Sure, it would be great to land a new job at an employer that offers great benefits, an awesome workplace culture, and the opportunity to acquire new skills. But how can you find those companies?
Fortunately, the list of Canada’s top employers has just been released by the folks at the Globe and Mail. The newspaper has been evaluating Canadian workplaces for the past 21 years and published its annual ranking of those employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.
Employers are assessed using eight key workplace criteria and ranked as the best places to work by scoring high marks for the following.
– Physical workplace
– Work atmosphere & social
– Health, financial and family benefits
– Vacation & time off
– Employee communications
– Performance management
– Training & skills development
– Community involvement.
Employers are compared to other organizations in their sector to determine which one provides the top programs. Specific to this year, those companies ranked among the country’s top employers were also evaluated on their resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those organizations that managed to pivot to the changing conditions – while ensuring the health and safety of their workers – scored the highest. So, if you are looking for a great place to work, here are the Globe’s top employers right now.
The best places to work in Canada for 2021
3M Canada Company
ABB Inc.
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. / APTN
Accenture Inc.
Adobe Systems Canada Inc.
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation / AFSC
Alberta Health Services / AHS
ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P.
Bank of Canada
BASF Canada Inc.
BC Public Service
Bell Canada
Best Buy Canada Ltd.
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation / BCI
Business Development Bank of Canada
Canada Energy Regulator
Canada Life Assurance Company, The
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / CMHC
Canada Revenue Agency / CRA
Canadian National Railway
Capital One Canada
Cargill Limited
Cascades ULC
CBC / Radio-Canada
CIBC
Cisco Systems Canada Co.
Citi Canada
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
CWB National Leasing Inc.
Danone Canada
Desjardins Group / Mouvement Desjardins
Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.
Digital Extremes Ltd.
Emera Inc.
Employment and Social Development Canada
Enbridge Inc.
ESIT Advanced Solutions Inc.
Export Development Canada
Fidelity Canada
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
FreshBooks
Galvanize
GlaxoSmithKline Inc. / GSK
Greater Vancouver Food Bank
Hatch Ltd.
Health Canada / Santé Canada
Hospital for Sick Children, The
House of Commons Administration
Imperial Oil Limited
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Irving Oi
Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Keurig Canada Inc.
KPMG LLP
K+S Potash Canada GP
Labatt Brewing Company Limited
Laurentide Controls Ltd.
Loblaw Companies Limited
L’Oréal Canada Inc.
Mars Inc.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Medtronic Canada ULC
Mondelēz International
Mott MacDonald Canada Limited
Novo Nordisk Canada Inc
Nutrien Inc.
Oppenheimer Group
PCL Construction
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
PepsiCo Canada
Pomerleau Inc.
Procter & Gamble Inc.
ResMed Halifax ULC
Rio Tinto
Rogers Communications Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
RSA Canada Group
Salesforce
Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.
SAP Canada Inc.
SaskTel
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sekisui Diagnostics PEI Ltd.
Shopify Inc.
Simon Fraser University
Stryker Canada ULC
Suncor Energy Inc.
TD Bank Group
Teck Resources Limited
TELUS Communications Inc.
Thomson Reuters Canada Limited
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC
Université de Montréal
University of New Brunswick / UNB
University of Toronto
Verafin Inc.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
World Vision Canada
Yukon, Government of
You can read more about the methodology and each of the winners on the Globe and Mail website.