Forbes Canada’s Best Employers 2019 list includes five Montreal area companies in the top ten.
Forbes partnered with market research company Statista, surveyed 8,000 employees at 1500 companies with at least 500 employees. The 300 employers with the highest employees satisfaction made the list of Canada’s Best Employers for 2019.
Google again tops the list with the most employee recommendations followed by the University of Toronto. Pratt & Whitney from Longueuil ranked 4th and is Quebec’s best employer with Hydro-Quebec in 6th place as Montreal’s best employer.
This years list of 300 employers includes 64 Quebec companies, with five in the top ten.
1 Google IT, Internet, Software & Services, Toronto, Ontario 85,050 Employees
2 University of Toronto Education, Toronto, Ontario 21,556 Employees
3 Avis Budget Group Travel & Leisure, Toronto, Ontario 31,000 Employees
4 Pratt & Whitney Aerospace & Defense, Longueuil, Quebec 6,000 Employees
5 Saint Mary’s University Education, Halifax, Nova Scotia 950 Employees
6 Hydro-Québec Utilities, Montreal, Quebec 19,786 Employees
7 Ubisoft Media & Advertising, Montreal, Quebec 4,043 Employees
8 Concordia University Education, Montreal, Quebec 6,450 Employees
9 MicrosoftIT, Internet, Software & Services, Mississauga, Ontario 2,000 Employees
10 RTL Longueuil Transportation and Logistics, Longueuil, Quebec
The Quebec employers in the top one hundred
14 Université de Sherbrooke Education, Sherbrooke, Quebec 7,010 Employees
15 Michelin North America (Canada) Automotive, Laval, Quebec 3,735 Employees
23 Université Laval Education, Quebec, Quebec 9,335 Employees
24 ABB Semiconductors, Electronics, Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment , Saint Laurent, Quebec 5,000 Employees
27 Ville de Lévis Government Services, Lévis, Quebec
38 IRIS The Visual Group Retail and Wholesale, Laval, Quebec Employees
43 Société de transport de Montréal Transportation and Logistics Montreal, Quebec 9,754 Employees
51 Air Transat Transportation and Logistics , Montreal, Quebec 3,000 Employees
52 ACCEO Solutions IT, Internet, Software & Services, Montreal, Quebec 1,000 Employees
56 Keurig Canada Inc. Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco , Montreal, Quebec 1,398 Employees
57 Parks Canada Government Services, Gatineau, Quebec 4,000 Employees
62 Industrial Alliance Insurance Insurance, Quebec, Quebec 6,500 Employees
67 Université de Montréal Education, Montreal, Quebec 7,000 Employees
69 CHU Sainte-Justine Healthcare & Social, Montreal, Quebec 5,457 Employees
71 Cirque du Soleil Travel & Leisure, Montreal, Quebec 4,000 Employees
76 Jean Coutu Group Retail and Wholesale, Varennes, Quebec 20,000 Employees
78 Société de Transport de Laval Transportation and Logistics , Laval, Quebec 895 Employees
85 City of Gatineau Government Services, Gatineau, Quebec 3,500 Employees
89 Pfizer Drugs & Biotechnology , Kirkland, Quebec 800 Employees