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Marketing Research Firms in Ontario
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(in randomized alpha order, starting with "C", after featured listings)
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Research House, Inc.
Phone: (416) 488-2333, Toronto, ON
Research House conducts 250k+ CATI/CAPI/Online/Omnibus interviews annually and 2,000 focus groups per year. Coding and data processing also offered....
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Canadian Viewpoint Inc.
Phone: (905) 770-1770, Richmond Hill, Canada
Canadian Viewpoint has over 30 years of data collection experience executing Online, CATI- telephone, Mall intercept, and On-site projects in Canada...
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Canmark Technologies Ltd
Phone: (416) 444-2057, Toronto, Canada
Specialists in online and paper survey data collection, processing and reporting....
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Opinion Search Inc.
Phone: (800) 363-4229, Ottawa, Canada
We're specialists in data collection with 275 CATI stations, online panel & survey hosting, and 9 focus group facilities & recruiting in Canada....
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