Cisco Canada, EllisDon, PCL Constructors, CIMA+ and McDonald's top 5 of 50
Cisco Canada, EllisDon, PCL Constructors, CIMA+ and McDonald’s have topped the 2011 Best Employers in Canada list. Fifty employers made the annual ranking, compiled by Aon Hewitt in conjunction with the Queen’s University School of Business in Kingston, Ont.
Employee engagement was top of mind for many employers recovering from the economic downturn, judging by the applicants and winners, and close to 20 organizations made the list for the first time.
“Some of these employers have participated in prior years and have been on the journey to high employee engagement,” said Neil Crawford, Aon Hewitt’s national Best Employers studies leader in Toronto. “By using the study results to pinpoint exactly where they needed to make changes to their human resources policies, programs and practices, these organizations have been able to boost their employees’ engagement. They’re now enjoying the benefits of high engagement, including lower turnover, less absenteeism, greater employee productivity and higher customer satisfaction.”
Two hundred and fifty-one Canadian employers took part in the 2011 Best Employers studies, said Aon Hewitt. Organizations are selected as best employers based primarily on responses to engagement surveys of more than 134,000 Canadian employees at these organizations. The average engagement score was 80 per cent.
“These employers didn’t waiver in their commitment to sustaining and improving high employee engagement, even during tough economic times,” said Crawford. “They weathered the recession thanks in large part to a highly productive workforce focused on organizational success. The fact that these employers appear again on the 2011 lists indicates that their employees are still very committed to the organization, despite having more options available to them in a post-recession economy.”
The 2011 list of the Best Employers in Canada
|
Rank |
Organization |
Headquarters |
Industry |
|
1 |
Cisco Canada |
Toronto |
Communications Equipment |
|
2 |
EllisDon |
London, Ont. |
Construction & Engineering |
|
3 |
PCL Constructors |
Edmonton |
Construction & Engineering |
|
4 |
CIMA+ |
Laval, Que. |
Construction & Engineering |
|
5 |
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada |
Toronto |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
6 |
OpenRoad Auto Group |
Richmond, B.C. |
Specialty Retail |
|
7 |
Marriott Hotels of Canada |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
8 |
Bennett Jones |
Calgary |
Professional Services |
|
9 |
Wellington West Holdings |
Winnipeg |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
10 |
Farm Credit Canada |
Regina |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
11 |
Chubb Insurance Company of Canada |
Toronto |
Insurance |
|
12 |
Edward Jones |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
13 |
OMERS Administration Corporation |
Toronto |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
14 |
Delta Hotels & Resorts |
Toronto |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
15 |
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. (Canada) |
Toronto |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
16 |
Graham Group |
Calgary |
Construction & Engineering |
|
17 |
Stikeman Elliott |
N/A |
Professional Services |
|
18 |
BBA |
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que. |
Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
19 |
The Co-operators |
Guelph, Ont. |
Insurance |
|
20 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Pharmaceuticals |
|
21 |
Flight Centre |
Vancouver |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
22 |
LoyaltyOne |
Toronto |
Diversified Consumer Services |
|
23 |
Scotiabank Group |
Toronto |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
24 |
Federal Express Canada |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Air Freight & Logistics |
|
25 |
Aecon Group Inc. |
Toronto |
Construction & Engineering |
|
26 |
TD Bank Financial Group |
Toronto |
Commercial Banks |
|
27 |
Canadian Western Bank |
Edmonton |
Commercial Banks |
|
28 |
Co-operators Life Insurance Company |
Regina |
Insurance |
|
29 |
Amex Canada Inc./Amex Bank of Canada |
Markham |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
30 |
Earl's Restaurants |
North Vancouver, B.C. |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
31 |
Meyers Norris Penny |
Calgary |
Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
32 |
Dillon Consulting |
Toronto |
Professional Services |
|
33 |
ATB Financial |
Edmonton |
Commercial Banks |
|
34 |
Island Savings Credit Union |
Duncan, B.C. |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
35 |
Clark Builders |
Edmonton |
Construction & Engineering |
|
36 |
Gowling Lafleur Henderson |
Toronto |
Professional Services |
|
37 |
G&K Services Canada |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
38 |
Conexus |
Regina |
Diversified Financial Services |
|
39 |
ING DIRECT |
Toronto |
Commercial Banks |
|
40 |
Ivanhoe Cambridge |
Montreal |
Real Estate Management & Development |
|
41 |
Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics |
Vancouver |
Personal Products |
|
42 |
Novotel Canada |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
43 |
Keg Restaurants |
Richmond, B.C. |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
44 |
BC Biomedical Laboratories |
Surrey, B.C. |
Health Care Providers & Services |
|
45 |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada |
Dorval, Que. |
Pharmaceuticals |
|
46 |
Bentall |
Toronto |
Real Estate Management & Development |
|
47 |
HATCH |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Construction & Engineering |
|
48 |
National Bank Financial Group |
Montreal |
Commercial Banks |
|
49 |
Coastal Community Credit Union |
Nanaimo, B.C. |
Commercial Banks |
|
50 |
Cintas Canada |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Commercial Services & Supplies |
