Breakthrough Academy (BTA) — Vancouver-HQ, founded 2015; "Contractor Growth Method"; 600+ contractor companies (~30% Canadian / 70% US); Contractor Evolution podcast

Claim: Breakthrough Academy (BTA) is the dominant Canadian-headquartered trades-specific peer-coaching organization.

• Vancouver-HQ, founded 2015 by Igor Trninic and Danny Kerr
• BTA's own website and Build Show Network partner bio state "over 600 contracting companies across North America"
• FAQ describes the split as approximately 30% Canadian / 70% US
• Curriculum: the "Contractor Growth Method™" — 6-week onboarding, then 2–3-year implementation phase with bi-weekly coach meetings, dashboards, KPI tracking, and cohort accountability
• Produces the Contractor Evolution podcast, the most influential single Canadian-contractor information channel

Confidence: Industry-consensus on existence and approximate scale; figures are organization-reported.

For Candid: BTA is the single highest-leverage peer-coaching cohort in the Canadian contractor market. A Candid client inside a BTA cohort recommending Candid in their bi-weekly meeting is the highest-yield reputation event available to Candid in the in-group reputation channel.

Outcome metrics: [[breakthrough-academy-coaching-self-reported-outcomes]] gives the self-reported 25%/69% revenue/profit growth figures with appropriate caveats (company-reported, not independently audited).