Canada's Top 100 Employers

A yearly competition naming Canada's standout employers

Canada's Top 100 Employers is an editorial competition that recognizes employers leading their industries in offering exceptional places to work. It has been published since 2000, and the current site marks its twenty-sixth year, with the 2026 winners published in November 2025. Mediacorp Canada Inc is the organizer.

How employers are judged

The project's editors evaluate employers against eight criteria, which they say have stayed the same since the project began:

• Workplace
• Work atmosphere and social life
• Health, financial and family benefits
• Vacation and time off
• Employee communications
• Performance management
• Training and skills development
• Community involvement

Each employer is compared with others in its own field, so the winners are the organizations that offer the most progressive and forward-thinking programs for their industry.

Published reasons for selection

Every year the editors release detailed reasons for selection explaining why each winner was chosen. The project describes this as a distinguishing feature: it makes the selection transparent and raises the bar, because other employers and job seekers can see which initiatives work well elsewhere.

Who can apply

Any employer, private or public sector and of any size, whose head office or main place of business is in Canada can apply. Applications open early in the year before the winners are announced, and a mailing list sends out the application form. The 2026 edition was published on 18 November 2025 with a press release in English and French, and the editors say the criteria stay constant from year to year so that results can be compared across editions.

Publication

Winners appear each autumn in a special magazine distributed nationally with a leading Canadian newspaper, which sponsors the competition as its media partner. The magazine also carries articles on workplace trends. One edition looked at how winners responded to the return to the office after the pandemic, with options such as remote, in-office and hybrid work, individual plans built from employee feedback, and added mental health services.

Canada's Top 100 Employers is a yearly editorial competition, published since 2000, that picks out Canadian organisations offering standout workplaces. The project is run by Mediacorp Canada Inc, and each year's winners appear in a special magazine distributed nationally with The Globe and Mail.

Services

• National competition: an annual selection of employers, open to private and public sector organisations of any size.
• Published reasons for selection: detailed write-ups explaining why each winner was chosen, so other employers can learn from them.
• Eight judging criteria: workplace, atmosphere, benefits, time off, communications, performance management, training and community involvement.
• Peer comparison: each employer is judged against others in its own field.

Clients

Any employer with its head office or main place of business in Canada may apply; readers and jobseekers use the results to compare employers.

Key facts

• Running since: 2000
• Organiser: Mediacorp Canada Inc
• Media partner: The Globe and Mail
• Latest edition: 2026 winners announced in November 2025