Major employers in Cambridge

20 employers, 13 of them head offices: 8 worldwide, 3 national and 2 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

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Employers20
Worldwide HQ8
National HQ3
Regional HQ2
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Employers, largest first

People employed at the site in this city where a source publishes it; head offices without a published count follow.

CompanyHereEmployees hereWorldwide HQJobs
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC)Manufacturing — automobile assembly (Toyota RAV4, Lexus RX and NX)part of Toyota Motor CorporationNational HQToyota vehicle manufacturing in Canada (Cambridge North and South plants; Woodstock West plant)8,5002026Toyota City, Aichi, JapanCareers →
Amazon — YHM2 fulfilment centreWarehousing and logistics — e-commerce fulfilmentpart of Amazon.com, Inc.Major site2502024Seattle, WashingtonCareers →
ATS CorporationManufacturing — industrial automation systemsWorldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
blueRoverSoftware — IoT temperature monitoring and digital checklists (food safety, pharmacy)Worldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Canadian General-Tower (CGT)Manufacturing — coated fabrics and polymeric films (automotive, industrial)Worldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Cowan Insurance GroupInsurance brokerage and group benefitsWorldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Eclipse AutomationManufacturing — factory automation systems and custom manufacturingWorldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
GrandBridge Energy Inc.Utilities — electric power distributionWorldwide HQelectricity distribution utility (Cambridge, North Dumfries, Brantford area)—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Kromet International Inc.Manufacturing — aluminum extrusion, anodizing and metal componentsWorldwide HQglobal—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Langs Community Health CentreHealth care — community health centreWorldwide HQcommunity health centre (main site Cambridge; satellite in Ayr)—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Beckhoff Automation Ltd. (Beckhoff Canada)Automation technology — PC-based control, I/O and drives (sales, engineering, support)part of Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KGNational HQCanada—Verl, Germany—
BWXT Canada Ltd.Manufacturing — nuclear steam generators and componentspart of BWX Technologies, Inc.National HQCanada—Lynchburg, VirginiaCareers →
Gore Mutual Insurance (Gore Insurance Company)Insurance — property and casualtypart of BenevaRegional HQGore Insurance Company head office (becoming Beneva General Insurance Inc. on 2027-01-01)—Quebec City, Quebec—
Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA)Public administration — conservation and watershed managementRegional HQwatershed conservation authority (Grand River watershed)—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Arriscraft (General Shale)Manufacturing — manufactured building stone and brickpart of General ShaleMajor site—United States (parent HQ not stated on pages read)Careers →
Cambridge Memorial HospitalHealth care — hospitalMajor site—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
City of CambridgePublic administration — municipalMajor site—Cambridge, OntarioCareers →
Conestoga College — Cambridge campusesPublic education — college of applied arts and technologyMajor site—Kitchener, OntarioCareers →
Honeywell Aerospace — Cambridge (formerly COM DEV)Manufacturing — space and satellite hardwarepart of Honeywell International Inc.Major site—Charlotte, North CarolinaCareers →
University of Waterloo School of Architecture (Cambridge campus)Public education — universitypart of University of WaterlooMajor site—Waterloo, OntarioCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • No current ranked "top employers" list with headcounts is published for Cambridge: the City economic-development pages (cambridge.ca) carry sector pages only, and the old investcambridge.ca "Major Employers" page now redirects to a 404. Waterloo EDC (2023 spotlight) and the Cambridge Chamber community page are the only ED sources used.
  • Toyota (TMMC) is the largest employer: over 8,500 across its Cambridge and Woodstock plants (company-wide figure; see also ca-woodstock).
  • Region-wide bodies headquartered in Kitchener or Waterloo (Region of Waterloo, both school boards, WRHN, Conestoga main campus, University of Waterloo) are listed under ca-kitchener / ca-waterloo, not repeated here — except their Cambridge campuses.
  • Blocked or not reachable (2026-10-30), so no row: rockwellautomation.com (robots.txt 403 — Rockwell Automation Canada has a Cambridge operation per Waterloo EDC); herouxdevtek.com (Incapsula challenge); novocol.com / novocol.ca (unreachable / HTTP 522 — Novocol Pharmaceutical of Canada, Cambridge since 1979 per Waterloo EDC); challenger.com (Cloudflare challenge — Challenger Motor Freight); pepsico.ca (robots 403) and fritolay.ca (unreachable) — Frito Lay Canada plant; transfreight.com (unreachable); shimco.com and Idea Exchange / Cambridge Public Library (ideaexchange.org → cambridgepl.ca) robots.txt name ClaudeBot as disallowed; canadianmanufacturing.com robots disallow; investors.atsautomation.com Cloudflare challenge.
  • No funded software/tech start-up headquartered in Cambridge could be verified: Axibo (humanoid robotics, C$12M round, Apr 2025) describes itself as Waterloo-based, so it is not listed here. Directory sites (vcbacked.co) mix Cambridge MA/UK companies and were not used.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-30. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.