers through mental health issues.
Top Hat
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Top Hat’s interactive software helps college professors quickly activate classrooms by engaging students over their own devices.
D2L
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D2L is an integrated learning platform, providing cloud learning solutions for educational institutes.
HiMama
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HiMama is vertical SaaS with payments and content for child care and early childhood education and is a Certified B Corporation.
Showbie
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Showbie is an app that combines all of the essential tools for assignments, feedback, and communication in one easy-to-use platform.
ACTO
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ACTO is an Omnichannel Education platform for life sciences companies.
Docebo
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Docebo is a cloud ‘e-learning as a service’ product that enables companies to deliver, track and certify online training to their staff.
DarwinAI
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DarwinAI’s Generative Synthesis ‘AI building AI’ technology enables optimized and explainable deep learning.
Plotly
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Plotly is a data science and AI company that makes it easy to create and deploy interactive web apps in any programming language.
Corporate Finance Institute
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Corporate Finance Institute provides online training and education for finance and investment professionals.
SMART Technologies
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SMART Technologies develops interactive whiteboards and group collaboration tools for classrooms and meeting rooms.
KnowledgeHook
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Knowledgehook is an Instructional Guidance System (IGS) that uses engaging assessments for students and math teachers.
Classcraft
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Classcraft is an online educational role-playing game that teachers and students play together in the classroom.
Uvaro
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Uvaro is a career success platform. We’re on a mission to help the world’s professionals lead more fulfilling careers.
Disco
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Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their learning empire easily in one place.
University of Toronto
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The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Riipen
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Riipen is an experiential learning platform that helps schools connect their students to industry & enables companies to pick top talent.
DigitalEd
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DigitalEd is a cloud-based software company that provides online education solutions for science, engineering, and mathematics courses.
Prodigy Education
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Prodigy Education connects students, parents, teachers and school districts with resources that promote a lifelong love of learning.
FreshGrade
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FreshGrade is a better way to document and communicate learning while engaging educators, students, parents and leaders.
ApplyBoard
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ApplyBoard is an online platform for study abroad.
Thinkific
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Thinkific is a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses.
University of Waterloo
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University of Waterloo is a public research university that operates colleges which offer undergraduate and graduate programs.
Precision OS
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Precision OS is a provider of virtual reality orthopedic surgical education and pre-operative planning software.
Korbit Technologies
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Corporate data science and AI training powered by award-winning AI Tutors
Kira Talent
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The world’s only holistic admissions solution for higher education.
QuadFi
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Invisible Credit Group (Millennial & Newcomers) Risk Rating & Lending
Kivuto Solutions
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Kivuto Solutions is a software distribution company that is specialized in hosted electronic software delivery.
Altus Assessments Inc.
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At Altus Assessments, we believe great professionals are more than book smart. We deliver personal characteristic assessments for schools.
Eyeread
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Eyeread is a learning platform that delivers literacy curriculum through popular video games.
Serious Labs
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Serious Labs combines instructional design, game mechanics, virtual reality and simulation technologies.
Edunation
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Edunation is a new age learning environment! helps students capitalize on teachable moments by giving them instant access to knowledge.
Hatchways
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Hatchways is a platform focused on making career transitions easier. Focused on web developers.
OneClass
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OneClass builds the largest library of educational content for university students.
Edvisor.io
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Edvisor.io increases access to global educational opportunities by seamlessly connecting schools.
Bluedrop Performance Learning
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Bluedrop Performance Learning is an e-learning company.
Peekapak
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Award-winning social-emotional learning platform and digital games
International Deal Gateway
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Deal Gateway is a private online global deal community exclusively for exceptional entrepreneurs, investors and Family Offices.
Socrative
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Socrative, a student performance-tracking system, allows teachers to engage students in various activites on computers and mobile devices.
Cliniconex
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Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system.
SiMBi
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SiMBi is a developer of a digital reading and assessment program.
Chalk
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Chalk helps K-12 schools to act on real-time academic insights from curriculum and instruction
Captual
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Captual offers ePresence, a system that allows organizations to capture rich media presentations for live or on-demand webcasting.
BATL (batlgrounds.com)
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The world’s original and largest urban axe throwing organization with with over 200,000 annual visitors and 325 employees.
EZ-Robot
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EZ-Robot is an edtech solution that supports teaching and inspires learning.
SharpestMinds
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SharpestMinds connects undiscovered data science and machine learning talent with professional mentors to help them land their first role.
Emma Labs
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Emma is a family-centric insurance platform that makes buying life insurance easy, affordable and accessible.
Venture For Canada
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Their mission is to provide opportunities for the best and brightest to create dynamic companies
Halp
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Halp is affordable college and university admissions coaching that helps high school students reach their goals.
Canada Learning Code
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Ladies Learning Code is a not-for-profit organization that aims to offer digital literacy for women and youth in Canada.
REVAI
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REVAI is disrupting traditional learning speeds by leveraging cutting-edge technology in neuroscience to enhance human cognition.
Université de Montréal
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The Université de Montréal is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Studyo
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Studyo is an educational sector to improve organisational, project management and planning skills for the students.
Crowdmark
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Crowdmark is a grading & analytics platform powered by AI to streamline assessment, increase productivity & provide personalized learning.
Brink Bionics
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Brink Bionics is developing bionic arms with machine learning that integrate with the human body.
Eagle’s Flight
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World leader in experiential learning Delivers practical business impact through changed behavior
Kids Code Jeunesse
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Inspiring and Empowering Canadian Children with Code
NGRAIN
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NGRAIN produces 3D computer graphics and tools to create 3D visualizations, applications and simulations.
unilingo
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End to end voice translation platform for educational YouTube creators.
Modern Campus
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Modern Campus is a SaaS-based student lifecycle management software designed to manage continuing education and non-degree programs.
MediaCore
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MediaCore provides a solution that enables educational institutes to capture media, build a media library and store content.
HITCH Tech Inc
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Educational video platform for African Schools
Minute School
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Minute School helps students transition into and through higher education
Aplic.io
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marketplace for students across the globe seeking study abroad opportunities
Little Robot Friends
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They are Cute, programmable robots for learning code + electronics.
Biba Ventures
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Biba Ventures is a Computer Games company located in Vancouver.
Prosper
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Prosper is the career coach in your pocket. Get advice for modern ambition.
Little Kitchen Academy
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Little Kitchen Academy is a Montessori-inspired cooking academy for kids ages 3 through 19.
LightBot
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LightBot is a puzzle game based on coding that secretly teaches programming logic as kids play.
Creation Crate
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Creation Crate is the developer of a subscription based educational tool created to promote and enhance STEM education.
GOJI
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GOJI connects ESL students all over the world to native English-speaking tutors.
VRapeutic, Inc.
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A UNICEF Innovation Fund software house specializing in rehabilitation solutions with a focus on VR for neurodevelopmental challenges.
Velsoft
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Velsoft is the leading provider of customizable training materials, enabling customers to deliver high quality
MakerKids
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MakerKids runs camps, programs and parties for kids on Coding, Robotics and Minecraft.
Educhain
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Educhain is a Techstars backed company that enables instant issuance and authentication of digital records for academic institutions.
Paigee Draw
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Paigee Draw is a social media network for artists and fans of their artwork.
Oppimi
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Oppimi creates therapeutic tools for diagnosing and treating learning disabilities using a video-game approach.
MakerBloks
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MakerBloks are electronic building blocks that combine real world play with a digital story.
LumenEd
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LumenEd is an online tutoring and education company. We help tutoring companies calm the chaos and increase access to high quality learning.
Voxco Survey Software
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Data collection software for multimode surveys (online, mobile, app, face-to-face, phone)
K5 Learning
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K5 Learning offers free worksheets, inexpensive workbooks and online learning programs for grade 5 students.
Discovr Labs
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We’re bringing virtual reality to education.
Nimbus Learning
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Nimbus is a personalized learning platform, which helps to connect with qualified tutors, Instructors and mentors
Edusight
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Analytics and digital portfolio for K-12 education
4D Labs
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4D Labs is Simon Fraser University’s core facility
Arts Umbrella
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Arts Umbrella is a company that provides visual and performing arts opportunities for young people ages 2 to 19.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading provider of quality after-school program.
SoftServe
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SoftServe is a game-based learning and assessment platform for soft skills.
Amplify Capital
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Amplify Capital investing in mission-driven, double-bottom-line disruptors in health, education and clean tech
Nerdstudy
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Nerdstudy provides the highest quality of learning content for high school students across North America.
Mindfuel.ca
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A non-profit organization dedicated to igniting a passion for science in young minds
Rayku
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Rayku is a marketplace of tutors that lets students get on-demand help over their live shared whiteboard.
sageCrowd
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By leveraging new discoveries in the science of learning, we tackle organizations most mission critical change programs.
Brighter Investment
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Brighter Investment Invest in the brightest students in developing countries. Students earn a degree and investors an attractive return.
HelpHub
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HelpHub instantly connects tutors and students over online messaging and tutoring calls.