Working is rough.
Canadian Millennials are spending more hours than ever on the grind thanks to our wildly unaffordable cities. And that well-deserved vacation? Not if your holiday-shaming colleagues and bosses have anything to say about it.
The good news is there are plenty of companies fostering a positive office culture, encouraging work-life balance, and paying decent wages.
And a whole lot more.
Now in it’s 20th year, Mediacorp Canada Inc.’s annual Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition evaluates companies across the country on eight factors to determine the best places for Canadians to work. These include Physical Workplace, Work Atmosphere & Social, Health, Financial & Family Benefits, Vacation & Time Off, Employee Communications, Performance Management, Training & Skills Development, and Community Involvement.
So, who are Canada’s top employers for 2020? Well, there are a lot. And they aren’t ranked. Rather, they’re just kind of thrown at you in a big heap, like this:
3M Canada Company
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. / APTN
Accenture Inc.
Accor
Adobe Systems Canada Inc.
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation / AFSC
Air Canada
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 Revenue Agency / CRA
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Capital One Canada
Cargill Limited
CBC / Radio-Canada
CIBC
Cisco Systems Canada Co.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, The
CWB National Leasing Inc.
Danone Canada
Desjardins Group
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
Finning International Inc.
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
Galvanize
Graham Group
GSK / GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
Hatch Ltd.
Hospital for Sick Children, The
House of Commons Administration
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Irving Oil
ISM Canada
Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Keurig Dr Pepper Canada
Keyera Corp.
KPMG LLP
K+S Potash Canada GP
Labatt Brewing Company Limited
Laurentide Controls Ltd.
Left Technologies Inc.
Loblaw Companies Limited
L’Oréal Canada Inc.
Mars Inc.
Mattamy Homes Limited
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada
Modern Niagara Group Inc.
NAV CANADA
Nutrien
PCL Construction
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
PepsiCo Canada
Procter & Gamble Inc.
ResMed Halifax ULC
R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd.
Rio Tinto
Rogers Communications Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
RSA Canada Group
Salesforce
Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.
Sanofi Canada
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
Toronto, City of
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
Xerox Canada Ltd.
Yukon, Government of
So basically, if you want to feel fulfilled at work, send an application to any and all companies on the list above.
“Quite simply, [employers] are the best that set the standard for doing business in Canada,” reads the report. “They have built exceptional organizations where best practices are the norm, where progressive and innovative programs push the boundaries to make the workplace better for their people.”
Good luck.