Traction Rec ranks No. 38 in Technology and Telecom on Canada's Top Growing Companies 2026
For the third year in a row, Traction Rec has earned a place on The Globe and Mail's Report on Business ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies.
VANCOUVER, B.C., September 25, 2026.
Traction Rec has ranked No. 38 in the Technology and Telecom category and No. 153 overall on the 2026 Report on Business magazine's ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies. The ranking measures three-year revenue growth, and Traction Rec earned its spot with growth of 171% from 2022 to 2025.
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“Our customers stay with us because we show up as a partner. We listen, we learn how each organization runs, and we keep building alongside them. Honestly, we love the heck out of the customers we serve, and I think they can feel it.”
Lara Gilchrist, CEO
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Growing alongside our customers
Over the past three years, Traction Rec has grown with the communities they serve. The team welcomed new YMCA and JCC partners across North America, including multiple major metropolitan YMCAs, a new JCC customer base in Toronto, and the Salvation Army Kroc Centers. In 2024, Traction Rec entered the Parks & Recreation market, focused on bringing municipal departments and special recreation districts onto our platform for the first time. In 2024, Deloitte also recognized Traction Rec as a Technology Fast 50™ and Technology Fast 500™ company.
Lara Gilchrist, CEO of Traction Rec, shared what this recognition means to the team:
"Being named to this list for a third year is a credit to our team and to the customers who trust us with work that matters to their communities. Our customers stay with us because we show up as a partner. We listen, we learn how each organization runs, and we keep building alongside them. Honestly, we love the heck out of the customers we serve, and I think they can feel it."
"Our culture is what makes that possible. We hire people who care about community, give them room to try new ideas, and trust them to own the outcome. We also keep investing in innovation, because the communities our customers serve keep changing and we want to meet those needs together. Fresh is what that investment looks like this year. We built it around how families and staff actually experience registration and booking today, so our customers can spend less time on process and more time with the people they serve. With Community Self Serve in early access and Facility Booking arriving at a key parks and recreation industry event next week, we're just getting started."
What's next
This year, Traction Rec began a new chapter. At YMCA General Assembly in New Orleans, the company introduced Fresh, a new platform built around how people search, plan, and register for programs today. Its first product, Community Self Serve, helps families find and register for programs in minutes without a call to the front desk.
Next week, at the National Recreation and Park Association annual conference in Philadelphia, Traction Rec will introduce the second product built on Fresh, a new approach to facility booking designed with staff in mind. Visit the Traction Rec team at booth #2218 to see for yourself. More products built on Fresh will follow in the new year.
About Canada's Top Growing Companies
Canada's Top Growing Companies is an editorial ranking launched in 2019 to celebrate the achievements of innovative businesses in Canada. To qualify, companies voluntarily completed an in-depth application process and fulfilled targeted revenue requirements. In total, 376 companies earned a spot on this year's ranking. The full list of 2026 winners, along with editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine.
"Our annual ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies celebrates the innovation, ambition and resilience of businesses across the country, and we're always excited to share as many of these standout stories as we can," says Dawn Calleja, editor of Report on Business magazine.
"The Globe and Mail congratulates the winners of Canada's Top Growing Companies 2026 on this exceptional achievement," says Andrew Saunders, president and CEO of The Globe and Mail. "Each of these organizations has shown an extraordinary ability to adapt, innovate and grow amid ongoing change. Their achievements reflect the ingenuity and determination of Canadian entrepreneurs and business leaders who are helping shape the future of our economy."
About Traction Rec
Traction Rec pairs an intuitive and modern user experience with a proven CRM foundation, Salesforce, helping community organizations deepen the experiences of constituents and create greater community impact. Traction Rec serves YMCAs, JCCs, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and municipal Parks & Recreation departments. Learn more at www.tractionrec.com.
About The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is Canada's foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With our award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and Mail newspaper reaches 6.1 million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.7 million readers in print and digital every issue. Our investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.
