Makhos Staffing Solutions Incorporated

What Makhos Staffing Solutions Incorporated does

Makhos Staffing Solutions Inc. is a privately-held, Indigenous-owned professional services and construction company headquartered in Wiarton, Ontario, operating across Canada with a primary focus on Ontario. Founded in 2016, the company delivers four integrated service lines: staffing placement of Indigenous candidates into industrial and power sector roles, PAR Certified cultural awareness and inclusion training for businesses, consulting on conflict resolution, treaty rights, and Indigenous community advancement, and construction services including welding, electrical contracting, and custom weld fabrication under a LiUNA Demolition Agreement and CUSW signatory status with EPSCA membership.

The core product is the proprietary "Bridge the Gap" program, co-developed by the leadership team, which bundles employer-side cultural education and training with structured placement of Indigenous individuals into long-term industrial employment. The company operates without a proprietary technology platform; its underlying capability is a curated human network, anchored by the personal relationships of President Bob Watts (former CEO of the Assembly of First Nations Canada and a Harvard-educated Mohawk/Ojibway scholar) and Director of Field Operations Nick Saunders (3rd Term CUSW Electrical Apprentice and Council member at Nawash First Nation), supported by CCAB Certified Aboriginal Business and PAR Cultural Awareness Trainer credentials.

The business model is professional services revenue across placement fees (staffing), training fees (PAR-certified training), project-based construction contracts (weld fabrication, electrical, demolition), and consulting engagements. Go-to-market is community-led and direct: the company leverages relationships with the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO), Hydro One workforce placements via Aboriginal Labor Force Development, and union/EPSCA channel access to deliver services without disclosed marketing or self-serve distribution. Pricing is non-public and quote-based. The company is founder/owner-operated with 1-10 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no institutional investor backing identified.

Name

Makhos Staffing Solutions Incorporated

Legal name

Makhos Staffing Solutions Inc.

Website

https://makhosinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Makhos Staffing Solutions Inc. is an Indigenous-owned Canadian company providing staffing, PAR-certified cultural awareness training, consulting, and unionized construction services, placing Indigenous candidates into industrial and power sector roles via its Bridge the Gap program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiarton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Staffing Services: Makhos provides staffing services placing Indigenous community members into meaningful and sustainable employment within industry, generating revenue through placement fees or ongoing service arrangements with employer clients.
2. Construction Services: Welding and electrical contract work performed under the LiUNA Demolition Agreement and CUSW signatory status. Revenue is generated through project-based construction contract work.
3. Cultural Awareness Training: PAR Certified Training and Consultation services provided to businesses seeking cultural awareness and inclusion training. Revenue generated through training fees.
4. Consulting Services: Consulting services covering conflict resolution, treaty rights consultation, and Indigenous community advancement, delivered through Nick Saunders and other community and industry professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Makhos is an Indigenous-owned company that provides staffing, training, consulting, and construction services to industrial employers. Its core offering centers on placing Indigenous community members into meaningful and sustainable employment within the power sector, construction, and related industries, supported by an in-house custom weld fabrication shop and PAR Certified cultural awareness training programs.

Product overview

Makhos Staffing Solutions Inc. is an Indigenous-owned staffing, training, consulting, and construction services company operating in Canada. The company offers a portfolio of services centered around the Bridge the Gap Program (an exclusive education and training program for businesses), PAR Certified Cultural Awareness Training, Consulting Services (including conflict resolution and treaty rights), Construction Services (welding, electrical, and fabrication), and Staffing Services. The Bridge the Gap Program serves as the core offering, providing workforce development while helping businesses understand Indigenous workplace integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bridge the Gap Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Various individuals placed into meaningful and long-term employment positions within industry through the Bridge the Gap program.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMakhos is a Certified Aboriginal Business with CCAB and is established as a CCAB Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Cultural Awareness Trainer. This relationship provides Makhos with certification credentials and enables the delivery of PAR-certified cultural awareness training to businesses.
• CUSW (Canadian Union of Skilled Workers)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMakhos is a signatory to CUSW, enabling the company to access project labor agreements and supply trained Indigenous workers to construction projects under the CUSW collective agreement.
• LiUNA (Labourers' International Union of North America)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMakhos operates under the LiUNA Labourers Demolition Agreement, allowing the company to supply labor for demolition projects and access union-trained workforce resources.
• EPSCA (Electrical Power Systems Construction Association)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMakhos is an EPSCA member, providing preferential access to power sector construction projects and labor supply arrangements with EPSCA signatory employers.
• Hydro OnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNick Saunders acts as a consultant to Hydro One supporting First Nations placements. Makhos provides workforce placement services for Hydro One's Indigenous employment commitments.
• Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerNick Saunders acts as a consultant to AABO supporting First Nations advancement. The partnership connects Indigenous apprentices and workers with industry placement opportunities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK): National representational organization for Inuit in Canada. Listed as OTHERS because it shapes the policy and funding environment for Indigenous workforce programs within which Makhos operates, rather than directly competing for staffing engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Canada: Large Canadian staffing firm with diversity and inclusion programs including Indigenous hiring initiatives. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the staffing space that competes for corporate diversity-driven placements across Ontario and Canada.
• Bird Construction: Established Canadian contractor with Indigenous and community engagement programs serving industrial and power sector clients. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for Indigenous procurement and unionized project labor in similar geographies to Makhos.
• PCL Construction: Large Canadian general contractor with Indigenous engagement programs and Indigenous-owned business partnerships. Comparable as a broad incumbent accessing unionized construction labor (including CUSW/EPSCA) and competing for Indigenous procurement-eligible projects.
• Black & McDonald: Multi-trade Canadian contractor with significant power sector presence and unionized workforce. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for EPSCA and CUSW project labor opportunities and serving the same Hydro One-type power sector clients as Makhos.
• AECON Group: Major Canadian construction and infrastructure developer with Indigenous partnerships and nuclear/power sector exposure. Comparable as a broad incumbent with scale advantages in the same unionized construction and Indigenous procurement spaces that Makhos targets.
• EllisDon Corporation: Major Canadian construction firm with Indigenous partnerships and Indigenous-owned subsidiary operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent that increasingly competes for Indigenous construction staffing and project labor in the power and infrastructure sectors where Makhos also operates.

Direct peers

• Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment Centre: Toronto-based Indigenous employment and training centre serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis job seekers. Directly comparable to Makhos as an Indigenous-focused employment services provider in Ontario offering similar staffing, training, and employer engagement services.
• Aboriginal Human Resource Council: Indigenous-led organization advancing Indigenous employment and workplace inclusion across Canada. Comparable to Makhos as it operates at the intersection of Indigenous workforce development and employer cultural awareness, with overlapping customer base among corporate and institutional employers.
• Ogoki Learning Inc. Indigenous-owned training and employment services provider in Ontario delivering trades training, apprenticeship support, and workforce development. Comparable to Makhos in combining training and placement services for Indigenous workers in industrial trades.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/makhos-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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