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( 2025 )
2025 WINNERS
( C O N T. )
employee development through
generous tuition subsidies, up to
$13,000 per course with no lifetime
maximum.
SEASPAN ULC, North Vancouver.
Freight transportation arrangement;
1,491 employees. Encourages employees to become recruiters for the firm
with generous new employee
referral bonuses, from $1,000 to
$1,500 depending on the position.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY,
Burnaby, B.C. Post secondary schools,
university; 3,572 employees. Offers
full tuition subsidies, subsidies for
professional accreditations and leadership training, as well as in-house
and online training options.
SOBEYS INC., Mississauga.
Supermarkets and grocery stores;
28,467 employees. Helps employees
plan ahead with retirement planning
assistance services along with a
defined contribution pension plan.
SECOND HARVEST CANADA,
Toronto. Community Food Services;
101 employees. Starts new employees
with four weeks of paid vacation and
lets employees carry over one week
of paid vacation into the following
year.
STANDARDAERO LTD., Winnipeg.
Aircraft engine maintenance
services; 1,926 employees. Employees
have access to a self-serve cafeteria,
an outdoor barbecue area and a
variety of food trucks visiting
throughout the summer months.
SHELL CANADA LIMITED,
Calgary. Oil and gas production and
distribution; 3,590 employees.
Provides up to five days of emergency back-up childcare services
annually through a corporate
partnership with Kids & Company.
STRYKER CANADA ULC, Waterdown, Ont. Medical equipment and
supplies wholesalers; 754 employees.
Encourages employees to become
recruiters for the firm with generous
new employee referral bonuses, up
to $2,000 per successful hire.
METHODOLOGY
lthough the selection process to choose the winners of
Canada’s Top 100 Employers evolves to include new
subjects and topics that reflect changes in the workplace, the underlying methodology has not significantly
changed since the project began in 2000. The competition is and
remains a catalogue of best practices.
The methodology used to determine Canada’s Top 100 Employers is based on a comparison with employers in similar industries,
region and size. Each employer’s application is judged by rigorous
criteria in eight key areas: (1) Workplace;
(2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family
Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications;
(6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development;
and (8) Community Involvement.
Over the past five years, the first criteria — which was named
Physical Workplace before the pandemic — has been expanded to
include home office environments, flexible work options and
hybrid work, workplace safety initiatives. While this area of the
competition is still evolving, the editors are watching the changes
closely to see how the nation’s leading employers are managing
the transition.
Canada’s Top 100 Employers is an annual national competition.
Any employer with its head office or principal place of business in
Canada may apply regardless of size, whether private or public
sector.
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– Diane Jermyn
T
D BANK GROUP,
Toronto. Banking; 65,644
employees. Supports
employee development
through the online self-directed TD
Thrive platform, paid education
days and generous tuition subsidies.
TECK RESOURCES LIMITED,
Vancouver. Mining; 9,841 employees.
Head office employees enjoy
subsidized access to an adjacent
YWCA fitness facility complete with
swimming pool and a variety of
instructor-led fitness classes.
TOYOTA MOTOR
MANUFACTURING
CANADA INC. /
TMMC,
Cambridge,
Ont. Automobile manufacturing; 8,500
employees. Employees enjoy a
range of on-site
amenities including a fullyequipped fitness
facility, outdoor
basketball court,
walking trails and even
a community garden.
through a variety of yearly social
events and helps retirees stay
connected through a dedicated
Retired Employees Association.
V
ANCOUVER CITY
SAVINGS CREDIT
UNION, Vancouver.
Credit unions; 2,490
employees. Provides new parents
with generous maternity and
parental leave policies, to 85 per cent
of salary for up to 76 weeks for new
mothers.
VERAFIN SOLUTIONS ULC, St.
John’s. Specialized financial
softwares; 985
employees.
Maintains a busy
social calendar
for employees
to enjoy,
including an
off-site
Christmas
party, summer
softball
tournament,
parking lot party
with food trucks
and vendors, and
more.
W
U
EST FRASER
TIMBER CO.
LTD., Vancouver. Sawmills;
5,588 employees. Supports the next
generation through a young worker
training program, paid internships,
and apprenticeships for engineering,
forestry and accounting students.
UNITED WAY BRITISH
COLUMBIA, Burnaby, B.C.
Charitable organizations; 200
employees. Head office features a
dedicated Zen Den that is used for
instructor-led yoga, meditation and
mindfulness sessions.
WORLD VISION CANADA,
Mississauga. Charitable
organizations; 436 employees. Lets
employees enjoy more of the
summer through the Orange Days
program that offers six paid days to
extend holiday long weekends
throughout the summer.
AP INC., Montréal.
Motor vehicle supplies
and new parts; 4,991
employees. Introduced a
unique “disconnecting from work”
policy that reminds all employees to
disengage from work during
off-hours and on weekends.
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL,
Montréal. Post secondary schools,
university; 5,907 employees. Offers
maternity and parental leave top-up
payments for new parents, plus the
convenience of on-site child care
when they return to work.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW
BRUNSWICK / UNB, Fredericton.
Post secondary schools, university;
1,895 employees. Engages employees
Y
UKON, GOVERNMENT
OF, Whitehorse. Territorial governments; 5,852
employees. Helps
employees plan ahead through
retirement assistance planning
services, phased-in retirement work
options and the security of a defined
benefit pension plan.
– Richard Yerema & Kristina Leung
