CIBC, Loblaw and Shaw Communications among top diversity employers

More than 3,500 applicants to annual competition

CIBC, Loblaw and Shaw Communications are among the 55 employers recognized as Canada's Best Diversity Employers, according to Mediacorp Canada.

The annual competition recognizes employers that have exceptional workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs, looking at a range of diversity initiatives, including programs for five major employee groups: women, visible minorities, people with disabilities, Aboriginal Peoples and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered/transsexual (LGBT) peoples.

More than 3,500 employers across Canada started the application process for this year's competition, which was reduced to a short-listed group of employers with noteworthy and unique diversity initiatives. Each short-listed candidate's programs were reviewed to determine how they compared to those of other employers in the same field.

Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2014

Accenture
Agrium
BC Hydro
BDC / Business Development Bank of Canada
Boeing Canada Operations
British Columbia Institute of Technology/BCIT
Cameco
CAMH / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation/CMHC
Cargill
CIBC
Corus Entertainment
Dalhousie University
Dentons Canada
Edmonton, City of
Enbridge
ENMAX
Ernst & Young
Health Canada/Santé Canada
Home Depot of Canada
Jazz Aviation
KPMG
Loblaw Companies
Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba, Government of
McCarthy Tétrault
Mount Sinai Hospital
National Bank Financial Group
Newalta
Northwest Territories, Government of the
Ontario Public Service/OPS
Ottawa, City of
Procter & Gamble
PWC/PricewaterhouseCoopers
RBC
Rogers Communications
Saskatchewan Government Insurance/SGI
Saskatoon, City of
SaskPower
SaskTel
Shaw Communications
Shell Canada
Sodexo Canada
StandardAero
Stikeman Elliott
Surrey, City of
TD Bank Group
TELUS
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Vancouver Island Health Authority/VIHA
William Osler Health System
WorleyParsons Canada Services
Xerox Canada
YMCA of Greater Toronto

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