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Canada's best employers in 2025 were ranked and here are the top companies to work for

Where do well-known companies like Google, Microsoft, Costco, WestJet, Amazon, and more rank? 👀

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A new ranking of the best employers in Canada for 2025 is out now.

It revealed which companies are the top spots to work at this year — and even which companies have been the best for the last 10 years!

The 2025 Canada's Best Employers ranking put out by Forbes includes companies in tech, education, power, food, finance, and more.

Over 40,000 Canada-based employees working for companies that employ at least 500 people in Canada were surveyed.

Respondents were asked a bunch of questions, like how they rate their employer when it comes to salary, work flexibility, training programs and advancement opportunities.

For 2025, there are 300 companies ranked as the top places to work in this country.

These are the best companies in Canada according to the new Forbes ranking:

  1. Google
  2. Microsoft
  3. Concordia University
  4. Hydro-Quebec
  5. The Hershey Company
  6. McMillan
  7. Bank of Canada
  8. Adidas
  9. Canadian Institue for Health Information
  10. Pratt & Whitney Canada

Then, the rest of the top 20 companies are WSIB, Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Desjardins, Lululemon, Université Laval, Ontario Power Generation, BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro and Shopify.

Here's how more well-known companies in Canada ranked:

  • Apple — 28th
  • Tesla — 39th
  • The Keg Steakhouse + Bar — 59th
  • Costco — 65th
  • Greater Toronto Airports Authority — 107th
  • VIA Rail — 120th
  • Canada Revenue Agency — 128th
  • Arby's — 192nd
  • WestJet — 224th
  • Cineplex — 238th
  • Amazon — 258th
  • Sephora — 267th

Since it's the 10th anniversary of this ranking, Forbes has revealed companies that have made the cut every year.

The companies on the Canada's Best Employers Honour Roll are:

  • 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-Quebec
  • 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

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      Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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