Canada Aerospace & Defence Company Scraper

3,938 + 500+ = 4,400+ aerospace and defence companies from two official Canadian industry directories — with live hiring signals and decision-maker contacts.

Built for recruiters and business development professionals targeting Canada's structural engineering talent shortage.

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Why This Exists

Canada faces a ~30,000 engineer shortfall in aerospace and defence (2026). Roles like Systems Engineers, DO-178C software engineers, and flight controls specialists take 4.5 to 12 months to fill. Companies are stuck. Recruiters who can deliver are worth their weight in gold.

This actor gives you the full directory of who those companies are, which ones are actively hiring right now, and who inside them to call.

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Data Sources

Source	Country	What it is
AIAC — Aerospace Industries Association of Canada	🇨🇦	The national trade body for aerospace OEMs, Tier 1/2 suppliers, MRO, and service companies. Every serious Canadian aerospace company is a member.
CADSI — Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries	🇨🇦	The national trade body for defence and security primes, integrators, and technology firms.

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What You Get Per Record

Core Company Data

Field	Description
name	Company name (cleaned)
street	Street address
city	City
province	Province code (ON, QC, BC, AB…)
postalCode	Canadian postal code
country	Always Canada
website	Company website URL
email	Primary contact email
phone	Primary contact phone
description	Company description (up to 600 chars)
categories	Product and service tags from the directory (up to 40 per company)
profileUrl	Link to their directory listing
source	AIAC or CADSI
membershipBody	Full name of the trade association
scrapedAt	Timestamp

Tier 1 Role Intelligence

Field	Description
isTier1Target	true if the company matches any Tier 1 role signal
tier1RoleTargets	Array of matched role slugs
tier1RoleDetails	Array of objects with role label + keywords that triggered the match

Decision-Maker Contacts (requires findContacts: true)

Field	Description
contacts	Array of decision-makers found (see below)
contactCount	Number of contacts found
hasContacts	Boolean
leadershipPageUrl	The specific URL where contacts were found

Each contact object:

{
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "title": "Director of Systems Engineering",
  "email": "jane.doe@company.com",
  "phone": "+1 (514) 555-0123",
  "linkedinUrl": "https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
  "source": "leadership_page"
}

Live Hiring Signals (requires findHiringSignals: true)

Field	Description
liveHiringSignal	ACTIVE_HIRING / HIRING_ENGINEERS / NO_OPENINGS / UNKNOWN
liveJobCount	Total live job postings found across all sources
careerPage	Object with career page URL, open positions count, Tier 1 role matches
jobBankPostings	Array of live Job Bank Canada postings for this company
indeedPostings	Array of live Indeed Canada postings for this company

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Tier 1 "Goldmine" Roles

The actor detects companies that are likely hiring for Canada's most scarce and highest-fee engineering roles:

Role Slug	What It Covers
systems_engineer	MBSE, systems integration, V&V, requirements engineering
do178_software	DO-178C/DO-254, avionics software, embedded systems, RTOS
structural_engineer	Aerostructures, composite structures, stress/fatigue analysis
propulsion_engineer	Gas turbine, turbofan, nacelle, combustion, turbomachinery
flight_controls	Flight control systems, avionics integration, autopilot, FBW
airworthiness_cert	Transport Canada certification, airworthiness, STC, type certificate
cyber_ew	Cybersecurity, electronic warfare, C4ISR, SIGINT
program_manager	Aerospace program management, DND procurement, EVMS
mro_technician	MRO, aircraft maintenance, heavy/line maintenance, AME

Detection is based on the company's product/service categories from the directory — not keyword-stuffed descriptions.

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How Much Data

Source	Volume
AIAC (Aerospace Industries Assoc. of Canada)	~123 member companies
CADSI (Canadian Assoc. of Defence & Security Industries)	~300+ member companies
Total	~400–500 companies

Setting	What you get	Approx. time
maxResults: 50	Quick sample	30–60 seconds
maxResults: 200	Strong working list	2–3 minutes
maxResults: 500	Full directory	5–8 minutes
maxResults: 500 + contacts + signals	Full directory with enrichment	20–40 minutes

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Input Options

Basic

• Directory Source — AIAC, CADSI, or both
• Province Filter — Narrow to a specific province (ON, QC, BC, AB, etc.)
• Sector / Category Filter — Comma-separated keywords matched against company categories (e.g. avionics, DO-178, systems integration)
• Flag Tier 1 Role Targets — Tag companies by which high-scarcity roles they likely hire for
• Return Tier 1 Targets Only — Filter out non-target companies entirely
• Max Company Records — Cap the output size

Contacts

• Find Decision-Maker Contacts — Scan each company's leadership/team/about pages for: Hiring Managers, Talent Acquisition leads, Systems Engineering Directors, VPs, HR Directors, Group Leaders, Heads of Engineering
• Hunter.io API Key (optional) — If provided, supplements leadership page scraping with Hunter.io domain search for verified professional emails + LinkedIn URLs. Get a free key at hunter.io
• Max Contacts Per Company — Default 5

Hiring Signals

• Find Live Hiring Signals — Enables all signal sources below
• Signal Source: Job Bank Canada — Searches the Government of Canada's official job board for active postings matching your companies
• Signal Source: Indeed Canada — Searches Indeed Canada for active postings
• Signal Source: Company Career Pages — Directly scans each company's /careers or /jobs page for open positions and flags Tier 1 role matches

Enrichment

• Enrich with Corporations Canada — Adds federal incorporation data via OpenCorporates: incorporation date, corporation number, registered address, company type, current status. ~1 second per company.

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Quick Start

1. Click Start
2. Leave defaults or set your province filter
3. Wait 5–8 minutes
4. Click Export → CSV
5. Sort by isTier1Target → province → start calling

For live hiring intelligence:

1. Enable Find Hiring Signals
2. Enable Find Decision-Maker Contacts
3. Run with maxResults: 200 first to test
4. Filter exported CSV by liveHiringSignal = ACTIVE_HIRING

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Recommended Workflow

1. Run actor (both sources, tier1Only: true)
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2. Export CSV → filter by province + liveHiringSignal
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3. ACTIVE_HIRING companies → call contacts directly
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4. TIER 1 target companies with no signal → warm outreach
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5. Re-run weekly for fresh signals

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Data Sources

• Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) — Canada's national aerospace trade association
• Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) — Canada's national defence industry trade association
• Job Bank Canada — Government of Canada official job board
• Indeed Canada — High-volume job board
• Hunter.io — Professional email finder (optional enrichment)
• OpenCorporates — Corporations Canada data (optional enrichment)