Canada is known for many great things, including its diversity. Every year the Canada’s Best Diversity Employers competition recognizes the country’s leaders in creating inclusive workplaces.
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The competition recognizes inclusivity for employees from five diverse groups: women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peoples, according to a release.
“Diversity within an organization doesn’t just happen on its own. Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2019 understand that it takes more than good intentions to achieve a truly diversified workforce. It starts from the top down with formulating a strategic plan for diversity that puts lofty words into meaningful action,” said Canada’s Best Employers, in a statement.
Some outstanding examples this year include Manulife. The company recently embedded diversity and inclusion accountability into performance goals for its leadership personnel. Another example is Amex Canada, which launched a strategy to support the development and advancement of female employees. Currently, women represent 57 per cent of its senior leadership and 52 per cent of its board of directors.
Check out the full list of this year’s winners below.
Canada’s Best Diversity Employers – 2019 Winners
- Accenture Inc. (Toronto ON)
- Access Communications Co-operative Ltd. (Regina SK)
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Ottawa ON)
- Air Canada (Saint-Laurent QC)
- Alberta Health Services / AHS (Edmonton Alberta)
- Amex Bank of Canada (Toronto ON)
- BC Public Service (Victoria BC)
- BDC / Business Development Bank of Canada (Montréal QC)
- Bell Canada (Montréal QC)
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Toronto ON)
- Boeing Canada Operations Ltd. (Winnipeg MB)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Vancouver BC)
- CAMH / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto ON)
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / CMHC (Montréal QC)
- Canadian National Railway / CN (Montréal QC)
- Capgemini Canada Inc. (Toronto ON)
- Capital One Bank (Canada Branch) (North York ON)
- Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (Toronto ON)
- CIBC (Toronto ON)
- Corus Entertainment Inc. (Toronto ON)
- Dentons Canada LLP (Vancouver BC)
- Edmonton, City of (Edmonton AB)
- Employment and Social Development Canada (Gatineau QC)
- Export Development Canada (Ottawa ON)
- Health Canada / Santé Canada (Ottawa ON)
- Home Depot of Canada Inc. (Toronto ON)
- HP Canada Co. (Mississauga ON)
- HSBC Bank Canada (Vancouver, BC)
- Hydro Ottawa (Ottawa ON)
- IBM Canada Ltd. (Markham ON)
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Ottawa ON)
- Jazz Aviation LP (Dartmouth NS)
- KPMG LLP (Toronto ON)
- Lafarge Canada Inc. (Calgary AB)
- Loblaw Companies Limited (Brampton ON)
- Manitoba Hydro (Winnipeg MN)
- Manitoba, Government of (Winnipeg MN)
- Manulife (Toronto ON)
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP (Toronto ON)
- McMaster University (Hamilton ON)
- National Bank of Canada (Montréal QC)
- Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Montréal QC)
- Nova Scotia Government (Halifax NS)
- Ontario Public Service / OPS (Toronto ON)
- Ottawa, City of (Ottawa, ON)
- PepsiCo Canada (Mississauga, Ontario)
- Procter & Gamble Inc. (Toronto ON)
- Public Services and Procurement Canada (Gatineau QC)
- Red River College (Winnipeg MB)
- Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto ON)
- Royal Bank of Canada (Toronto ON)
- Ryerson University (Toronto ON)
- Saskatoon, City of (Saskatoon SA)
- SaskPower (Regina SK)
- SaskTel (Regina SK)
- Sinai Health System (Toronto ON)
- Sodexo Canada Ltd. (Burlington ON)
- Surrey, City of (Surrey BC)
- TD Bank Group (Toronto ON)
- Toronto Transit Commission / TTC (Toronto ON)
- Toronto, City of (Toronto ON)
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC (Cambridge ON)
- UBC / University of British Columbia (Vancouver BC)
- Unilever Canada Inc. (Toronto ON)
- University of Calgary (Calgary AB)
- University of Manitoba (Winnipeg MB)
- University of Toronto (Toronto ON)
- University of Victoria (Victoria BC)
- University of Waterloo (Waterloo ON)
- Vancouver Airport Authority (Richmond BC)
- Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancouver BC)
- Vancouver, City of (Vancouver BC)
- William Osler Health System (Brampton ON)
- YMCA of Greater Toronto (Toronto ON)
- York, Regional Municipality of (Newmarket ON)