Canada's Top 100 Employers (2025) Magazine - Flipbook - Page 7
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( 2025 )
2025 WINNERS
( C O N T. )
BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON
LLP, Toronto. Law firms; 1,373
employees. Enhanced its top-up
policy for maternity and parental
leave, offering up to 100 per cent of
salary for a maximum of 26 weeks
for mothers, fathers and adoptive
parents.
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
CANADA ULC, Toronto. Management consulting; 567 employees.
Offers unique opportunities for
employees to work temporarily with
one of the company’s partners
through client secondments and
social impact internships.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK
OF CANADA, Montréal. Secondary
market financing; 2,907 employees.
Helps employees enjoy a little
more time off with the option to
purchase up to five additional
vacation days as part of its flexible
benefits plan.
PIE/BCPS
BRITISH COLUMBIA
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
CORP. / BCI, Victoria. Portfolio
management; 732 employees.
Employees are encouraged to take an
active role in enriching the
community with up to two paid days
off to volunteer each year.
BC Public Service employees on-site at ShareSpace, the organization’s flexible work environment office.
CIBC, Toronto. Banking; 41,490
employees. Supports an ‘ideation’
platform for employees to share
ideas for improvement while also
earning recognition points.
Insurance; 6,299 employees.
Supports the long-term welfare of
employees with health benefits that
extend to retirees, with no age limit
and 75 per cent premium coverage.
C
CITI CANADA, Mississauga.
Banking; 3,073 employees. Offers a
12-week sabbatical program to
encourage employees to rest and
recharge, providing 25 per cent of
their base pay during their leave.
D
CANADA ENERGY REGULATOR,
Calgary. Federal government; 578
employees. Supports employees in
balancing their day-to-day commitments outside work with up to five
paid family leave days per year.
CLIO, Burnaby, B.C. Computer
software; 913 employees. Fosters
ongoing learning and development
through a newly launched peer
partnership program, pairing
employees with a peer who shares
their interest and focus areas.
AE INC., Montréal.
Aviation and defence
systems; 4,902 employees.
Provides short-term gig
opportunities for employees to work
outside of their current team.
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, Ottawa.
Post secondary schools, universities;
2,779 employees. Manages a formal
therapy dog program and enables
faculty and staff to bring participating dogs on campus.
CASCADES CANADA ULC, Kingsey
Falls, Que. Paper products; 7,498
employees. Gives employees the
option to transfer one week of
unused vacation time into their
RRSP annually.
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND
SURGEONS OF ONTARIO, THE,
Toronto. Professional organizations;
398 employees. Takes a thoughtful
approach when employees are
called upon to care for loved ones,
providing compassionate leave
top-up to 100 per cent of salary for
up to eight weeks.
CO-OPERATORS GROUP
LIMITED, THE, Guelph, Ont.
ANONE CANADA,
Boucherville, Que. Food
manufacturing; 553
employees. Provides
generous maternity and parental
leave top-up for parents-to-be, to 100
per cent of salary for up to 26 weeks.
DASH HUDSON INC., Halifax.
Software; 180 employees. Hosts
annual Team Bursts and flies all
employees to Halifax for a week of
team bonding, company events, and
professional development sessions.
DENTONS CANADA LLP, Calgary.
Law firms; 1,371 employees. Facilitates
two-way communication through
small group listening sessions hosted
weekly by the firm’s CEO.
DESJARDINS GROUP /
MOUVEMENT DESJARDINS,
Lévis, Que. Financial institutions;
51,261 employees. Maintains a
“Health is Cool 360” website to
connect employees with
health-related resources and
organizes in-house programming
such as yoga, cooking, and guest
speakers.
DIAMOND SCHMITT
ARCHITECTS INC., Toronto.
Architecture; 284 employees. Helps
employees build long-term savings
with matching RSP contributions.
DIGITAL EXTREMES LTD.,
London, Ont. Software publishers;
392 employees. Encourages employees to adopt healthy habits with a
fitness club subsidy of up to $800
annually.
E
MERA INC., Halifax.
Electric power generation
and distribution and gas
distribution; 2,601 employees. Recently enhanced its maternity
and parental leave top-up policy to
provide top-up of 80 per cent of
salary for up to 16 weeks for all
parents-to-be.
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT CANADA,
Gatineau, Que. Federal government;
40,482 employees. Offers pre-retirement workshops on topics such as
