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Industries with the Highest Profit Margin in Canada in 2025

  • 1. Day Care in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 93.9%

    Day care centres in Canada have been experiencing significant shifts as more and more working parents have relied on these services to care for their children. Dual-income families are the status quo in Canada. At the same time, a higher labour force participation rate for women (which day care supports) strengthens the role of child day care in helping families and nationwide economic growth. Record levels of federal investment have entered the industry: the Canadian government sought to sup...

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  • 2. Home Care Providers in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 80.4%

    Home care providers in Canada play a crucial role in supporting the aging population. The number of adults aged 65 and older is rapidly outpacing the national population growth, leading to a strong and increasing demand for home care services. Older Canadians often need assistance with complex, chronic health conditions and daily activities and there is a growing preference among them to stay in their homes as they age. Despite the expanding market, home care providers face significant challe...

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  • 3. Human Resources & Benefits Administration in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 75.9%

    Human resources and benefit administration servicers have endured considerable economic volatility and heightened competition, as higher interest rates have significantly influenced downstream clients. Administrators have struggled with volatile corporate profit in recent years, which has forced businesses to reconsider paying for extra value-added services and high levels of competition that forced servicers to exit the industry. These trends caused revenue to fall at a CAGR of 3.6% to an es...

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  • 4. Accounting Services in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 75.4%

    Accounting services continue to benefit from stable downstream demand and strong recovery in consumer markets following a period of inflationary volatility in 2022. The mandatory nature of niche accounting services, such as bookkeeping and auditing, continues generating consistent demand among clients looking to ensure regulatory compliance and accurate tax filing as mandated by law. Changes in federal tax policy, such as the Digital Services Tax, provided greater client interest in professio...

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  • 5. Photography in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 73.4%

    The Canadian photography sector has recently experienced an upsurge in demand, driven by improved economic conditions and better personal incomes. As businesses become more optimistic, they channel greater resources into professional photography services. This influx of demand spans various sectors, notably retail, real estate and hospitality, highlighting the essential role high-quality visual content plays in these fields. Despite stiff competition from advanced smartphone cameras, many cli...

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  • 6. Security Services in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 73.2%

    The Security Services industry in Canada provides investigative, guard and patrol services and in-transit cash and valuables protection. Industry revenue has increased at a CAGR of 4.7% to $9.0 billion over the five years to 2023 as guard, investigative and other services have become more popular among corporate and government clients. The industry's diverse market insulated it from a large revenue decline, though it has benefited from economic expansion. However, a decline in corporate profi...

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  • 7. Colleges & Universities in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 69.5%

    The primary funding sources for colleges and universities in Canada have significantly shifted over the past five years. Provincial government funds historically made up the most significant revenue stream for universities, but lacklustre growth in per-student funding has pushed universities in most provinces to rely more on higher tuition fees. The recent influx of international students has proven lucrative for postsecondary institutions, but a temporary cap on international study permits h...

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  • 8. Telemarketing & Call Centres in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 68.7%

    Telemarketing and call centres in Canada have struggled with falling demand and a hostile competitive landscape. During the current period, many large companies have reduced their Canadian operations and offshored to overseas locations with high English proficiency but lower wage costs. On top of offshoring, the industry’s performance has been hurt by a sharp drop in outbound calling services, historically a significant facet of providers’ operations. Economic disruptions at the onset of the ...

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  • 9. Dentists in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 68.4%

    Dental service providers faced significant revenue fluctuations because of economic challenges and the global health crisis. This led to consumer confidence and disposable income changes, causing many to postpone essential and elect...

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  • 10. Language Instruction in Canada

    Profit Margin 2025: 68.2%

    Language instructors have faced significant headwinds since 2019. Competing language learning software programs has severely threatened enrolment at traditional language instruction centers, but instructors have preserved some demand by focusing their efforts on immigrant populations, international students and corporate clients. Commercial clients brought language instructors some relief as companies expanded overseas and invested in language training for executives, but recent economic inst...

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