Integrated marketing communications agency
Cossette
Canadian integrated agency, joint second in Canada in the 2025 Effie Index.
Cossette is a Canadian integrated marketing communications agency. Cossette Toronto held second place, shared with LG2, in the Canadian table of the 2025 North America Effie Index. Its parent group has changed hands more than once; CTV News reported a sale to China's BlueFocus that was meant to double its US presence.
Standing in the Report's landscape
No. 6 in North America agencies, 2026
2 points: joint second in Canada in the 2025 Effie Index; tied with LG2 and Isle of Any, placed ahead of Isle of Any by its Effie standing and of LG2 alphabetically.
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The rankings behind it
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Where it shines
- Held its second place in Canada in the Effie Index from the previous edition.
- Shared the top number of finalist entries (12, with Rethink) at Effie Awards Canada 2026.
Check before signing
- Its parent group has changed hands more than once: ask who owns the agency today.
- Its points come from a single-country effectiveness table: ask for creative and media credentials too.
What it offers
- Markets
- Canada
How it is classified
- Category
- Full-service
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Our six checks
- Ownership is public: not known yet
- Services are published: not known yet
- Offices are listed: not known yet
- Privacy is published: not known yet
- Effectiveness is evidenced: met
- Work is shown: not known yet
- Ownership is publicNot assessed
It names its owner (the holding group) or states that it is independent, and names its leadership.
Its current owner was not confirmed from its own pages; the press reports several changes of ownership.
- Services are publishedNot assessed
A services or capabilities page says what it does.
Its services page was not checked for this listing.
- Offices are listedNot assessed
It publishes where it operates: its offices or markets.
Its own office list was not checked; the cited sources name only some offices.
- Privacy is publishedNot assessed
Its site has a privacy notice, and a code of conduct where one was seen.
Its privacy notice was not checked for this listing.
- Effectiveness is evidencedMet
An independent effectiveness ranking or award from 2023 to 2026 names it (the Effie Index, the IPA Effectiveness Awards, the WARC Effective 100).
Joint second in the Canadian table of the 2025 North America Effie Index (Cossette Toronto).
- Work is shownNot assessed
It publishes case studies or named client work.
Its own case-study pages were not checked for this listing.
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Identity
| Type | Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Categories | Full-service | |
| Founded | Not recorded | |
| Headquarters | Canada | |
| Ownership | Not recorded | |
| Parent company | Not recorded | |
| Stock ticker | Not recorded | |
| Added by | IMC Report team |
Fit
| Objectives | Not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Disciplines | Not recorded | |
| Number of disciplines | Not recorded | |
| Suits | None | |
| Company sizes | Not recorded | |
| Industries | Not recorded | |
| Markets | Canada | |
| Reach | 45/100 | |
| Support languages | Not recorded |
Trust
The community
| "Looks right" confirmations | 0 | |
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| Community experiences | 0 |
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