What Let's Build Canada does

Build Canada is a Canadian non-partisan non-profit policy advocacy organization headquartered in Toronto, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees. Founded and led by Co-Founder & CEO Lucy Hargreaves, the organization promotes Canadian economic growth by publishing policy memos, tracking federal government commitments, and profiling influential Canadian builders and entrepreneurs.

The organization's core products are the Outcomes Tracker (a dashboard monitoring 603 federal government commitments across ministries, updated with status fields such as not started, in progress, completed, and broken), Canada Spends (a transparency project aggregating federal, provincial, and municipal government financial data including $449.2B federal revenues and $513.9B expenditures), the Memos platform (hosting nearly 30 policy research papers on topics from income tax reform to AI literacy, authored by contributors such as Shopify's Head of Engineering and Co-Founders of Neo Financial and Globalive), and the Great Canadian Builders profile series. Content is distributed across the organization's website, a Substack newsletter, and social channels including X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

Build Canada operates a community-led go-to-market model without traditional software revenue. Its revenue consists of donations processed through a Stripe-powered donation platform and merchandise sales through shop.buildcanada.com (stickers, apparel). The organization does not develop proprietary AI or software products; its underlying technology is a standard digital platform stack supporting content publishing, audience engagement, and e-commerce. Its audience comprises government policymakers, Canadian entrepreneurs and builders, and the general public.

Name

Let's Build Canada

Legal name

Build Canada

Website

https://buildcanada.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Build Canada is a Toronto-based non-partisan non-profit that publishes policy memos, tracks 603 federal government commitments via its Outcomes Tracker, and runs Canada Spends, a government financial transparency project, funded by donations and merchandise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Build Canada accepts donations through their website (Stripe-powered donation platform) to support their operations and policy research activities.
2. Merchandise Sales: The organization operates a shop (shop.buildcanada.com) selling branded merchandise including stickers, apparel, and other items featuring the Build Canada branding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Build Canada is a non-partisan non-profit policy advocacy organization that publishes policy memos and recommendations from Canadian builders, operates the Outcomes Tracker (a dashboard tracking 603 federal government commitments from promise to completion), runs the Canada Spends transparency project on government finances, profiles Canadian entrepreneurs, and runs community events to promote economic growth policies.

Product overview

Build Canada is a policy advocacy organization that promotes Canadian economic prosperity through research, tracking, and public engagement. Its core offerings include the Outcomes Tracker (a government commitment monitoring dashboard), a Memos platform for publishing policy recommendations from Canadian builders, the Canada Spends transparency project, Great Canadian Builders profiles, and an e-commerce Shop for merchandise. The organization does not offer a software product in the traditional sense but rather serves as an information and policy hub for Canadian economic discourse.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Outcomes Tracker: A government commitment tracking tool monitoring federal government performance and Liberal government promises from promise to completion.
• Canada Spends

Products and services

• Outcomes Tracker A public dashboard tool that tracks and evaluates 603 Canadian federal government commitments (Liberal government promises) from promise to completion, providing visibility into government performance by ministry. As of the latest update: 129 not started, 287 in progress, 182 completed, and 5 broken.
• Memos A library of nearly 30 detailed policy research papers authored by Canadian builders, entrepreneurs, and experts covering topics including income tax reform, Old Age Security, AI literacy, capital formation, housing, immigration, and digital sovereignty.
• Canada Spends A transparency project hosted at canadaspends.com providing open data on how federal, provincial, and municipal governments spend public money, including revenue and expenditure figures (e.g., federal revenues $449.2B, federal expenditures $513.9B).
• Great Canadian Builders A content series profiling influential Canadian entrepreneurs and builders who have contributed to Canada's economic prosperity, such as Alain Bouchard (featured May 6, 2026).
• Shop An online merchandise store at shop.buildcanada.com selling branded Build Canada merchandise including stickers, apparel, and other items.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Canada West Foundation: Canadian public-policy think tank focused on western Canadian economic issues and national economic competitiveness — comparable in producing economic-policy research and advocacy for Canadian prosperity.
• Samara Centre for Democracy: Canadian non-partisan charity focused on civic engagement, democratic participation, and accountability — directly comparable to Build Canada's mission of strengthening democratic discourse and government transparency in Canada.
• Macdonald-Laurier Institute: Canadian public policy think tank producing research on economic, social, and foreign-policy issues — directly comparable in research-driven, Canadian-focused policy advocacy and publishing model.
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA): Canadian progressive policy research institute producing research on economic and social issues — directly comparable as a Canadian think tank publishing policy research aimed at influencing public debate.
• Public Policy Forum: Canadian non-profit focused on improving public policy through dialogue and convening — directly comparable as a policy-focused organization that brings together leaders and publishes ideas for Canadian economic and social progress.
• Canada 2020: Canadian progressive think tank publishing policy ideas and convening conversations on national priorities — directly comparable as a Canadian policy advocacy and ideas-generation organization.
• C.D. Howe Institute: Canadian economic policy research institution producing rigorous analysis on growth, productivity, and competitiveness — directly comparable as a Canada-focused economic-policy research and advocacy organization.
• Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP): Independent Canadian policy research institute studying public policy issues — directly comparable as a non-partisan research organization publishing policy analysis aimed at Canadian decision-makers.
• Leadnow: Canadian civic-engagement organization mobilizing citizens around democracy, accountability, and economic issues — directly comparable in driving grassroots civic participation on Canadian policy outcomes.
• Smart Prosperity Institute: Canadian policy research institute producing evidence-based recommendations on economic prosperity and clean growth — closely comparable in mission, format (research memos), and Canadian policy focus.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/buildcanada
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BuildCanada
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/buildcanada
• Instagraminstagram.com/build_canada
• TikToktiktok.com/@build_canada

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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