Google, Habanero and Royal LePage take top spots in this year’s 100 best places to work in Canada ranking.
The annual competition is based on close to 30 years of research by the Great Place to Work Institute, and input from more than 57,000 Canadian employees decided on the list. This year’s results represent great diversity in terms of size, sector, industry and location.
The following companies took the top spots for 2013:
- Large and Multinational (>1000 employees in Canada or worldwide) Employer: Google
- Best Medium (<1000 employees) Employer: Habanero Consulting Group
- Best Workplace for Women: Royal LePage Performance Realty
Organizations on this year’s list were ranked using the results of an employee survey, the Trust Index, developed by global research firm Great Place to Work Institute. This methodology is utilized by more than 6,000 organizations in almost 50 countries each year, making it the most widely adopted workforce satisfaction tool in the world.
Trust leads to ROI
Regardless of size, industry or the current economic climate, each of these organizations has discovered that trust is the foundation for quality jobs and performance excellence. And the good news is that high-trust relationships require behaviours that can be learned and embedded into any organization’s culture.
What’s more, organizational leaders who develop a high level of trust with their employees see stronger employee performance, often translating into stronger company performance. The U.S. version of the survey shows that, even in a difficult economy, the best companies averaged 295% return on investment from 1997 to 2011.
Learn more about these leading organizations on the Great Place to Work website.
Best Workplaces in Canada – Large and Multinational (>1000 employees in Canada or worldwide)
1 | |
2 | Intuit Canada ULC |
3 | Microsoft Canada Inc. |
4 | AOL Canada |
5 | NetApp Inc. |
6 | SAS Institute (Canada) Inc. |
7 | G Adventures |
8 | Admiral Insurance |
9 | Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canada Corp. |
10 | Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts |
11 | Qualcomm Canada Inc. |
12 | Biogen Idec Canada |
13 | Autodesk Canada Inc. |
14 | McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd. |
15 | Devon Canada Corp. |
16 | Edelman Canada |
17 | Hilti Canada |
18 | Starbucks Coffee Company |
19 | Diageo Canada Inc. |
20 | Grant Thornton LLP |
21 | Takeda Canada Inc. |
22 | Hill+Knowlton Strategies |
23 | BMW Group Canada |
24 | TD Bank |
25 | Quintiles Canada Inc. |
26 | Sapient Canada Inc. |
27 | Ryan ULC |
28 | CDW Canada |
29 | Medtronic of Canada Ltd. |
30 | Morningstar Research Inc. |
31 | Phoenix Contact Ltd. |
32 | Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business |
33 | Scotiabank |
34 | Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. |
35 | VW Credit Canada, Inc. |
36 | Softchoice |
37 | Corby Distilleries (affiliated with Pernod Ricard) |
38 | Yum! Restaurants International Canada |
39 | Randstad Canada |
40 | State Farm Insurance Companies |
41 | Ernst & Young LLP (Canada) |
42 | Stryker Canada |
43 | JOEY Restaurants |
44 | RBC |
45 | Nestlé Canada Inc. |
46 | Deloitte |
47 | SC Johnson and Son, Ltd. |
48 | Kiewit |
49 | Flatiron |
50 | CIBC |
Best Workplaces in Canada – Medium (<1000 employees)
1 | Habanero Consulting Group |
2 | 360incentives |
3 | Ambir |
4 | SaskCentral |
5 | The PEER Group Inc. |
6 | Intelex Technologies Inc. |
7 | Vega (formerly Sequel Naturals) |
8 | Lutherwood |
9 | Ontario Hospital Associaton |
10 | Ames Tile & Stone Ltd. |
11 | Royal LePage Performance Realty |
12 | Ariad Communications |
13 | Online Business Systems |
14 | LGM Financial Services Inc. / LGM Consumer Services Inc. |
15 | Tri Fit |
16 | Klick Inc. |
17 | Ideaca |
18 | Halsall Associates |
19 | L.V. Lomas Ltd. |
20 | Lakeside Process Controls Ltd. |
21 | Achievers Solutions Inc. |
22 | Vermilion Energy |
23 | Urban Systems Ltd. |
24 | T4G Ltd. |
25 | EPIC Information Solutions |
26 | Fuller Landau LLP |
27 | Info-Tech Research Group |
28 | Trico Homes Inc. |
29 | JMP Engineering Inc. |
30 | Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank |
31 | Benefits By Design Inc. (BBD) |
32 | Kingston Ross Pasnak |
33 | Sandvine |
34 | Pinchin Environmental |
35 | ITG Canada Corp. |
36 | Predator Ridge Resort |
37 | Summerhill |
38 | Credit Counselling Society |
39 | Toyotoshi Group Canada |
40 | Wynford / EventSimple |
41 | Immigrant Services Society of BC |
42 | FIRMA Foreign Exchange Corp. Ltd. |
43 | Bonavista Energy Corp. |
44 | DEL Property Management Inc. |
45 | The Ian Martin Group |
46 | Gibraltar Solutions Inc. |
47 | Capri Insurance Services Ltd. |
48 | Zedi |
49 | MSCM LLP |
50 | Capital Engineering |