53 Ontario based companies make Canada's top 100 employers list for 2017

The City of Toronto is one of Canada's top employers (Photo: @dareru_shirura/Instagram)

Over half of Canada’s top 100 employers are based in Ontario.

The annual list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers was announced on November 7, and includes employers that lead the nation in attracting and retaining employees. Of the top 100 in 2017, 41 are Toronto based employers and include the City of Toronto, The Toronto International Film Festival, and the University of Toronto.

Organizers of the competition saw a record number of employers take part, and approximately 7,500 employers were invited to apply. Employers had to submit detailed applications, which included comprehensive review of operations and HR practices.

#CityofTO adds Canada’s Top 100 Employers to award roster. Details here https://t.co/xaBgcgGb7p pic.twitter.com/l15fzJh0yH

— City of Toronto (@TorontoComms) November 7, 2016

“This year, we’ve seen more employers put forward programs to improve inclusion at their organizations,” said Kristina Leung, Senior Editor of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project at Mediacorp, in a press release. She went on to add:

We often see these programs described as enabling employees to bring their ‘whole-self’ to work, but many go beyond traditional views of diversity and inclusion. As society changes, so do the nation’s leading organizations – our job as writers is to chronicle how these changes affect the organizational cultures of the most progressive employers.

Now in its 18th year, the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition continues to grade employers on eight criteria: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time-Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement.

3M Canada Company (London ON)
Accenture Inc. (Toronto ON)
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. (Hamilton ON)
Bank of Canada (Ottawa ON)
BASF Canada Inc. (Mississauga ON)
Bayer (Mississauga ON)
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. (Chalk River ON)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service / CSIS (Ottawa ON)
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited (Toronto ON)
Carswell, a division of Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. (Toronto ON)
Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (Toronto ON)
CIBC (Toronto ON)
Cisco Systems Canada Co. (Toronto ON)
Corus Entertainment Inc. (Toronto ON)
Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. (Toronto ON)
Digital Extremes Ltd. (London ON)
EllisDon Corporation (Mississauga ON)
Export Development Canada (Ottawa ON)
Fidelity Canada (Toronto ON)
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited (Oakville ON)
General Electric Canada / GE (Mississauga ON)
Hatch Ltd. (Mississauga ON)
Hospital for Sick Children, The (Toronto ON)
IMAX Corporation (Mississauga ON)
Intact Financial Corporation (Toronto ON)
KPMG LLP (Toronto ON)
Labatt Breweries of Canada (Toronto ON)
Loblaw Companies Limited (Brampton ON)
Mars Incorporated (Bolton ON)
McCarthy Tétrault LLP (Toronto & Montréal)
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Toronto ON)
Ontario Public Service / OPS (Toronto ON)
OpenText Corporation (Waterloo ON)
PepsiCo Canada (Mississauga ON)
Procter & Gamble Inc. (Toronto ON)
RBC (Toronto ON)
Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto ON)
Salesforce Canada Corporation (Toronto ON)
Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. (Mississauga ON)
SAP Canada Inc. (North York ON)
Siemens Canada Limited (Oakville ON)
Stryker Canada Inc. (Hamilton ON)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto ON)
TD Bank Group (Toronto ON)
Toronto International Film Festival Inc. / TIFF (Toronto ON)
Toronto, City of (Toronto ON)
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC (Cambridge ON)
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Ottawa ON)
Ubisoft Toronto Inc. (Toronto ON)
Union Gas Limited (Chatham ON)
University of Toronto (Toronto ON)
University of Waterloo (Waterloo ON)
World Vision Canada (Mississauga ON)

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