If you are weighing Canadian against US hiring, you may wonder where recruiters like us actually place people. This post shows the regional mix of the roles we have filled, and it is just as clear about what that mix cannot tell you.
It covers roles filled by Robertson Human Asset. It is not a count of all hiring in any market, and it should not be read as one.
What the data covers
The figures below come from our records of filled roles in medical device and dental, taken from a CRM export dated October 8, 2026. The export lists 131 roles, the basis for the "130+" figure on this site. You can see the individual roles, with titles, regions and sectors, on our roles filled page.
The records hold the title, the province or state, the month and the sector. They do not hold client names, candidate names, cities, fees or time to fill, and we do not publish any of those.
To protect confidentiality, we have combined regions where the numbers are small enough that a title, location, sector and timing could point to a client or a placement. For the same reason, we do not break the figures down by sector within each region.
Roles filled by region
| Region | Roles filled |
|---|---|
| Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and roles recorded for the region as a whole) | 33 |
| Ontario | 68 |
| Quebec and Atlantic Canada | 14 |
| United States (10 states, combined) | 16 |
The rows run from west to east and then the United States. They are not ordered by size, and they are not a ranking of regional demand.
By sector across all regions, 80 of the 131 roles were medical device roles and 51 were dental.
How to read this
This is our view, based on our experience. It is not a finding about the market.
Our placement pattern reflects our client relationships, our industry specialization and where we have focused business development, alongside the hiring needs of the companies we support. It reflects the searches we have undertaken. It does not describe every employer or every hire in those markets.
One example shows why. A single client expanding its commercial team can generate several placements in one region. That can move our numbers without pointing to any wider market trend. Our increased focus on US business may also change our geographic mix over time.
For those reasons, please do not use these counts to judge where hiring demand is strongest.
Outside sources for market context
If you want a view of the industry itself, these sources count businesses and jobs, not completed recruitment searches. We opened each page on October 13, 2026 and checked the figures against what the page states.
Where manufacturers are located. The federal government's Canadian Industry Statistics profile for medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (NAICS 3391) lists establishments by province for 2025. It shows 1,386 employer establishments in Canada, including 574 in Ontario, 281 in Quebec, 249 in British Columbia and 161 in Alberta, as of 2025. Another 1,108 are listed as non-employers or of indeterminate status.
Jobs in the sector. Statistics Canada's The Canadian Medical Devices Manufacturing Sector, 2023, released December 22, 2025, estimates 88,394 full-time equivalent positions in 2023. That total combines direct, indirect and induced impacts, and 48,777 of those positions are direct. The report puts 50,910 of the total in Ontario, 19,429 in Quebec and 9,116 in British Columbia and the Territories together. The "sector" is the study's own definition and does not match an official industry classification.
US employment by industry and state. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, a quarterly count of employment and wages by industry at the national, state and county level. The latest release on its page covers the first quarter of 2026. We have not quoted a figure from it here. If you use it, state the industry code and the quarter you pulled.
What to do next
Use these sources to understand where the industry is, and treat our counts as a record of the work we have done. If you are deciding where to hire next, we can talk through the Canadian and US options for your roles. See how we recruit or book a hiring consult.