Recruitment agencies in Toronto like IQ PARTNERS work with the top companies across all industries. The best employers in the country change over time.
Each year, Forbes releases its list of Canada’s Best Employers. It is a great list for job candidates to identify great employers and see if their current employer made the cut. It’s also a good list for employers to compare themselves to industry competitors. Whether you’re a job candidate or employer, it’s good to see where you stand. Is your company on the list? Let’s find out:
Canada’s Best Employers: The Top 25 in 2025
The top employers in Canada come from a variety of different industries, such as technology, government services, insurance, banking, education, utilities and retail. Here’s the top 25:
- Microsoft
- Concordia University
- Hydro-Quebec
- The Hershey Company
- McMillan
- Bank of Canada
- Adidas
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Pratt & Whitney Canada
- WSIB
- Parks Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Desjardins
- Lululemon Athletica
- Universite Laval
- Ontario Power Generation
- BC Hydro
- Manitoba Hydro
- Shopify
- WorkSafeBC
- IRCC
- Acuren
- OpenText
- Home Hardware
See the full list of employers. You can search by company name and industry.
Canada’s Best Employers: The Honor Roll
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this list, Forbes is highlighting the 30 companies that have consistently ranked every year. Here’s the list of employers (alphabetically):
- Accenture
- Apple
- Bank of Canada
- BC Hydro
- Cisco Systems
- Coke Canada
- The Co-operators
- Costco
- Desjardins
- Ericsson
- Google Canada
- Honda Canada
- Home Hardware
- Hydro One
- Hydro-Québec
- IBM
- Intact Financial Corporation
- Marriott Hotels
- McMaster University
- Microsoft
- National Bank of Canada
- Oracle
- PCL Construction
- Pratt & Whitney Canada
- SickKids
- Sun Life Financial
- TD Bank Group
- Toyota
- Université de Sherbrooke
- University of Guelph
If you are looking for a job or want to compare your company against the best employers in the country, this is a good list to start with.
How Rankings Are Determined
To determine the list of best employers in Canada, Forbes surveyed over 40,000 employees across Canada working for companies and institutions with at least 500 employees. Participants were asked whether they would recommend their current employer to others and to rate their workplace based on various factors, including salary, work flexibility, training programs, and career advancement opportunities.
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