About the Competition



Employees from TD Bank Group sharing a lighter moment outside the bank's iconic head office in downtown Toronto

Background

Now celebrating its 20th year, the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project is a national competition to determine which employers lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees. Our 2020 winners were announced on November 22, 2019 in a special magazine published in The Globe and Mail. More background on this year's announcement is available in the press release (issued in English and French) on November 22, 2019.



Employees at the Burnaby, B.C. head office of Best Buy Canada Ltd.

Selection Process

Employers are evaluated by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers using eight criteria, which have remained consistent since the project’s inception: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. Employers are compared to other organizations in their field to determine which offers the most progressive and forward-thinking programs.

Editorial Partner

Each fall, the winners are announced in a special feature published in The Globe and Mail. For our detailed Reasons for Selection, please review the full list of winners below. Publishing detailed Reasons for Selection is a distinguishing feature of our competition: it provides transparency in the selection of winners and “raises the bar” so that other employers can discover and adopt initiatives that work well elsewhere.



Taking a moment to brainstorm in beautiful surroundings at the recently built Shopify office in downtown Toronto

Eligibility Requirements

Any employer with its head office or principal place of business in Canada may apply for our national competition. Employers of any size may apply, whether private or public sector.

2021 Competition

Applications for our 2021 competition will be available early in 2020. Our 2021 winners will be announced in The Globe and Mail in the fall of 2020. Join our mailing list to stay up to date and receive an application for next year's competition:

Editorial Conference

To learn more about the competition, we invite you to join us at the Top Employer Summit, our annual editorial conference on the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project. This event lets you discover the latest best practices from winners, meet competition organizers and editors, and hear inspiring stories from world-class speakers – all presented in a commercial-free format. The conference is Canada’s largest annual event for senior-level HR professionals. This year’s conference takes place on Nov. 25-26, 2019 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto and includes a special performance by Coeur de Pirate, one of the best-known musicians in the French-speaking world.