13 pizza-loving franchise brands across Canada
Pizzaville Inc.
Founded in 1963 and under the same ownership since 1979, Pizzaville is a 100 per cent Canadian owned and operated franchise brand serving pizza, panzerottis, and more across Ontario. Using the traditional method of stone baking, this brand carries out its mission to provide only the very best quality ingredients, products, and service to their customers.
Pizzaville franchisees benefit from being part of a long-standing Canadian brand that already boasts more than 95 locations. For a total required investment of $450,000 to $650,000 (including the $25,000 franchise fee), leverage Pizzaville’s brand recognition, proven business model, and franchisor support both pre- and post opening.
Boston Pizza
Since opening its first location in Edmonton, Alberta more than 60 years ago, Boston Pizza has grown into an international franchise brand with strong Canadian roots. Their full-service restaurants leverage four different dining concepts—a family-friendly casual-dining room, sports bar, three-season patio, and takeout and delivery platform—all in one place. And though they’re famous for their pizzas, their extensive menu has a variety of offerings for customers to choose from.
Franchisees can become part of this longstanding Canadian franchise system for a franchise fee of $60,000 and required investment of $1.5M-$2.6M. In joining Boston Pizza’s network, franchisees gain initial and ongoing support that spans construction and real estate, hospitality leadership training, marketing, restaurant design, and more.
Topper’s Pizza
Topper’s Pizza began with a single pizzeria in Northern Ontario in 1982, and since opening its first franchise location in 1986, the brand has grown to more than 40 locations across Ontario. Fueled by the Toppazzini family’s secret recipe—the fresh daily Authentic ItalianBread Crust™—this quick-service restaurant franchise dishes out pizzas, panuzzos and Topperottis, appetizers, chicken, and more to their loyal customers both in-store and through delivery.
Results-driven individuals with a passion for customer service can own a Topper’s Pizza franchise of their own. With a franchise fee of $25,000 and an initial investment between $350,000 and $620,000, gain access to the brand’s extensive training program, experienced advisors, strategic marketing, knowledgeable support staff, and operational and administrative systems.
241 Pizza
A wide selection of traditional and specialty pizzas, a variety of sides, and a commitment to local core ingredients adds up in the Canadian owned and operated franchise brand: 241 Pizza. Since its founding in Toronto, Ontario in 1986, this quick-service franchise brand has assembled a 60-plus-location system that spans Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador, with more markets still to go.
For those seeking their own slice of the franchise pie, opportunities are available. For a $30,000 franchise fee and a $300,000 to $327,000 required investment, franchisees have the help of 241 Pizza’s training program, support team, coaching and consulting services, and countdown to opening plus grand opening support, topping off their total turnkey package.
Greco Pizza Restaurants
In 1977, the Greco Donair and Pizza Restaurant opened in Moncton, New Brunswick, and grew in the Maritimes before being purchased by Grinners Food Systems Limited in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1981. Since then, Greco Pizza has continued to grow and solidify itself as an Atlantic Canada staple with more than 100 locations across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Ontario, and an adaptive menu home to the “Free Flavoured Crust.”
A Greco Pizza franchise grants the owner access to the Grinners system, which is also home to Capt Submarine and FROZU! (offering options for combination locations as well). Greco Pizza franchises come with a franchise fee of $20,000 and a required investment of $300,000 to $400,000, boasting pre-opening assistance and training alongside ongoing support plus access to the brand’s proprietary systems.
Jacques Cartier Pizza
A family-run franchise brand since it’s founding in 1968, Jacques Cartier Pizza specializes in serving pizza, pasta, submarine sandwiches, poutine, chicken wings, and salads using fresh local ingredients as well as house-made sauce and dough. The brand has grown to 13 locations in Quebec, each of them demonstrating the atmosphere of a classic mom-and-pop shop bringing food and connection to local communities.
Opportunities are available to join the Jacques Cartier Pizza system with a franchise of one’s own. With the $25,000 franchise fee comes ongoing training and support straight from the franchisor, including guidance with design and construction, marketing, funding, and operations, to ensure their franchisees can thrive.
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New Orleans Pizza Canada
A leading brand in Northern and Southwestern Ontario, alongside their recent expansion to Nova Scotia, New Orleans Pizza is 100 per cent founded, owned, and operated by Canadians. Their menu is filled with specialty and customizable pizzas, wings, and sides to deliver flavourful meals to local communities. For 25 years, they’ve also fed children across Ontario through their school lunch program.
With 40 locations erected since its founding in 1978, New Orleans Pizza has even more markets available for franchisees. The franchise fee of $30,000 and required investment of $327,000 provide entrepreneurs with a total turnkey franchise package and a robust support system.
Panago Pizza
For 40 years, Panago has been bringing people together through pizza. Their menu, decked out with classic and pan pizzas, salads, sides, and more, has been serving Canadians from more than 170 locations across the country. They strive to use real ingredients, commit to sustainable businesses practices, support their franchisees, and put customers first.
With guidance before, during, and after a franchise’s launch, an intensive training program, and ongoing support in areas spanning operations, branding, product development, and more, franchisees are freshly prepared for their new business venture. Open a location of your own for a franchise fee of $25,000 and a required investment of, on average, $625,000, and become part of the Panago franchise system.
Pizza 73
When Pizza 73 opened their doors in 1985 in Alberta, they strove to introduce Canadians to great value on top-notch food through their “Better meal. Better deal.” promise. Since then, the brand has expanded to more than 90 stores across Western Canada, including 14 franchise locations owned and operated locally. Each store offers 21 varities of specialty pizzas, 21 different toppings, and three styles of crust to choose from.
For entrepreneurs hungry for their next opportunity, Pizza 73 franchises have a $35,000 franchise fee and a $350,000 to $450,000 required investment—plus administrative fees. In becoming part of the Pizza 73 franchise system, partners receive comprehensive training, experienced operational support, and a marketing team designed to guide them along their business journey.
Pizza Hotline
Pizza Hotline was founded in 1986 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, growing from a single family-run Italian restaurant into the brand it is today. Franchised one location a time, Pizza Hotline now has 24 units, each one operating under the slogan “Great pizza at a Great price” as they serve and deliver pizzas, pastas, wings, and sides to their customers across Manitoba.
Franchisees with Pizza Hotline are seen as team members. Each member benefits from the robust support services such as their training program, development team, marketing team, omni-channel order taking centre, technology and information systems, accounting and operations support, and logistics and supply chain optimization. Pizza Hotline has a franchise fee of $30,000 and requires an investment of $400,000 to get started.
Pizza Hut
A highly recognized, international brand, Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas and began franchising in Canada ten years later. It has since expanded to more than 19,000 locations in 108 countries, offering pizza, pasta, chicken, sides, and more to hungry customers across the world—and even to outer space once.
Single and multi-unit franchise opportunities are available across Canada, and come with the backing of a longstanding, experienced brand. Franchisees gain access to global brand recognition, a proven business model, comprehensive training, national advertising and digital growth tools, and Pizza Hut’s tools for delivery, mobile ordering, and customer engagement.
Pizza Nova
Pizza Nova’s first restaurant was opened in Scarborough, Ontario in 1963. In 1969 the first franchised location made its debut, and since then the brand has developed into 150 Canadian locations. The official pizza of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre, Pizza Nova offers pizzas, panzerottis, chicken, and more with their “puro promise” commitment to quality.
With a franchise fee of $20,000 and a required investment of $550,000 to $650,000, franchise opportunities come with a side of full turnkey design and buildout, comprehensive eight-week training, marketing and operations support, and access to the brand’s platforms and systems. Pizza Nova has also won the CFA’s Franchisees’ Choice Designation for 16 consecutive years of high franchisee satisfaction.
Pizza Pizza
Pizza Pizza is a quick-service pizza franchise that’s been growing its presence across Canada since 1967. The menu is loaded up with a variety of options, including full-size or individual in-store pizza slices, chicken, sandwiches, appetizers, and more, for any mood and any event. With more than 500 locations from coast to coast to coast, Pizza Pizza is committed to quality, service excellence, and customer satisfaction.
A Canadian founded brand, Pizza Pizza has franchise ownership opportunities available for a franchise fee of $35,000 and a required investment of $495,000. The system boasts nationwide brand recognition, a comprehensive training program, and operational support that helps each franchisee build their own business with the foundations developed by a mature system.
