Benefits Canada is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2022 Workplace Benefits Awards.

This year’s awards program welcomed 115 entries across 11 categories, all highlighting how Canada’s leading employers are supporting their employees’ physical, mental and financial well-being.

The winners will be announced on Tues., Oct. 18 in Toronto at the 2022 Healthy Outcomes Conference, an in-person event intended for employers to exchange ideas, best practices and tools for achieving improved employee health outcomes and enhanced organizational performance. Check out the agenda here. And register to attend the 2022 Healthy Outcomes conference here.

This year’s finalists are:

Absence Management

  • BDO Canada LLP
  • Fluor Canada Ltd.
  • Shopify Inc.

Benefits Plan Communications

  • BDO Canada LLP
  • CIBC
  • TD Bank Group

Coronavirus & Benefits (>1,000 employees)

  • Bill Gosling Outsourcing
  • Hootsuite
  • LifeLabs Inc.
  • Fidelity Investments Canada

Coronavirus & Benefits (<1,000 employees)

  • Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan
  • Rise People
  • Troy Life & Fire Safety Ltd.

DEI Program

  • Hootsuite
  • Labatt Brewing Co.
  • TMX Group Ltd.
  • TransAlta Corp.

Drug/Benefits Plan Innovation

  • Bill Gosling Outsourcing
  • Fluor Canada Ltd.
  • TD Bank Group

Financial Wellness Program

  • Air Canada
  • Equitable Bank
  • Fluor Canada Ltd.

Health/Wellness Program (>1,000 employees)

  • Fluor Canada Ltd.
  • IGM Financial Inc.
  • Medavie
  • Telus Communications Inc.

Health/Wellness Program (<1,000 employees)

  • ATX Networks Corp. Canada
  • Flight Centre Travel Group
  • The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
  • Ottawa Community Housing Corp.

Mental Health (>1,000 employees)

  • Air Canada
  • Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions Canada
  • Corus Entertainment Inc.
  • Fluor Canada Ltd.

Mental Health (<1,000 employees)

  • Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan
  • Extend Communications
  • Flight Centre Travel Group
  • Rise People

Read:  Who are the winners of the 2021 Workplace Benefits Awards?

Benefits Canada would like to extend a huge thank you to the panel of judges that helped select this year’s finalists and winners: Katharine Coons, national workplace mental health specialist at the Canadian Mental Health Association; Matt Davison, Western University’s dean of science and principal researcher at Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab; Jean-Guy Gauthier, expert in risk and benefits management at CQFD Actuariat; Jordan Fremont, partner in the pensions and benefits team at Bennett Jones LLP; Julie Holden, principal at Holden & Associates; Jennifer Paterson, editor of Benefits Canada; Lizann Reitmeier, associate director at Willis Towers Watson; Jennifer Schmidt, a partner at Mercer; and Blake Wolfe, managing editor of Benefits Canada.

Read: Meet the 2022 Workplace Benefits Awards judges

Special thanks also goes out to six of last year’s winners who took part in this year’s awards judging: Crystal Arnold, manager of retirement and benefits at LifeLabs; Frederic Bessette, director of total rewards at Canadian Forest Products Ltd.; Matthew Corcoran, director of global compensation and human resource business partners at SSENSE; Kelly Dawson, global disability and leaves specialist at Shopify; Jeff Finley, total rewards manager at 3M Canada; and Merlyn Sequeira, director of total rewards, payroll, recognition, wellness and HR systems at Samsung in Canada.

Congratulations again to all the finalists.

Register to attend the 2022 Workplace Benefits Awards presentation during the 2022 Healthy Outcomes Conference.