There are approximately 105 life and health companies operating in Canada. Some are federally incorporated and may operate countrywide and some are provincially incorporated and operate only in their respective province.
This is an unexhausted list of some of the better known life insurance companies: Manulife, Sunlife, Canada Life, BMO Life, RBC Insurance, Empire Life, Foresters, Equitable Life, Assumption Life, Industrial Alliance, Transamerica, Wawanesa, Blue Cross, Canada Protection Plan, La Capitale/Penncorp, and more.