Some of Ottawa’s Top Employers: StatCan, Shopify, NAV Canada

According to the annual competition run by Mediacorp Canada, the top employers of the National Capital Region include Statistics Canada, Shopify and NAV Canada.

The competition’s criteria involve the following:

  • physical workplace,
  • employee engagement and performance,
  • work atmosphere and communications,
  • health and family-friendly benefits,
  • financial benefits and compensation,
  • community involvement,
  • vacation and personal time off, and
  • training and skills development.

Anthony Meehan, publisher of Mediacorp, stated that the increase of diversity in the workforce is has less coverage by media. He added that the Ottawa region has been successful in giving opportunities to skilled new Canadians and more than 25 percent of its residents are immigrants that can contribute to the economy expansion for the succeeding years.

Winning Programs

StatCan has been supporting the employees’ well-being through various awareness and wellness events. The company also place importance of working on the potential and development of young minds and talents towards professional excellence and community leadership.

Shopify provides their employees $5,000 worth of gifts and compensations. Their head office has a leisure and entertainment section where they can relieve their stress through various activities. Foods are freely offered to the employees, everyday. The company announced the opening of a Vancouver office that can accommodate 1,000 new employees.

NAV Canada focuses on the necessary benefits that every employee can securely plan. The company also recognizes the exceptional performers and achievers and rewards them with 3-day trips to Ottawa including VIPP treatment.

MediaCorp also announced the Canada’s overall top employers, as well as for Atlantic Canada, Hamilton-Niagara, Toronto, and for workers who are young and old. Forbes also announced their lists earlier this week.

National Capital Region’s Top Employers:

  • Adobe Systems Canada
  • Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology
  • Alterna Savings and Credit Union
  • Babcock Canada
  • Bank of Canada
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation / CFI
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • Canada Revenue Agency / CRA
  • Canadian Heritage
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information / CIHI
  • Canadian Internet Registration Authority / CIRA
  • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  • Carleton University
  • Casino du Lac-Leamy
  • CBC / Radio-Canada
  • Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario / CHEO
  • Communications Security Establishment / CSE
  • Department of Finance Canada
  • Department of National Defence / DND
  • Egg Farmers of Canada|
  • Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Engineers Canada
  • Export Development Canada
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard
  • Gatineau, Ville de
  • Health Canada / Santé Canada|
  • House of Commons Administration
  • Hydro Ottawa
  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada / IRCC
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
  • Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards
  • La Cité
  • Lumentum
  • MD Financial Management
  • Medical Council of Canada
  • Modern Niagara Group
  • Montfort Hospital / Hôpital Montfort
  • National Capital Commission
  • NAV CANADA
  • Nutrition International
  • Office of the Auditor General of Canada
  • Ottawa, City of
  • Ottawa Community Housing Corporation
  • Ottawa Hospital, The
  • Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall
  • Royal, The
  • Shopify
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Statistics Canada
  • SurveyMonkey Canada
  • Tomlinson Group of Companies
  • Trend Micro Canada Technologies
  • Universities Canada
  • University of Ottawa

World University Service of Canada / WUSC

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