How Brampton's metal shops show up online
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We read the websites of 82 metal shops in Brampton, part of our study of 2,095 shops in 23 Canadian cities. Here is what they show buyers, and how Brampton compares.
What buyers in Brampton see
Brampton splits in two. Its machine shops show ISO more than any other city's: 14 of 33 show ISO 9001, AS9100 or ISO 13485, and 3 Brampton shops show all four basics, the highest share in the study. Its welders tell a different story: 36 of 42 welding shops show no CWB, the third highest share. Brampton also has the most sites with no phone number, 7 of 82.
The basics
Four basics, and how Brampton compares
- 70%show no ISO or CWB certificationAll 23 cities: 74% · 4 points lower · 5th lowest of 23 cities
- 50%name none of their equipmentAll 23 cities: 54% · 4 points lower · tied 7th lowest of 23 cities
- 96%don't say how many people work thereAll 23 cities: 96% · the same · tied 10th lowest of 23 cities
- 56%don't say when they startedAll 23 cities: 49% · 7 points higher · 4th highest of 23 cities
Only 3 of 82 Brampton shops say how many people work there.
The shop map
Every one of Brampton's 82 shops, one dot each
Pick what the colours show.
Shows a certification: 25Shows none: 57
Names its equipment: 41Names none: 41
Gives its team size: 3Doesn't say: 79
Each dot is a listed shop with a website, moved a little (about 250 m) so no single shop can be picked out. The darker outline is Brampton. The others are its neighbouring municipalities.
What a buyer checks
A shop's spec sheet, the way most Brampton sites read it
A made-up Brampton shop. A line is struck through when most of the city's 82 sites leave it out.
Sample Fabricating, Brampton
Sample shop, not a real company
- Services
Fabrication, welding, laser cuttingOn nearly every site - Phone
555 010 0142Shown on 75 of 82 - Certification
CWB W47.1 · ISO 9001Missing on 57 of 82 - Equipment
4 kW fiber laser · 220 t press brake · 5 axis millShown on 41 of 82 - Year started
Since 1989Missing on 46 of 82 - Team size
34 peopleMissing on 79 of 82 - Small jobs
One-offs welcomeMissing on 53 of 82
16 of the 21 structural steel shops in Brampton don't mention CWB.
How it compares
Where Brampton sits among the 23 cities
Each dot is one of the 23 cities. The dark line is all 23 cities together. Each row runs from the lowest city to the highest.
Show no ISO or CWB certification
60%85%
Name none of their equipment
34%73%
Don't say how many people work there
89%100%
Don't say when they started
33%60%
Don't say whether they take small jobs
31%77%
Close to home
Brampton and its neighbours
Mississauga 10 km · Toronto 25 km · Hamilton 55 km
| Measure | Brampton82 shops | Mississauga158 shops | Toronto189 shops | Hamilton65 shops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No certification | 70% | 73% | 73% | 75% |
| No equipment | 50% | 56% | 50% | 60% |
| No team size | 96% | 96% | 97% | 99% |
| No year founded | 56% | 54% | 50% | 48% |
How long they have been at it
36 Brampton shops say when they started
- Middle year
- 1987
- tied 7th oldest of 23 cities
- Started in 2001 or earlier
- 72%
- tied 7th lowest of 23 cities
- Oldest year given
- 1953
The other 46 give no year. Plum: started in 2001 or earlier. Teal: since 2002.
What they show and what they do
Certifications and trades in Brampton
Certifications on their websites
| Group | Brampton | All 23 cities | Rank of 23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None of these | 70% | 74% | 19th |
| ISO only | 22% | 12% | 2nd |
| CWB only | 7% | 12% | 18th |
| Both ISO and CWB | 1% | 3% | tied 16th |
ISO here means ISO 9001, AS9100 or ISO 13485. CWB means CWB W47.1 or W47.2. Rank 1 is the city with the biggest share.
The work they offer
| Work | Brampton | All 23 cities | Rank of 23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal fabrication | 71% | 69% | tied 11th |
| Welding | 51% | 49% | tied 11th |
| Sheet metal, cutting and bending | 43% | 40% | 9th |
| Machining | 40% | 40% | 10th |
| Structural steel | 26% | 20% | 5th |
| Railings and stairs | 13% | 20% | 19th |
Shares of all the city's shops. A shop can do several kinds of work. Rank 1 is the city with the biggest share.
Thirty years in business sells, but only if the site says so
Industry in Brampton
A few numbers on industry in Brampton
- Almost 1 in 4Brampton jobs are in advanced manufacturingSource: City of Brampton, news release, August 29, 2023
- $30/hrmedian machinist pay, Toronto regionSource: Job Bank, Government of Canada
- $28/hrmedian welder pay, Toronto regionSource: Job Bank, Government of Canada
From the city's page on Metal Shop Guide, each with its source.
3 Brampton shops show all four basics, the biggest share of the 23 cities.
For shop owners
In Brampton, add these three things first
In the order of the city's own gaps: what most sites here leave out first.
- 0196%of sites here don't show it
How many you are
Roughly how many people work there.
- 0270%of sites here don't show it
Your certifications, by name and standard
CWB W47.1 Division 2, ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D. Link the certificate.
- 0365%of sites here don't show it
The jobs you take
One-offs, prototypes, short runs or production only. If there's a minimum, say so.
Source
Where these numbers come from
For Brampton, Metal Shop Guide covers Brampton and Caledon and lists 82 shops. All of them have a website of their own, and we read them, as of October 28, 2026. “Not shown” means we didn't find it on the pages we read. A blind check of 40 shops suggests each share is a few points high.
One shop is 1% of the Brampton total, so small gaps can be chance.
Cite this page: Figured Media, “How Brampton's metal shops show up online”, October 2026, with data from Metal Shop Guide. https://figuredmedia.com/research/metal-shops-online-2026/brampton/
Photo credits
- Brampton, at the top: Photo by Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, edited (cropped)
- Shop floor, behind the quote: Photo by Christopher Burns, Unsplash License, edited (cropped)
Shop map: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census boundary files, Open Government Licence, Canada. Country map: Natural Earth, public domain.