88 Top Communities Startups and Companies in Toronto (2021)

June 19, 2021

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

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Lane

Lane

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Lane is a workplace management platform.

Influitive

Influitive

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Influitive helps companies mobilize their advocates to provide more referral leads, reference calls, social media advocacy, product reviews.

Influitive

500px

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500px is a global photography network and app for aspiring and practicing photographers to gain exposure, feedback, and monetize their work.

Parkbench.com

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Parkbench is an all-in-one sales & marketing platform for realtors who want to build their brand & get more clients in a neighborhood

Influitive

HILO

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HILO is a SaaS platform that powers building operators to attract tenants, boost revenues, and streamline operations.

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Kora Network

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Kora Network provides the tools needed to build a self-sustaining, community-owned ecosystem for circulating and accumulating capital.

BATL (batlgrounds.com)

EatSleepRIDE

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The all-in-one tracking, safety and community app for motorcycle riders.

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Tribe Community Platform

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A powerful community platform integrated into your product. Increase user engagement, retention and lifetime value.

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Digital Journal

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Digital Journal is a digital media news network providing information submitted by a global network of journalists.

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Fit Factory Fitness

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Fit Factory is a personal training and boot camp fitness service in Toronto, Ontario.

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Thinkwire

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Activate communities with panel discussions.

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Bark ‘n Yapp

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Bark ‘n Yapp, a digital marketing solution for the dog industry that connects businesses to the dog owner community to increase mktg ROI

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Canopy

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Connecting people to great products through curation and community recommendations.

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BlogTo

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Toronto’s source for local news and culture, restaurant reviews, event listings and the best of the city.

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Stasht Inc.

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Stasht easily organizes your social networks content, and allows users to search and discover stories to publish and share.

Influitive

Quartermaster

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Home-Management and Local-Referrals App

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Docsie.io

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SaaS, Product Documentation, Knowledge Bases, User Manuals, Entreprise.

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Towards Data Science

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Data Science is a platform for thousands of people to exchange ideas and to expand our understanding of data science.

Influitive

Elangogo

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Elangogo is an experiences marketplace that empowers young people to develop their potential and build skills through experiences.

Influitive

BayBridge Seniors Housing

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Providing seniors with the best life has to offer! From delicious dining to engaging activities, we’ve perfected the art of living well.

Influitive

OpenSports

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OpenSports enables sports and recreation organizers to build amazing groups

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Engineers Without Borders Canada

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Investing in people and ideas to end global poverty.

Influitive

OneEleven

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We’re home to a community of tech scaleups, with locations that provide unparalleled access to peer networks, investment capital & services.

Influitive

Naborino

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Naborino is a community group buying (CBG) platform that connects people with each other and with group buying offers from local businesses.

Influitive

eCamion

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eCAMION Inc. is turnkey solution provider for the community energy storage industry

Influitive

SVX

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The SVX is a local, impact first platform connecting impact ventures.

Influitive

AVS Forum

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AVS Forum is an online community and platform that is focused on home-based audio and video entertainment.

Influitive

CryptoChicks

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CryptoChicks a non-profit blockchain educational hub with a mission to achieve gender balance in the blockchain space.

Influitive

Askmefast

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Askmefast is an online interactive question and answer community offering users solutions for their inquiries on any topic.

Influitive

Tunezy

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

Influitive

ME to WE Social Enterprises

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ME to WE is a social enterprise that provides products that make an impact, empowering people to change the world.

Influitive

Creatubbles

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Creatubbles™ is the safe global community for creators! It’s the perfect space to share, discover & interact with multimedia creations.

Influitive

TAS

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We are developers of mixed use buildings, and entrepreneurs for the public good.

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NodeBB

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Real-time Community Forum Software Platform, Forums for the modern web

Influitive

Attollo

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MOOC for children delivered via stickers

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TechToronto

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TechToronto is the best way to expand your knowledge and network within Toronto’s technology community.​

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Paintbox Catering and Bistro Inc.

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At the core of Paintbox catering services and bistro operations is our social mandate – to provide training and career path opportunities

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Skrumble

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Skrumble is a Information Technology and Services company.

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The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation

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Victor Phillip Michael Dahdaleh created the Victor Dahdaleh Foundation to support and fund various philanthropic initiatives.

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Multiplicity Labs

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Corporate Innovation Consultancy

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Village mommy.com

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Village mommy.com helps moms meet other moms for friendship, support, and playdates.

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XR Web

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XR Web is a decentralized platform for XR spatial apps.

Influitive

Providence Healthcare

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Providence Healthcare is a leader in providing rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care and community programs.

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Pink Army Cooperative

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Pink Army Cooperative is an open source drug company working to create personalized cancer therapeutics.

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Supply Chain Canada

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Supply Chain Canada is providing leadership to the Canadian supply chain community,provide value to all members and advance the profession.

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ThriveHire

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ThriveHire is the career platform for the global health community.

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SharedReviews

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Shared Reviews is a website where writers can publish their work while earning rewards.

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OPSEU

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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union represents provincial government employees in Ontario.

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UNICEF Canada

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UNICEF is a non-profit humanitarian organization focusing on saving children’s lives around the globe.

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Blabber

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Experience sharing platform

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Seam Technic LTD.

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SEAM is the first social safety platform, creating digital connections between people.

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DailyThemes.org

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Daily Themes offers personalized services for its users to improve English writing skills.

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Daily Bread Food Bank

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A registered charity that is fighting hunger in our communities. Every year thousands of people across Toronto rely on food banks.

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AsapSCIENCE

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AsapSCIENCE is an educational and entertaining resource for curious minds of all ages to understand the science in their own lives.

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Nature Conservancy Of Canada

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Nature Conservancy of Canada directly protects and cares our country’s most vulnerable natural areas & the plants & animals they sustain.

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Cyber Security Canada

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Cyber Security Canada is a cyber security company with the digital privacy act now in full force companies have obligations to their clients

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Toronto Machine Learning Series (TMLS)

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A community of over 5,000 practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs and executives focusing on advanced ML research and business cases.

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Community Living Toronto

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Community Living Toronto is dedicated to socially support people with intellectual disabilities.

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ModerateContent

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ModerateContent provides realtime image moderation API services to protect your community.

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Ontario Science Centre

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The Ontario Science Centre delights, informs and challenges the communities we serve, enriching peoples lives and understanding.

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Canadian Olympic Committee

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The Canadian Olympic Committee leads the achievement of the Canadian Olympic Team’s

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Leet

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Discover and share the best gameplay moments.

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ABI Network

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Focus on community based services and support for individuals with an ABI …

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Vobii

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Vobii is a social network platform that allows users to video chat with people in their community for a duration of five minutes.

Influitive

ACTRA Toronto

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ACTRA Toronto Union of actors, background performers and stunt people. Canadian culture-positive.

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QCon

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QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community.

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Davai

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Davai is a social discovery platform that enables its users to create live and local newsfeeds.

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Invest Toronto

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Provide insights from the experts and share unique investment opportunities that are not typically open to the wider public.

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Web.net

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Builds Drupal websites for non-profits, social enterprises, unions, and other community-based organizations.

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Ontario Professional Planners Institute

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Ontario Professional Planners Institute is the recognized voice of the Province’s planning profession.

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VeryParanormal.com

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Founded by a trio of seasoned broadcasting and production entrepreneurs, veryparanormal.com is a new specialty service.

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Urban Native Magazine

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Urban Native Magazine is a continuation of the blog Urban Native Girl Stuff, focusing on fashion culture of First Nations in Canada.

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Freed Developments

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Freed is brand of design-based development creating a way for people to enjoy living in a real community,

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Toronto French Business Network

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The TFBN is a welcoming community of business-driven individuals connected with the French ecosystem.

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Talent Payment Services

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TPS became the first independent talent payment company to service the Canadian advertising community.

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HealthMax Physiotherapy

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We are one of the leading healthcare providers in Toronto. Our corporate mission is to treat and educate members of the community.

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Contractor Talk

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Professional construction and remodeling community.

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Villa Charities

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Villa Charities delivers cultural, educational programs, long-term care and living apartments for elderly people.

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Strategic Objectives

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Strategic Objectives is a leading Toronto PR Agency.

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Junior Achievement of Central Ontario

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Our mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

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bgon

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A mobile app helping students buy, sell and connect exclusively within their University community.

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YouNeedaStrategy.com

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Most People Think they Need Something. ​ They need a way to get there. They need a Strategy.

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Natural Life Sciences Inc

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ZWell is the Natural Health Community for people aged 45 years and better.

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Canadian Urban Transit Association

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Canadian Urban Transit Association

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Goodbit

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Goodbit is a hack-tank of designers, developers, makers, and educators that crafts consumer-facing brands and platforms.

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WWF Canada

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For half a century, WWF has worked to protect the future of nature. WWF is Canada’s largest international conservation organization

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Lime Foundry

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Lime Foundry is a Toronto-based company specializing in social strategy, content marketing, and community management.

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SecureTheJob

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SecureTheJob is an online community that allows users to post and share experience-based career advice about jobs they’ve had

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