Error code:   ConfigNamesError
Exception:    AttributeError
Message:      'str' object has no attribute 'items'
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/dataset/config_names.py", line 67, in compute_config_names_response
                  config_names = get_dataset_config_names(
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/inspect.py", line 161, in get_dataset_config_names
                  dataset_module = dataset_module_factory(
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1207, in dataset_module_factory
                  raise e1 from None
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1182, in dataset_module_factory
                  ).get_module()
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 690, in get_module
                  config_name: DatasetInfo.from_dict(dataset_info_dict)
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/info.py", line 284, in from_dict
                  return cls(**{k: v for k, v in dataset_info_dict.items() if k in field_names})
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

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Canada Business Contact List — Market Intelligence Dataset

2,000,000 verified Canada contacts are available from LeadsBlue →. This open dataset provides the aggregate market intelligence behind that database — contact volume, benchmark open/reply rates, send timing, and compliance for the Canada segment.

At a glance: This dataset provides aggregated market-intelligence on the Canada Business Contact List segment — real business-population statistics, cold-email performance benchmarks, and compliance context compiled by LeadsBlue Research.

Key figures

Metric	Value
Verified contacts in segment	2,000,000
Typical email open rate	17-24%
Typical email reply rate	3-6%
Best send days	Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Best send time (local)	09:00-11:00 ET
Geography	Canada
Industry verticals benchmarked	14
License	CC BY 4.0

📥 Get the full Canada Business Contact List — individual verified business records, ready to use: Download from LeadsBlue →

Market overview

Canada has approximately 1.2 million employer businesses and is the 10th largest economy globally, with GDP per capita among the highest in the world. Toronto is the dominant commercial and financial hub — Canada's largest city by far, home to the Big Five banks, major law firms, and a fast-growing technology cluster (the 'Toronto-Waterloo Corridor' has become North America's fastest-growing tech ecosystem outside Silicon Valley). Vancouver is the Pacific gateway with a significant technology and natural resources sector. Montreal anchors Quebec's French-speaking economy with strength in aerospace, artificial intelligence research (the Montreal AI Institute), and media. Calgary and Edmonton are the energy capitals.

Primary business hubs: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa.

Outreach benchmarks & strategy

Canadian B2B buyers behave similarly to US buyers but with notably stronger preference for relationship depth before conversion. CASL (Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation) means your contact must have implied or express consent — treat this as a segmentation exercise: contacts from business card exchange, website enquiries, or professional associations all qualify under implied consent. English copy works across all provinces except Quebec, where French language outreach dramatically outperforms. Canadian executives value case studies from comparable Canadian organisations; US references are taken seriously but Canadian social proof matters more than in the reverse direction.

Files in this dataset

File	Contents
`data/market_overview.csv`	Segment-level metrics: contact volume, benchmark rates, send timing
`data/industry_benchmarks.csv`	Open/reply benchmarks across 14 industry verticals
`data/compliance.csv`	Regulatory framework, business culture, decision-maker profile, hubs

Methodology

All numbers are segment-level aggregates from LeadsBlue's data operations and public baselines. The dataset is intentionally aggregate-only and contains no personally identifiable information.

How to cite

LeadsBlue Research. (2026). Canada Business Contact List — Market Intelligence Dataset. Derived from the B2B Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20136256). CC BY 4.0. Source: https://leadsblue.com

@dataset{leadsblue_canada_business_contact_list_2026,
  author    = {Johnson, Luther},
  title     = {Canada Business Contact List -- Market Intelligence Dataset},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {LeadsBlue Research},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.20136256},
  url       = {https://leadsblue.com/leads/canada-business-email-leads-database/}
}

Source & full dataset

This aggregate dataset is published by LeadsBlue Research. The full verified business email list — with individual business contact records — is available at Canada Business Contact List.

Related resources: Benchmark report (Zenodo) · Research hub · Interactive tools

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