Filipino businesses in Toronto

Adhika-Philippine Development Concerns is a Toronto registered charity founded in 1985 by Filipino-Canadian social workers. In Canada it runs cultural and social justice education, newcomer workshops and winter clothing drives, and in the Philippines it supports school feeding initiatives and disaster relief.

The Annak ti Batac Association of Canada is a hometown association of people from Batac, Ilocos Norte, founded in Scarborough by the Rubio sisters to help newly arrived Bataqueños settle in Toronto. It holds annual picnics, Christmas gatherings and an inaugural ball, and raises funds for people in need in Batac.

The Archdiocesan Filipino Catholic Mission is the Archdiocese of Toronto's centre for Filipino Catholics, based at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish on Bathurst Street since 2008. It celebrates a weekly Sunday Mass in Tagalog and hosts the city's main Simbang Gabi novena, serving Filipino Catholics across the Greater Toronto Area.

The Association of Filipino Canadian Accountants is a Toronto-based non-profit of Filipino accounting professionals, founded in 1978 and affiliated with the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants. It runs professional development seminars, CPA information sessions, community tax clinics and social events.

Toronto's first Filipino community newspaper, started in December 1976 by members of the University of the Philippines fraternity Upsilon Sigma Phi, including the late publisher Eddie Lee. It publishes a monthly print edition and daily online news for Filipino-Canadians, and held its 50th anniversary gala in October 2026.

The Toronto Central group of the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP), a Philippine-founded Catholic fellowship for business people and professionals, meets for a monthly breakfast with faith testimonies on York Mills Road in North York. Started as a mission of the GTA East Chapter, it was elevated to an outreach in September 2026.

The Bicol Canada Community Association (BCCA) is a GTA association for Bicolanos that offers settlement help, charitable outreach and fundraising for disaster relief in the Bicol Region. It supports the Devotees of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in staging the annual Peñafrancia Festival procession in Scarborough.

Toronto district of Bukas Loob sa Diyos (Open in Spirit to God), a Catholic charismatic covenant community founded in Manila in 1985. It holds Friday praise and worship and First Friday Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Hall, and runs Marriage, Family, Singles, Youth and Solo Parents Encounter weekends.

APO Filipino Cuisine is a Filipino restaurant on Wilson Avenue in Little Manila, opened on 13 March 2026. It serves daily lechon and home-style Filipino dishes, with sister locations on Howard Street downtown and in Vaughan.

Filipino restaurant and caterer on Horner Avenue in Etobicoke, known for Cebu-style lechon and kamayan feasts. It offers dine-in, takeout and event catering.

Filipino take-out shop on St. Clair Avenue West with a hot table of daily Filipino dishes and snacks, plus Filipino groceries and a remittance counter.

Bale Kapampangan is a fine-casual Kapampangan seafood grill at Bathurst and Wilson, opened on 21 June 2025 as the sister restaurant of Kabalen and Pampangueña. It serves grilled seafood, Kapampangan heirloom dishes and its chocolate champorado bomb.

Small Filipino eatery on Bathurst Street in North York, south of Lawrence Avenue, run by Filipino cook Ross Laxamana and known for Kapampangan-style sisig. It offers dine-in, pickup, delivery and catering, with dishes such as pork sisig, beef pares with unlimited rice and soup, tapa and lechon kawali party trays.

Bao Mama serves handmade Filipino-inspired bao from a counter in the University of Toronto Scarborough Marketplace, with catering across the GTA. It was founded by cousins Niña Galarde and Liz Buenaventura, who grew up in Scarborough.

Basi is a modern Filipino restaurant and bar on Bathurst Street in Little Manila, opened in January 2026 and named after the sugarcane wine of Ilocos. It focuses on Ilocano dishes such as empanada, dinardaraan and bagnet, with cocktails and catering.

Michelin Bib Gourmand Filipino diner in Parkdale, owned by Justin Bella; the name stands for 'Bahay ni Bella'. It serves silog brunches and a Filipino dinner menu with calamansi and ube cocktails.

Dr David Sarile is a family physician with an office on Yonge Street in midtown Toronto who has practised family medicine for more than 45 years. He graduated from the University of the Philippines and offers in-person and virtual appointments in English and Filipino.

Dr Evangeline M. Bernabe's Dentistry is a family dental practice on Overlea Boulevard in East York, run since 1995 by Dr Evangeline Bernabe, one of the first Filipino-Canadian dentists in Toronto. She graduated from the University of the East in Manila and also runs a second office, Kennedy-Sheppard Dentistry, on Kennedy Road in Scarborough.

Dr Janet Trajano is an internal medicine specialist at Silver Star Medical Centre, part of the Fountain Medical group, in Scarborough. She graduated from Cebu Institute of Medicine and speaks English, Cebuano, Filipino and Tagalog.

Dr Jennifer Yu-Lopez Family Dental Care is a family dental practice on Warden Avenue in Scarborough owned by Dr Jennifer Yu-Lopez, a University of the Philippines dental graduate. Associate Dr Amelia Rodriguez-Bernardez trained at Centro Escolar University in Manila, and the hygienist and assistant speak English and Filipino.

Dr Maira Obnamia is a family physician at the Woodbine Family Health Team on Rexdale Boulevard in Etobicoke. She graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and speaks English and Tagalog.

Dr Maria Tuason is a general dentist at Dawson Dental Centre on Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough. She was born in the Philippines, graduated from the University of the East in Manila and is fluent in Filipino (Tagalog) and English.

Dr Regina Agbayani is a family physician at Albion-Kipling Medical Centre on Albion Road in Etobicoke. She graduated in medicine from Far Eastern University in Manila and lists English, Filipino and Tagalog as her languages.

EC Hair Form, also called Easy Hair Form, is a hair salon on Marlee Avenue in North York owned by Filipina stylist Evelyn Canimo, who worked as a nanny and salon assistant before opening it.

Filipino bakery in Centerpoint Mall at Yonge and Steeles in North York, specialising in kakanin, pandesal, yema cake and other Filipino breads and delicacies. Its sister shop, Alminz Bakeshop, is on Bathurst Street.

Family-run Filipino bakery on Steeles Avenue East in Scarborough, serving Toronto's Filipino community since 1995. It bakes pandesal, ensaymada, siopao, puto and kakanin and stocks Filipino snacks and pantry goods.

Modern Filipino micro-bakery and café on Broadview Avenue in Toronto's East Chinatown, run by nurse and baker Rhea Abayan. It bakes Filipino-inspired pastries such as ube pastries, calamansi curd croissants and adobo buns, plus custom cakes, and shares the shop with Chachalate chocolates.

Filipino kakanin shop on Wilson Avenue in Downsview, Toronto, known for kutsinta with yema sauce. It also sells hot dishes such as kaldereta and laing and caters events.

Daily Bread Bakery is a Filipino bakery on Wilson Avenue run by owner-baker Lorna "Judy" Leal since 2003, one of the longest-standing businesses in Little Manila. It is known for pandesal, Spanish bread, ensaymada and an ube marble loaf.

Harina Bakeshoppe is a Filipino bakery on Wilson Avenue in Little Manila owned by Danilo Hernandez and Jen dela Cruz. It bakes pandesal, monay, hopia, ube bars and other Filipino breads daily, with delivery through Uber Eats and DoorDash.

Himagas Toronto is a Filipino kakanin and dessert shop on Wilson Avenue in Little Manila, co-owned by Kevin Salisi. It sells kakanin, leche flan, ube halaya, ensaymada and gift boxes, and caters desserts and boodle fights.

Filipino bakeshop on Morningside Avenue in Scarborough's West Hill, selling Filipino breads and baked goods.

Amanda Soriano Photography is the wedding photography business of Toronto-born Filipino and Chilean photographer Amanda Soriano. She photographs weddings and engagements across Toronto and the GTA, including Filipino weddings and their traditions.

Bakunawa Ink is a Filipino-owned tattoo and piercing studio on Anaconda Avenue in Scarborough, run by owner and artist Joshua Suarez. It does custom tattoos in styles from black-and-grey realism to traditional and illustrative work.

Fly Lady Di is the DJ and hosting act of Filipino-Canadian artist and dancer Diana Reyes in Toronto. She DJs and hosts parties, brand events and festivals, and in 2026 staged her comedic DJ show 'MY DEBUT' in Scarborough.

Toronto-based not-for-profit Filipino dance troupe, active since 1974, that performs Philippine folk dance suites with live music and teaches community dance classes. It performs at festivals such as Fun Philippines at Harbourfront Centre and takes bookings for private events.

Maarte Flowers is a Filipina-owned floral studio and flower shop on Noble Street in Toronto, run by ikebana and floral artist Jennylyn Mañaga. It designs flowers for weddings, brand events and cultural gatherings, sends flowers and runs floral workshops.

PLACA is an Ontario non-profit founded in 2019 that presents the Fun Philippines Toronto Food and Music Festival, held at Harbourfront Centre since 2024, and the annual All For One Canadian Multiculturalism Day event with TFC. Its events promote Filipino culture, performers and food in Toronto.

Rah-rah RaZila is the party entertainment act of Filipino clown and magician Karl Ariel Moncada, who started performing in Southern Leyte. He hosts children's and family parties across the GTA with games, magic shows and balloon twisting.

The Society of Philippine Artists, Recreation and Community (SPARC) is a federal non-profit that runs the Taste of Manila festival in Toronto's Little Manila at Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue, with Taste of Manila Inc. founder Rolando Mangante. It also runs arts, recreation and small-business activities for Filipino-Canadians.

Access-Pro Immigration Services is a Toronto immigration consultancy owned by regulated immigration consultant Gerardine Alcalde, who migrated from the Philippines in 2002. She handles visitor and super visas, work and study permits, family sponsorship, Express Entry, Ontario nominee and caregiver applications, and is a commissioner for taking affidavits.

Midtown Toronto general practice, also known as AJ Law LLP, founded by Fatima Angeles, who practised law in the Philippines for more than twelve years. It handles family, real estate, wills and estates, criminal and civil matters as well as immigration and notarial services.

Best Migration Canada is an immigration consultancy at Scarborough Town Centre headed by Filipino-Canadian regulated immigration consultant Rhoda Duclayan, with a second office in Cubao, Quezon City. It handles spousal open work permits, visitor visas, family sponsorship, work permits, caregiver applications, study permits and permanent residence pathways.

JCA Law Office is a Filipino-Canadian law firm at Yonge and Eglinton in midtown Toronto, founded in 2016 by Josef-Jake Camacho Aguilar, who is licensed in Ontario and the Philippines. It handles immigration matters, including family sponsorship, Express Entry, work and study permits and citizenship, alongside family, real estate and estates law, and serves clients in Tagalog and English.

Lia Traboco is the immigration and business lawyer at Ang Law Professional Corporation in North York. A University of the Philippines law graduate called to the Philippine bar in 2019 and the Ontario bar in 2025, she speaks Tagalog and handles visas and work permits, permanent residence, citizenship, family sponsorship and immigration appeals.

LJD Law is a Toronto immigration law firm founded in 2018 by Lou Janssen Dangzalan, who studied at the University of Santo Tomas and Ateneo de Manila before qualifying in Canada and speaks Tagalog. It works mainly online, handling economic immigration, work and study permits, family sponsorship, inadmissibility cases and Federal Court and IRB litigation.

Scarborough law practice opened in 2019 by Florendo Llameg, a University of the Philippines law graduate called to the Philippine, New York and Ontario bars. It handles residential and commercial real estate, incorporations and business transactions, wills and estates, and not-for-profit and charity registrations.

Northeast Central Immigration is a midtown Toronto immigration and legal services firm run by Jecris Dionson Tubigon, a regulated immigration consultant and licensed paralegal who was born and educated in the Philippines. It assists newcomers and caregivers with immigration applications and status issues.

Filipino variety store on Marlee Avenue in Toronto, selling Filipino groceries, imported beauty products, homemade kakanin and halo-halo, and offering money remittance.

Filipino grocery store and takeout near Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Street in Toronto, run by Chris Yuzon for 14 years. It stocks Filipino dry goods and snacks and sells freshly prepared Filipino food.

Filipino grocery and deli in the Northview Centre plaza on Bathurst Street in North York, stocking Filipino groceries, snacks and prepared food.

Filipino grocery store on Wilson Avenue in Downsview, Toronto, selling Filipino snacks, breads, pastries, rice, noodles and drinks.

Family-run maker of Filipino-style chicharon (pork rind chips) in Scarborough, Toronto, producing since 1999 from a family recipe. Its bags, including garlic, salt and vinegar, pork belly and a ready-to-eat sisig, are sold online and through Sobeys, Foodland and Filipino and Asian grocers.

Seafood City supermarket on Lebovic Avenue in Scarborough, opened in 2021 by the Filipino-owned chain founded in National City, California, in 1989. It sells Philippine groceries, fresh seafood and meat, and serves cooked Filipino food at its in-store Grill City counter.

Tropa is a Filipino variety store and street-food takeout on Bathurst Street, sharing its storefront with FK Dulce Bakery. It sells Filipino groceries and dried seafood, kwek-kwek, fishballs and halo-halo, and Filipino-flavoured donuts and cakes.

Atin Ito began in 1991 as a Filipino variety store and bakery in East York and grew into a remittance and balikbayan box business, run from its office on Pape Avenue. It sends money to the Philippines and picks up boxes for door-to-door delivery.

BDO Remit (Canada), Ltd. is the Canadian remittance office of BDO Unibank, the Philippine bank, on Yonge Street in Toronto. It sends money to BDO and other bank accounts and to cash pick-up points in the Philippines.

Toronto office of Metro Remittance (Canada), Inc., the Canadian remittance subsidiary of Metrobank, the Philippine bank, on St. Clair Avenue West. It sends money to bank accounts and cash pick-up points in the Philippines.

Olga Javier is a Filipino Level 2 mortgage agent with BRX Mortgage in North York who spent more than 10 years as a loans operations manager at a large Philippine bank. She arranges pre-approvals, refinancing, debt consolidation and alternative lending for Ontario homebuyers.

Scarborough branch of PNB Remittance Company (Canada), the remittance subsidiary of the Philippine National Bank, inside the Seafood City supermarket on Lebovic Avenue. It sends money to the Philippines and takes bills and SSS payments.

Reliable Group runs Reliable Cargo Express, founded in Toronto in 1998 to ship balikbayan boxes for Filipino-Canadians, and Reliable Peso Remit, its remittance arm since 2006. The main office is beside Scarborough Centre station, with branches on Wilson Avenue and Bathurst Street.

Alex Macale is a Filipino-Canadian realtor with Century 21 Leading Edge Realty in Scarborough who was born in the Philippines and has been licensed since 2009. He works with Filipino newcomers, first-time buyers and investors across Toronto, York, Peel and Durham.

Catherine Llavore is a Filipino realtor and sales representative with Royal LePage Signature Realty at the Shops at Don Mills. She markets condos and homes to Filipino buyers in Scarborough, North York and the rest of Toronto.

Christian "Nemz" Ramos is a Filipino realtor with RE/MAX Community Realty in Toronto who markets himself as "Your Pinoy Realtor". He handles residential, commercial and pre-construction purchases across Toronto and the GTA.

Grace Alzate is a sales representative with Property.ca in Toronto who came to the city from the Philippines and speaks Tagalog with clients. She has lived in Toronto for more than 25 years and focuses on downtown and the west end.

Marimar Arevalo Puno is a Filipino-Canadian realtor with RE/MAX Realtron Realty's Scarborough office who speaks Filipino and Tagalog. She helps first-time buyers and condo buyers in Scarborough, North York, Mississauga, Hamilton and Oshawa.

Michaela Rivero is a Filipino-Canadian realtor with Century 21 Atria Realty in North York who describes herself as a Pinay realtor and was featured in the Toronto Star. She helps buyers, sellers and renters in Toronto and across the GTA.

Forex Toronto (Forex Parcel Delivery Inc.) is a balikbayan box forwarder on Milner Avenue in Scarborough, with UMAC as its delivery arm in the Philippines. It runs several sea loadings a month and has pick-up agents across Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

Canadian office of Johnny Air Cargo, the air parcel service to the Philippines founded in New York in 1984 by Johnny Valdes, on Wilson Avenue near Bathurst Street. It flies packages to the Philippines every week and forwards purchases from Canadian online stores.

Toronto branch of LBC, the Philippine courier and cargo company, on Sheppard Avenue East in Scarborough. It handles balikbayan boxes and parcels from the GTA to the Philippines.

LOGO Cargo branch inside Seafood City on Lebovic Avenue in Scarborough that ships balikbayan boxes to the Philippines and sends money remittances, with box pickup booking and tracking through the LOGO Mobile app. LOGO Cargo, formerly Atlas Express Padala (AXP), was founded by Joel P. Longares and serves Filipino communities in the United States, Canada and the Philippines.

UMAC Forwarder Express, trading as UMAC Toronto, is a balikbayan box forwarder in a Milner Avenue industrial unit in Scarborough that has shipped boxes from Toronto to the Philippines for more than 20 years. It offers doorstep box pick-up and sea cargo.

EmpireOne Travel is a TICO-registered travel agency in an office building on Consumers Road in North York, founded by Pampanga-born Marilyn Lacson. It sells airline tickets, including flights to the Philippines, and holiday packages.

JUMP IN Travel & Tours is a TICO-registered travel agency on Bathurst Street run by Maricel and Nojjie Cadorna, with a sister tour service in the Philippines. It runs group bus tours in Ontario, Canada and the United States, international group trips and flight ticketing.

Reliable Travel & Tours is a Filipino-owned, TICO-registered travel agency on Sammon Avenue in East York, run by Marie "Anette" Soriano. It books flights to and from the Philippines, tours and vacation packages, with service in Tagalog or English.

Maharlika Royals is a Filipino basketball club in the Greater Toronto Area that fields teams at the NABA tournament and holds tryouts at the Temple Gym on Yonge Street in North York.

The North York Pinoy Athletic Association (NYPAA), founded in 1999, runs basketball instruction and teams for young Filipino-Canadian athletes and is North York's NABA city. Its home base is Antibes Community Centre.

Kalamansi Collective is a Toronto clothing and lifestyle brand founded by Toronto-born Filipino-Canadian journalist Kris Pangilinan, selling shirts, totes and hats with Filipino sayings online and at pop-ups. It also organises Kalamansi Fest, a Filipino market and festival at STACKT Market.