Official registries and open data list 37,981 active companies in arts, entertainment and recreation in Quebec, which puts Quebec in 1st place in Canada for this sector (96 % of the national total). 2,299 of them (6 %) have at least one known director, and 1,171 (3 %) published an official change in the last 18 months: incorporation, amendment, change of director or address.
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Get 5 profiles from this segmentOf these 37,981 companies, 2,304 are federally incorporated, 35,677 are known through the provincial registry. 5,252 of them were founded in 2025 and 2026, that is 14 % of the active base; 3,144 incorporations in 2025. That is well above the average of the three previous years (2,437 a year): the sector is attracting new entrants.
Over the last 12 months, 381 companies in the sector (1 %) won at least one public contract, 545 contracts in all, published by governments, cities and public bodies. 129 received a federal grant or contribution (156 agreements).
Headcount is known for 37,964 companies (100 %): 75,198 declared jobs in total, and the median company has 1-4 employees.
3,197 companies (8 %) publish a general phone or email, 3,870 have a website verified by ciblr, 1,959 hold an official licence or permit.
Moves published in the last 90 days: 15 new incorporations, 54 relocations, 41 public contracts, 95 hirings, 38 dissolutions.
37,981 companies in arts, entertainment and recreation are active in Quebec according to official registries and open data, that is 96 % of the 39,476 companies in the sector across Canada.
2,299 of these companies (6 %) have at least one director on the federal registry (the only registry that publishes directors), which lets you approach them through the right person.
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Every company counted here is active in an official registry (Corporations Canada, Registraire des entreprises du Québec, OrgBook BC) or named by an official open source (licence, public contract, grant, registered employer). The sector is a NAICS code, size comes from the declared headcount when a source provides it and otherwise from an estimate based on the registry (board size, age, status, statute), and "recent signal" means a published move (incorporation, amendment, change of director, address, contract, grant, hiring) in the last 18 months. Figures are recomputed every week from the ciblr database. No data is purchased or invented.
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