The 100 best places to work in Canada

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 Google
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