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Private equity firms in Canada

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

286
Private equity firms in Canada
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
12
Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Business Development Bank of Canada Montréal, Canada 392 168 100 596
2 CPP Investments Toronto, Canada 341 112 188 0
3 Investissement Quebec Quebec, Canada 271 94 35 28
4 La Caisse Montréal, Canada 255 128 91 0
5 Georgian Toronto, Canada 157 95 33 23
6 CIBC Innovation Banking Toronto, Canada 140 123 34 0
7 National Bank of Canada Calgary, Canada 133 64 67 0
8 VenGrowth Asset Management Toronto, Canada 73 19 27 1
9 Kensington Capital Partners Limited Toronto, Canada 72 17 30 12
10 Wesley Clover Ottawa, Canada 68 35 18 5
11 BEST Funds Toronto, Canada 67 10 41 1
12 BoxOne Ventures Montréal, Canada 66 7 6 3
13 RBC Venture Partners Toronto, Canada 62 18 32 0
14 Sectoral Asset Management Montréal, Canada 58 17 28 15
15 Beedie Capital Vancouver, Canada 54 28 23 6
16 Killick Capital St. John's, Canada 52 7 9 4
17 GMP Securities Toronto, Canada 50 21 39 12
18 Northleaf Capital Partners Toronto, Canada 50 21 20 121
19 Public Sector Pension Investment Board Montréal, Canada 50 13 27 334
20 Penfund Toronto, Canada 44 36 15 9
21 PowerOne Capital Markets Limited Toronto, Canada 44 11 34 0
22 Bluesky Equities Calgary, Canada 39 2 5 0
23 Clairvest Group Toronto, Canada 36 24 16 16
24 Novacap Longueuil, Canada 33 16 16 38
25 Serruya Private Equity Markham, Canada 33 15 13 4
26 Birch Hill Equity Partners Toronto, Canada 31 29 24 20
27 Klass Capital Toronto, Canada 31 12 9 8
28 FirePower Capital Toronto, Canada 30 9 8 0
29 Ventum Financial Vancouver, Canada 29 8 22 90
30 Fulcrum Capital Partners Vancouver, Canada 27 13 9 5
31 EdgeStone Partners Toronto, Canada 27 5 14 4
32 CDP Capital Technology Ventures Montréal, Canada 27 4 11 0
33 Alaris Equity Partners Calgary, Canada 26 25 0 9
34 TriWest Capital Partners Calgary, Canada 26 3 14 10
35 OMERS Growth Equity Toronto, Canada 25 13 6 36
36 MacKinnon, Bennett & Company Montréal, Canada 25 11 2 8
37 Yellow Point Equity Partners Vancouver, Canada 25 11 9 5
38 Greensoil PropTech Ventures Toronto, Canada 25 8 5 2
39 Onex Toronto, Canada 24 13 9 38
40 Banyan Capital Partners Vancouver, Canada 24 10 10 0
41 Difference Capital Toronto, Canada 24 9 15 0
42 Kinetic Capital Vancouver, Canada 24 4 5 0
43 J17 Ventures North York, Canada 24 0 2 4
44 Azimuth Capital Management Calgary, Canada 23 5 6 14
45 DW Healthcare Partners Toronto, Canada 22 17 9 11
46 Ferst Capital Partners - FCP Montréal, Canada 22 7 9 3
47 Lyra Growth Partners Vancouver, Canada 22 5 5 2
48 Threshold Impact Edmonton, Canada 22 1 0 0
49 Westcap Saskatoon, Canada 21 9 2 6
50 Manulife Investment Management Toronto, Canada 19 13 2 0
51 Alberta Investment Management Edmonton, Canada 19 9 12 228
52 Base Investment Vancouver, Canada 19 6 2 0
53 Persistence Capital Partners Montréal, Canada 19 5 8 4
54 W Investments Montréal, Canada 19 3 8 9
55 ARC Financial Calgary, Canada 17 11 3 13
56 Brigus Capital Halifax, Canada 17 2 12 0
57 Hardy Capital Partners Vancouver, Canada 17 1 6 0
58 Mindset Venture Group Ltd Vancouver, Canada 17 0 4 0
59 Green Acre Capital Toronto, Canada 16 10 5 1
60 Sun Life Financial Toronto, Canada 16 10 2 0
61 Tandem Expansion Montréal, Canada 15 8 5 0
62 XDL Capital Group Toronto, Canada 15 2 2 0
63 Fengate Asset Management Toronto, Canada 14 8 4 98
64 CAI Toronto, Canada 14 4 6 4
65 Triptyq Capital Montréal, Canada 14 4 1 5
66 Knight's Bridge Capital Partners Toronto, Canada 14 2 6 0
67 OPTrust Private Markets Group Toronto, Canada 14 2 5 82
68 Cogito Capital Toronto, Canada 14 0 2 5
69 Klister Credit Toronto, Canada 13 7 1 0
70 INCapital Ventures Toronto, Canada 13 5 1 3
71 Mosaic Capital Partners Mississauga, Canada 13 3 5 0
72 HMW Capital Toronto, Canada 13 0 7 0
73 Sol Global Investments Toronto, Canada 12 9 7 2
74 Sagard Montréal, Canada 12 8 6 147
75 Stack Capital Toronto, Canada 12 4 4 3
76 Roynat Equity Partners Calgary, Canada 12 3 6 0
77 Otimo Retail Westmount, Canada 12 0 8 0
78 Idealist Capital Montréal, Canada 11 9 0 8
79 Clearspring Capital Partners Toronto, Canada 11 8 4 4
80 OMERS Private Equity Toronto, Canada 11 7 3 36
81 Walter Capital Partners Westmount, Canada 11 5 3 4
82 Waterpoint Lane Toronto, Canada 11 4 0 3
83 Brisio Innovations Vancouver, Canada 11 1 9 1
84 Arcadea Group Toronto, Canada 10 9 0 15
85 Ironbridge Equity Partners Toronto, Canada 10 6 9 8
86 Hawthorn Equity Partners Toronto, Canada 10 0 4 0
87 Leva Capital Toronto, Canada 10 0 0 3
88 Peloton Capital Management Toronto, Canada 9 8 0 9
89 Harlo Equity Partners Toronto, Canada 9 4 1 2
90 The Catalyst Capital Group Toronto, Canada 9 4 4 5
91 Bond Capital Vancouver, Canada 9 1 0 2
92 Canadian Shield Capital Toronto, Canada 9 1 0 4
93 Claridge Montréal, Canada 9 1 0 4
94 Quorum Group Toronto, Canada 9 1 1 0
95 Valhalla Private Capital Calgary, Canada 9 1 1 0
96 Discovery Ventures Vancouver, Canada 9 0 4 0
97 Champlain Financial Corporation Montréal, Canada 8 6 1 7
98 PaceZero Capital Partners Toronto, Canada 8 6 0 2
99 Pfm Capital Regina, Canada 8 5 2 6
100 Northern Private Capital (NPC) Toronto, Canada 8 4 2 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Canada, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 286.

Investment stages

Among these 286
Private equity investors191 Early stage investors104 Seed investors62 Late stage investors57 Venture investors42 Debt investors29 Post IPO investors24 Convertible note investors8

Other investors in Canada

Venture capital firms644 Angel investors509 Investment partners141 Startup accelerators99 Micro VC funds76 Startup incubators66 Angel groups61 Government investment offices58 Family offices54 Investment banks37 Venture debt funds30 Corporate venture capital29

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44 Mexico42
Cite: FundingWatcher, 286 private equity firms in Canada, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/canada/