List of insurance companies in Canada

This is a list of Canadian insurance companies.

The biggest insurance providers in Canada are Manulife, Canada Life (subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco), Sun Life Financial, Desjardins, and IA Financial Group (aka Industrial Alliance). Smaller insurers include those operating as subsidiaries of banks, such as CIBC Insurance and TD Insurance.

Current insurance carriers CompanyEstablishedHeadquartersNotesAlgoma Mutual Insurance Company1899Thessalon, OntarioAllstate CanadaCanadian subsidiary of AllstateAmherst Island Mutual Insurance Company1894Stella, OntarioAssumption LifeAssurant CanadaAviva Canada1999Markham, OntarioFormed in 1999 as the CGU Insurance Company of Canada through the merger of the General Accident Assurance Company of Canada and the Commercial Union Insurance Company of Canada. Renamed the Aviva Insurance Company of Canada in 2003.Axiom Mutual Insurance Company2021Zurich, OntarioCreated through the merger of Hay Mutual and Town and Country Mutual.Ayr Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company1893Ayr, OntarioBay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Co.1874Picton, OntarioBeneva2020Quebec City, QuebecCreated through merger of La Capitale and SSQ InsuranceBertie and Clinton Mutual Insurance Company1970Welland, OntarioFormed through the merger of Bertie and Willoughby Mutual and Clinton Mutual.Blanshard Mutual Insurance Company1876St Marys, OntarioBrant Mutual Insurance Company1861Brantford, OntarioCAA Insurance Company1974Markham, OntarioFounded in Toronto as the Ontario Motor Insurance CompanyCanada Life1847Winnipeg, ManitobaFounded in Toronto. Amalgamed in 2020 with Great-West Life and London Life under the ownership of Great-West Lifeco. Headquartered in Winnipeg at the former Great-West Life offices.Canada Protection Plan1992Toronto, OntarioSubsidiary of Foresters FinancialCanadian Association of Blue Cross Plans Alberta Blue Cross Canassurance Hospital Service Association Ontario Blue Cross Quebec Blue Cross Manitoba Blue Cross Medavie Blue Cross Pacific Blue Cross Saskatchewan Blue CrossCanadian Premier1916Toronto, OntarioOperates under the brand name Securian CanadaCaradoc Townsend Mutual2018Waterford, OntarioFormed through the merger of Caradoc Delaware Mutual and Townsend Mutual.Cayuga Mutual Insurance Company1875Cayuga, OntarioChubb Insurance Company Of CanadaToronto, OntarioCanadian subsidiary of Chubb LimitedCombined Insurance CanadaCanadian subsidiary of Combined InsuranceCommonwell Mutual Insurance Group2014Lindsay, OntarioFormed through the merger of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay), Glengarry Mutual, and Lanark Mutual.The Co-operators Group1945Guelph, OntarioFounded in Regina as the Co-operative Life Insurance Company.Desjardins InsuranceDufferin Mutual Insurance Company1895Shelbourne, OntarioEconomical Insurance1871Kitchener, OntarioEdge Mutual Insurance Company1887Drayton, OntarioChanged name from the Peel Maryborough Insurance Company in 2015.Empire Life1923Kingston, OntarioEquitable Life Insurance Company of Canada1920Waterloo, OntarioErie Mutual Fire Insurance Company1871Dunnville, OntarioFenchurch General Insurance Company1981Toronto, OntarioFederated Insurance Company of Canada1920Winnipeg, ManitobaForesters Financial1874Toronto, OntarioGore Mutual Insurance Company1839Galt, OntarioGreat American Insurance CompanyGreen Shield Canada1957Windsor, OntarioGrenville Mutual Insurance Company1892Kemptville, OntarioHD Mutual Insurance2024Sheffield, OntarioFormed through the merger of Halwell Mutual and Dumfries Mutual.Heartland Farm Mutual Inc.2016Waterloo, OntarioFormed through the merger of North Waterloo Farmers Mutual and Oxford Mutual.Howick Mutual Insurance Company1873Wroxeter, OntarioHumaniaIA Financial Group1987Quebec City, QuebecFormed through the merger of Alliance Nationale and Industrial Life.Intact Insurance1809Fire insurance company formed in Canada. Founded as the Nova Scotia Fire Insurance Association in 1809; incorporated as the Halifax Fire Insurance Company in 1819. Renamed the ING Insurance Company of Canada in 2002. Renamed the Intact Insurance Company in 2009.Ivari1932Toronto, OntarioKent and Essex Mutual Insurance Company1888Chatham, OntarioL&A Mutual Insurance Company1877Napanee, OntarioOriginally the Lennox and Addington Mutual Fire Insurance Company.Lambton Mutual Insurance Company1875Watford, OntarioMaple Mutual Insurance Company1910Dresden, OntarioManulife1887Toronto, OntarioMunich Re CanadaNorth Blenheim Mutual Insurance Company1861Bright, OntarioPeel Mutual Insurance Company1876Brampton, OntarioPembridge Insurance1999Concord, OntarioSubsidiary of Allstate CanadaThe Personal Insurance Company1974Lévis, QuebecSubsidiary of DesjardinsPilot Insurance Company1927Founded in Waterloo, Ontario as the Pilot Automobile and Accident Insurance Company. Acquired by the Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit in 1930. Now part of the Aviva group.PolicyMe2018Toronto, OntarioPrimerica CanadaCanadian subsidiary of PrimericaQuebec Assurance Company1816Toronto, OntarioSecond insurance company founded in Canada. Renamed the Quebec Assurance Company in 1963. Subsidiary of Intact Financial.Reliable LifeSalus Mutual Insurance Company2023North Aylmer, OntarioFormed through the merger of Howard Mutual and West Elgin Mutual.Serenia Life1972Waterloo, OntarioFormed through the merger of the Aid Association for Lutherans and the Lutheran Brotherhood. Called the Lutheran Life Insurance Society of Canada originally. Renamed FaithLife Financial in 2005. Assumed current name in 2022.South Easthope Mutual Insurance Company1871Tavistock, OntarioSovereign General Insurance Company1953Toronto, OntarioSubsidiary of the Co-operatorsSun Life Financial1865Toronto, OntarioSwiss ReTeachers Life1939Tradition Mutual Insurance Company2002St Marys, OntarioFormed through the merger of Blanshard Mutual and Downie Mutual.Trillium Mutual Insurance Company2004Listowel, OntarioFormed through the merger of Formosa Mutual and Elma Mutual.Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company2006Toronto, OntarioUV Insurance1889Formerly the Union Life Mutual Assurance CompanyWawanesa Insurance1896Winnipeg, ManitobaWest Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Company1879Goderich, OntarioWestminster Mutual Insurance Company1857Belmont, OntarioYarmouth Mutual Insurance Company1881St Thomas, OntarioZensurance2016Toronto, Ontario

Bank-affiliated carriers

BMO Life CIBC Insurance National Bank Insurance RBC Insurance Scotia Life TD Insurance

Government-owned insurance companies

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Manitoba Public Insurance Saskatchewan Government Insurance Coachman Insurance Company Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec

Defunct insurance companies