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This article showcases our top picks for the best Ontario 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 Ontario Education Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
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.
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.
KnowledgeHook
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Knowledgehook is an Instructional Guidance System (IGS) that uses engaging assessments for students and math teachers.
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
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.
ApplyBoard
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ApplyBoard is an online platform for study abroad.
University of Waterloo
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University of Waterloo is a public research university that operates colleges which offer undergraduate and graduate programs.
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.
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.
Peekapak
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Award-winning social-emotional learning platform and digital games
Cliniconex
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Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system.
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.
SharpestMinds
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SharpestMinds connects undiscovered data science and machine learning talent with professional mentors to help them land their first role.
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.
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
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.
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
Little Robot Friends
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They are Cute, programmable robots for learning code + electronics.
Prosper
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Prosper is the career coach in your pocket. Get advice for modern ambition.
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.
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.
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.
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
Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading provider of quality after-school program.
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.
Rayku
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Rayku is a marketplace of tutors that lets students get on-demand help over their live shared whiteboard.
Hubbli
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Centralized communication and information hubs for K12 schools.
Fit Factory Fitness
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Fit Factory is a personal training and boot camp fitness service in Toronto, Ontario.
Audiobooks
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Audiobooks is a company that provides its customers with the audio versions of the several books.
Singspiel
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Singspiel is an e-learning platform offering software to help the music education community.
Intact Centre
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The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation is an applied research centre with a national focus located within the University of Waterloo.
Wipebook
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The Wipebook team was created on a late Tuesday evening in February, 2013, in an entrepreneurship course at that University of Ottawa.
Flipd
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Flipd is the digital wellness company that’s reengineering healthy screen habits.
CSA Group
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CSA Group is a not-for-profit standards organization which develops standards in 57 areas.
Acadium
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Acadium is making education free and accessible to anyone, anywhere.
License Academy
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We are a B2B knowledge management, professional certification, and IP assets provider.
Homadorma
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Homadorma is the largest homestay network in Canada for international students
Unlearn
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Unlearn is a company that enables human connection and understanding of a better quality of life.
Nelson Education
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Nelson Education Ltd. is Canada’s leading educational publisher providing innovative products and solutions for learners of all ages.
Skillit
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Skillit is an online marketplace connecting people in-person to learn skills.
Metal Merger Corp
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Consolidate and Innovate Metal Distribution with 21st Century Technology
Established Men
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Established Men connects ambitious and attractive young women with successful, generous men.
Edsby
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Developer of an innovative digital learning and data software platform for K-12 school districts, states/provinces and countries.
Raise Your Flag
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Connecting the 45% of students NOT going to college to meaningful careers & companies who will hire them.
Institute for Quantum Computing
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The Institute for Quantum Computing is a scientific research institute at the University of Waterloo.
The Nutraceutical Alliance
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Provides an interface between product development, product testing, animal and literature research, product registration.
Voilà Learning
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Voilà Learning is a Tech-Ed organization that specializes in the language learning using Virtual Reality.
CoursePeer
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CoursePeer provides cloud-based learning tools for varied environments, facilitating certification, training and performance assessments.
The MasterCard Foundation
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The MasterCard Foundation is an independent, global organization based in Toronto, Canada, with more than $7 billion in assets.
The Knowledge Society
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Training “olympic level” CEOs, innovators, thought leaders, and researchers to solve important problems using exponential technologies
Kreyonic
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Kreyonic is a developer of interactive toys to discover educational content by combining physical interactions with digital applications.
EntreLaunch
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EntreLaunch is a global online pre-accelerator with a microfund platform focused on youth and social impact.
Bitmaker Labs
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Bitmaker is a network of talented developers, designers, and entrepreneurs.
WE Charity
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WE Charity are an international charity and educational partner.
Class Messenger
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Class Messenger is a private messaging service designed to keep teachers, parents and students in sync.
Off2Class
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Off2Class is the ESL teacher toolkit that saves time and drives equitable English Learner outcomes.
BiblioCommons
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BiblioCommons’s vision is a global, digital, civic-space built around books and media. We partner with public libraries to make it happen.
Tutorocean
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TutorOcean is a global marketplace where learners and tutors connect through its intuitive and integrated online classroom.
Destiny Solutions
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Destiny One offers customer lifecycle management software designed specifically for higher education providers.
PriveHealth
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PriveHealth is a gamified cybersecurity training platform for healthcare professionals.
KTS Global
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KTS Global Incorporated is a front runner in mobile device management education.
CTL Education Ltd.
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Global EdTech hosts from Canada focusing on Online High School Education, Universities and Colleges, Private and Public Educators
Elegant eLearning
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Elegant E-Learning Inc. is a leading online education company that develops advanced solutions for modern-day practice testing.
