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The Criteria

What makes an employer family friendly?

• On-site daycare
• Maternity leave top-up
• Flexible work options, including telecommuting and job-sharing
• Extended vacation allowance
• Extra personal days off
• Unpaid leaves of absence
• Adoption assistance and other personal benefits
Source: Canada’s Top 100 Employers questionnaire (2004)

Employer Number of full-time canadian employees The Banff Centre One of Canada’s most unique post-secondary educational and cultural institutions. Banff, Alta. banffcentre.ca 488 Bank of Montreal Canada’s oldest bank. Toronto, Ont. bmo.com 25,500 Co-operative Trust Company of Canada Provides financial products and services to credit unions across the country. Saskatoon, Sask. co-operativetrust.ca 201 Co-operators Life Insurance Company Provides individual and group life insurance and retirement products. Regina, Sask. cooperators.ca 534 Ecotrust Canada A non-profit organization that supports the development of a sustainable economy in the coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC ecotrustcan.org 19 IBM Canada Ltd. One of Canada’s largest providers of information technology products and services. Markham, Ont. ibm.com/ca 19,373 IKEA Canada Part of the Sweden-based IKEA Group, which is one of the world’s largest home furnishings retailers. Burlington, Ont. ikea.ca 1,469 Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc. Provides insurance and other financial services to customers across Canada and around the world. Toronto, Ont. sunlife.com 8,053

Employer Number of full-time canadian employees KPMG LLP An accounting and professional services firm, providing auditing, tax and financial advisory services to businesses across Canada. Toronto, Ont. kpmg.ca 4,100 Merck Frosst A research-based pharmaceutical company. Pointe-Claire, Que. merckfrosst.com 1,902 City of Mississauga Provides municipal government services to residents and businesses in Canada’s sixth-largest city. Mississauga, Ont. mississauga.ca 3,581 Procter & Gamble Inc. Develops and markets a broad range of consumer products worldwide. Toronto, Ont. pg.com/canada 1,999 South-East Regional Health Authority Provides health-care services to residents of southeastern New Brunswick. Moncton, NB sehcc.org 1,495 Suncor Energy Inc. A Canadian-based integrated energy company. Calgary, Alta. suncor.com 3,462 University Health Network Canada’s largest academic health sciences centre, operating three major hospitals in downtown Toronto. Toronto, Ont. uhn.ca 6,666

Originally published in Today's Parent, December 2003