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2004 Workplace Winners

Kira Vermond


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Page 4: The top 15 employers
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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



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