Private Equity Firms in Canada
42 private equity firms are on this list. Of those that report private fund gross assets from a main office in Canada, Brookfield Private Equity is the largest: $47.4 billion through Brookfield Asset Management Pic Adviser (private Equity), L.P. (filed ).
Onex Partners follows with $22.6 billion. The 42 firms counted report $140.6 billion together; the ten largest hold 84% of it, and half report less than $747 million.
Updated . Rechecked quarterly; next check . Figures read , as filed to .
- $25BN and over34%1 firm
- $10BN to $25BN32%2 firms
- $1BN to $5BN30%15 firms
- $500MM to $1BN3%6 firms
- Under $500MM2%18 firms
Latest Form ADV of each, filed Dec 2025 to Sep 2026. Read ; sources at the end of the page.
- Private equity firms listedList of October 2026; 40 are private equity firms and 2 are advisers with private equity funds
- 42
- Combined fund assets42 counted; as filed to Sep 2026
- $140.6BN
- Median firmHalf of the 42 report less
- $747MM
- Held by the ten largestOf the $140.6BN combined
- 84%
Brookfield Private Equity, Onex Partners and Dawson Partners lead the Canada private equity firms by fund assets
The ten largest by private fund gross assets on their latest Form ADV. Together they report $118.8BN, 84% of the $140.6BN the 42 counted report.
- 1
Brookfield Private Equity
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 2
Onex Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 3
Dawson Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 4
Novacap
Private equity firm, Montreal
- 5
Altas Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 6
Northleaf Capital Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 7
Birch Hill Equity Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 8
Oncap Management Partners
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 9
Georgian Partners Growth
Private equity firm, Toronto
- 10
The Catalyst Capital Group
Private equity firm, Toronto
Gross assets of the private funds each adviser reported in its latest Form ADV. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure; the ranking rule and sources are at the end of the page. Read .
One firm holds a third of the fund assets
How the 42 firms counted spread by size: most are small, the dollars sit at the top.
One dot per firm counted. Read .
Fund assets each reported in its latest filing; shares are of the $140.6BN combined, one row per firm. Read .
34%
of the fund assets reported sits with one firm, Brookfield Private Equity. The five largest hold 72%; 24 of 42 report under $1 billion.
- Private equity firms40
- Advisers with private equity funds2
Kind of each, from its own website and filings, checked October 2026.
- Toronto26
- Calgary6
- Montreal5
- Vancouver2
- Kitchener1
- Oakville1
Main office on each firm's Form ADV.
Leaders beyond the ranking
Figures the main ranking does not compare: most active in private offerings, most private funds.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brookfield Private Equity | 32 issuers |
| 2 | Onex Partners | 11 issuer |
| 3 | TriWest Capital Partners | 11 issuer |
Counts notices, new and amended, filed by issuers whose name begins with the name; offering amounts are not shown.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brookfield Private Equity | 123Jul 2026 |
| 2 | Onex Partners | 35Aug 2026 |
| 3 | Novacap | 28Mar 2026 |
| 4 | ARC Financial | 26Mar 2026 |
| 5 | Georgian Partners Growth | 20Jul 2026 |
| 6 | Plaza Ventures | 20Mar 2026 |
| 7 | Oncap Management Partners | 17May 2026 |
| 8 | Sagard Holdings Manager | 17Apr 2026 |
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All 42 private equity firms
A to Z, with each firm's private fund gross assets, private funds, listed stocks and fund offerings, each with a pin to its filing; firms with no figure show the interests they state on their own sites.
Showing all 42 firms
The first 30 are shown here; find, a kind or a size shows every match.
No row matches. Clear the find field or choose All.
Fund assets are the gross assets of the private funds in the adviser's latest Form ADV (solid bar; grey when the firm is not in the totals). Listed stocks are the US listed securities a firm reports each quarter; fund offerings count the private offering notices of funds named for the firm in two years. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure. The square beside a name opens every figure with its filing and notes.
One firm holds a third of the money
Six findings from the filings of the 42 firms counted.
- 34%
of the $140.6 billion the 42 firms counted report is one firm's: Brookfield Private Equity. Without it, the other 41 report $93.2 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each; sums of filed figures
- $747MM
is the median: half of the 42 report less, and 24 report under $1 billion.
Fund assets, latest Form ADV of each
- 463
private funds are advised by the firms counted; Brookfield Private Equity advises the most, 123.
Private funds on each Form ADV (Schedule D); sums of filed figures
- $6.6BN
of US listed stocks reported by 2 firms counted for a 2026 quarter; the largest, Montrusco Bolton Investments, reported $6.5 billion.
Quarterly listed stock reports (Form 13F), 2026
- 5
private offering notices in two years were filed by funds and vehicles named for 3 firms; Brookfield Private Equity leads with 3.
Private offering notices, to
- 26
of the 42 have their main office in Toronto; the next place is Calgary, with 6.
Main office on each Form ADV
Questions
How many private equity firms are there in Canada?
This list holds 42 private equity firms in Canada; 42 of them report private fund gross assets on Form ADV, $140.6 billion together.
What are the largest private equity firms in Canada?
By the private fund gross assets they report: Brookfield Private Equity $47.4 billion, Onex Partners $22.6 billion, Dawson Partners $22.0 billion, Novacap $4.7 billion, Altas Partners $4.6 billion.
How much do private equity firms in Canada typically manage?
Of the 42 that report, the median reports $747 million in private fund gross assets; 24 report under $1 billion.
How do you start a relationship with private equity firms in Canada?
Each firm on this page links to its own website, and each figure carries a pin that opens the public filing it comes from. For fund managers and companies raising capital, Praxis Rock runs capital formation programs; see Raise Capital.
Sources and method
- Who is listed
- 42 private equity firms, 40 are private equity firms and 2 are advisers with private equity funds, as researched for this list; no row leaves the list. Private equity firms with their main office in Canada that file Form ADV with the SEC and report at least one private equity fund, placed by the main office on their own filing. Only SEC filers are listed: a firm registered only with a provincial securities commission is not on this list.
- Ranking rule
- The top 10, every total, share and median, the charts and the answers to the questions use one set: the 42 advisers that report private fund gross assets in their latest SEC Form ADV, with a main office in Canada, that the filing itself ties to the row (the CRD the list cites, or the row's own website in Item 1.I), one figure per adviser. A name match with no such tie is shown in the row's detail only, never ranked or counted.
- Our arithmetic
- The $140.6BN, the median, shares, charts and boards are sums and medians of filed numbers over that one set; 0 firms with a figure outside it stay listed with the figure and the reason.
- Pins
- Each figure's pin opens the filing it comes from: the adviser's Form ADV as filed, or the SEC filing index of its 13F report or of the latest private offering notice (Form D). The pin's label names the source and its date.
- What we searched
- On we searched every firm by its website against the websites advisers list on Form ADV, by the CRD the list cites, by name for Form ADV, and by every CIK found for 13F reports, and searched private offering notices for funds named for it. Of the 42, 42 report on a current Form ADV, 3 file 13F reports (2 for a 2026 quarter with a value), 3 have funds named for them in private offering notices, and 0 more show a possible match by name only in their detail, not counted.
- Words
- Kinds and interests are each firm's own, from its website. No person names are shown.
| Figure | Source | Period, read |
|---|---|---|
| Assets, private funds, client types, main office, employees | SEC Form ADV adviser data, October 2026 report, and each adviser's Form ADV as filed, 42 advisers | Filings to 2026-10-01; read 2026-10-31 |
| Listed stocks | SEC EDGAR Form 13F, 3 filers | Latest quarter; read 2026-10-31 |
| Private offering notices of funds named for a firm | SEC EDGAR full text search, Form D and D/A | 2024-10-31 to 2026-10-31 |
| Kind, interests and website | Each firm's own website, as researched for this list | Checked 2026-10-31 |
| Logos | Each firm's own website; a monogram where none checks | Read 2026-10-31 |
Cite as: Praxis Rock Advisors, "Private Equity Firms in Canada," updated October 31, 2026, praxisrock.com/resources/investors/pe-firms-canada