The winners of BC’s annual competition that seeks out the province’s best employers have been announced, and 10 of them are based right here in Victoria!
This is the 14th year that the contest has been held by editors of ‘Canada’s Top 100 Employers’, and employers are evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Physical workplace
- Work and social atmosphere
- Health, financial and family benefits
- Vacation and time off
- Employee communications
- Performance management
- Training and skills development
- Community involvement
According to a press release, BC has one of the strongest job markets in the country, with an unemployment rate of 4.4%.
“Many of the nation’s best employers are found in British Columbia,” says Richard Yerema, Managing Editor of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.
“This year’s list of winners reflects the province’s highly diversified economy and is the product of decades of public investment in education and creating highly livable and desirable urban centres. Employers in British Columbia compete on an international stage for the best and brightest talent from around the world.”
So without further ado, here are the 10 Victoria-based employers that made it to the list:
- AbeBooks Inc.
- BC Assessment
- BC Public Service
- British Columbia Automobile Association / BCAA
- British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. / BC Ferries
- Capital Regional District / CRD
- Great Little Box Company, The
- Hemmera, an Ausenco Company
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Raymond James Ltd.
The full list comprises of 85 employers across BC, most of which are located in the lower mainland area.
Here are BC’s top 85 employers in 2019:
- AbeBooks Inc.
- Absolute Software Corporation
- ACL Services Ltd.
- Arrow Transportation Systems Inc.
- BA Blacktop Ltd.
- BC Assessment
- BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
- BC Housing Management Commission
- BC Hydro
- BC Public Service
- Best Buy Canada Ltd.
- British Columbia Automobile Association / BCAA
- British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. / BC Ferries
- British Columbia Institute of Technology / BCIT
- British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch
- British Columbia Lottery Corporation / BCLC
- Cactus Restaurants Ltd.
- Canfor Corporation
- Canucks Sports & Entertainment
- Capilano University
- Capital Regional District / CRD
- Clearly
- Clio
- Cloverdale Paint Inc.
- Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, The
- Coquitlam, City of
- Delta Police Department
- Dentons Canada LLP
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
- Doctors of BC
- Douglas College
- DP World (Canada) Inc.
- Family Insurance Solutions Inc.
- Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
- FinancialCAD Corporation / FINCAD
- Fortinet Technologies (Canada) ULC
- Fraser Health Authority
- Great Little Box Company, The
- Hemmera, an Ausenco Company
- HSBC Bank Canada
- Industry Training Authority / ITA
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia / ICBC
- Interfor Corporation
- iQmetrix
- JOEY Restaurant Group
- Knight Piésold Ltd.
- Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia, The / LTSA
- Left
- Mitacs
- Mott MacDonald
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- MTU Maintenance Canada Ltd.
- Nature’s Path Foods, Inc.
- Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.
- Nintendo of Canada Ltd.
- North Vancouver, Corporation of the District of
- Northern Health
- Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Oppenheimer Group
- Peterson
- PNI Digital Media Inc.
- QHR Technologies Inc.
- R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd.
- Raymond James Ltd.
- Rocky Mountaineer
- SAP Canada Inc.
- Simon Fraser University
- Sophos Inc.
- SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.
- St. George’s School
- Surrey School District No. 36
- Teck Resources Limited
- ToursByLocals
- TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)
- Tybo Contracting Ltd.
- UBC / University of British Columbia
- University of the Fraser Valley / UFV
- Vancouver Airport Authority
- Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
- Vancouver, City of
- Wesgroup Equipment LP
- West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
- Whistler Blackcomb
- WorkSafeBC
