Quick Search

Type one or more keywords into the Quick search box.  

Choose if the keyword must be found in:

• the company name
• the product or service name
• the trademark name

Do not be too specific when you start your search.  

It is preferable to use only one word in the singular form when you first begin your search.  

Our search engine will automatically search for the plural form.
Example:  "child" will also return "children", "box" will also return "boxes".

If the list is too big, just add another keyword to your search.
Example : If your initial search is "pipe", just add "PVC".

When using the Quick Search, if you do not know the exact spelling of a word or if you wish to find all forms of a word, use the character * (asterisk). 

Launch your search by pressing ENTER, or by clicking the « Search » button.

When your are searching for a product, a service or a trademark name, a list of possible matches will appear. The search engine broadens your search to include similar or complementary terms. Moreover, searches are made in French and in English. This explains the presence, at the bottom of the page, of an additional list of french products or services whose relevance can be variable.

The comment (Manf.) following a product indicates that it is manufactured, a (Dist.) indicates that it is distributed and a (Serv.) indicates a service.

Tick off the appropriate boxes at the right of the desired products, services or trademarks that you are looking for and

Click on GO at the bottom of the page to get all the related companies

OR

Refine your search result by selecting an administrative region and click on GO at the bottom of the page.

The result page will show the following information:

What to do if no result is found.

There are several reasons why our system cannot give you any result, even if you believe that there should be corresponding entries.

• You made a typo.  Correct the typo and launch your search again.
• Is there a hyphen in the company's name or the trademark you are looking for ?
• What you think is a company name, might just be a trademark.
• Maybe the product that you are looking for is part of a larger group of products.  Example: a pencil sharpener will be found in "office supplies".
• Try other words that mean the same thing, such as motor vehicle instead of automobile.
• Never use the words "manufacturer" or "wholesale" when searching by product name.
• If you still can't find anything, you can use the Advanced Search or you can use the search by manufactured or wholesale products of the home page or call our customer service at 1-888-594-7170.

Advanced Search

• Administrative Region
• Municipality
• Postal Code
• Business Category
• Business Sector
• Product and Service
• Number of Employees
• Sales Figure
• Export Activity
• Covered territory

Only use the criteria that are essential to your search for companies.  It is not recommended to use all the criteria.

Implicitly, the search engine will use an “AND” between each search criteria you have chosen. Within a search criteria, if you enter or select more than one value, the search engine will use an “OR” between these values.

Example: If you want to get a list of all Québec manufacturers that have between 50 and 75 employees, use the criteria no 4- Business Category and no 7- Number of Employees 

Click on the Search button when you have entered all of your criteria.

The result page will show the following information :

Shows the criteria you have used.

Gives a summary of the NAICS codes, the business categories and administrative regions in which the most companies of your result are found. The first 3 positions only are shown.

A search made with a geographical criterion will also return companies that are located elsewhere, but have a branch office on the specified territory.

Gives the number of companies in your result and the list of companies that satisfy your criteria.  

If you refine your search by clicking on the "Refine your search" button, there will then be, at step 3, the possibility to return to a previous level of your search in order to try a different refinement approach « breadcrumb trail ».

Administrative Region

You can complete a search by selecting one or more administrative regions from the list by checking the appropriate box.  This will display all the companies located in the selected regions including companies that are located elsewhere and have a branch office in the specified region. 

Here is a list of all Québec's administrative regions:

• Bas-Saint-Laurent 
• Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean
• Région de Québec (Capitale-Nationale) 
• Mauricie
• Estrie
• Montréal
• Outaouais 
• Abitibi/Témiscamingue
• Côte-Nord
• Nord-du-Québec
• Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Chaudière/Appalaches
• Laval 
• Lanaudière
• Laurentides 
• Montérégie
• Centre-du-Québec 
  

Municipality

A search by municipality allows you to find companies of the selected municipalities, including companies that are located elsewhere and have a branch office in the specified municipalities.

There are 3 ways to complete a search by municipality.

1. Search by keyword

You can enter one or more municipality name at one time. Words must be separated by a space.  

You must also select the appropriate search method:

• Any word : will bring back all municipalities containing one of the typed words.  The search engine will place an "OR" between each word;
• Exact phrase : will bring back only municipalities containing the exact typed phrase.

Municipality names are not abbreviated. (ex. : Saint-Laurent).

Compound names are generally entered with hyphens. (ex.: Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts) except if they are in English (ex.: Thetford Mines) or have articles (ex.: La Baie).

2. List of municipalities in alphabetical order

By clicking on the link, a new window is displayed and you can then select one or more municipalities.  To save your selection you must click on “Next”.  This will bring you back to the search criteria page to continue your search with other criteria, or you can click on "Search Now" to get your list of companies immediately.

You can make changes to your selection by clicking once more on the “List of municipalities in alphabetical order” link. The chosen municipalities you first selected will be ticked off. Make the appropriate changes and click on “Next” or "Search Now" again to get your list of companies.

3. List of municipalities by administrative region

By clicking on the link , a new window is displayed with Québec's administrative regions.  By clicking on the administrative region’s link, the list of municipalities, grouped by regional municipality counties (MRC), will be displayed. From this list you can select one or more municipalities. To select all the municipalities from an MRC, click the box located at the end of the name of the MRC.  You can select more than one municipality from more than one administrative region,  Just click the link of the region and select the desired municipalities.  To save your selection you must click on “Next”.  This will bring you back to the search criteria page to continue your search with other criteria, or you can click on "Search Now" to get your list of companies immediately.

You can make changes to your selection by clicking once more on the “List of municipalities by administrative region” link. The chosen municipalities you first selected will be ticked off. Make the appropriate changes and click on “Next” or "Search Now" again to get your list of companies.

Postal Code

You can complete a search by using the entire postal code or simply part of the postal code. For example, if you are interested in companies located in a region where the postal code begins with H4S, only enter these three first characters. You can enter one or more postal code you wish to search. Postal codes must be separated by a space. The search engine will then place an "OR" between each postal code.

You must also select the appropriate search method:

• begins with: the company’s postal code must start by at least one of the codes you have entered (example: G0X);
• exact code: the postal codes (one or more) you have entered must be complete and have no space or hyphen (example: G2E2M4).

The search result will help you find all the companies which have their main address with a postal code that begins or that corresponds exactly to one of the postal codes you have entered.  The result will also include companies that are located elsewhere and have a branch office in the specified postal code.

The search is only done on postal codes of main addresses. However, in the company’s profile, you can also find an address intended for correspondence, which could be different from the main address.

Business Category

You can complete a search by selecting one or more company categories. The search engine will place an "OR" between each company category you select.

A company is granted only one category, in accordance with its main business activity.

Business Sector

Companies are classified according to a Canadian classification system: the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).  This classification offers a hierarchical list of activities.

By clicking on the sector’s link, a new window is displayed with the hierarchical list of economic activities for the chosen sector. You can select a general level from the list by clicking on the box on the left or you can go further down to a more detailed level. To save your selection, you must click on “Next” which will bring you back to the search criteria page or click on the "Search Now" button to get your list of companies immediately.  

You can make changes to your selection by clicking once more on the activity sector's link. The chosen activities you first selected will be ticked off. Make the appropriate changes and click on “Next” or "Search Now" again.

A company can have more than one economic activity code.  The codes are given in accordance with the main products and services of the company. 

Products and Services

Products and services are listed according to two classifications : one established specifically by the CRIQ’s Banque d’Information Industrielle (for manufactured and distributed products) and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for service companies. Each classification offers a hierarchical list of products / services.

By clicking on the products / services category link, a new window displays the hierarchic list of the main groups of products / services that you can expand on many levels. You can select a general level from the list by clicking on the box on the left or you can go further down to the name of a specific product / service. To save your selection, you must click on “Next” which will bring you back to the search criteria page or click on the "Search Now" button to get your list of companies immediately.  

You can make changes to your selection by clicking once more on the “Products / Services” category link. The chosen products or services you first selected will be ticked off. Make the appropriate changes and click on “Next” or "Search Now" again

Number of employees

This criteria allows you to search throughout companies according to their number of employees.  Specify a range “from” “to”, for example : From 100 to 149.

For manufacturing companies, the number of employees corresponds to the selected address, since each plant has its own file. For other companies (wholesale and service companies) the number corresponds to the total number of employees in the province of Québec.

Sales Figure

This criteria allows you to search throughout companies according to their turnover in Québec. Tick off the ranges that you require. The selection « unknown » regroups companies for which a turnover is unavailable. 

Export Activity

This criteria allows you to search throughout the companies according to their level of export activity: Export, Interested for exportation, Do not export. Each company has but one of these comments or the comment “unknown”. Tick off the desired comments. The search engine places an "OR" between each selected comment.

Covered Territory

This criteria allows you to search throughout the companies according to the domestic or foreign territories they cover. Tick off the desired territories. The search engine places an "OR" between each selected territories.

The search result will display all the companies that cover either one of the territories of your choice.

Recherche combinee

It is important you take note of the search result numbers, they are used to make combination searches possible. The saved searches are only saved for a period of 72 hours on our computer system.

1. Specify your two search numbers;
2. Choose the operator;

Only the result of your search is saved; not the criteria used to obtain the result.

If one of your searches included a geographical criterion, your list may contain companies that are located elsewhere, because these companies have at least one branch office in the specified area. 

To retreive a saved search result with only one search number, type in your search result number at steps 1 and 3, and choose "AND" at step 2.