About the Competition
Background
Now in its 17th year, Canada's Top Family-Friendly Employers is one of the longest-running competitions within the Canada's Top 100 Employers project. This special designation recognizes the employers that do the most to help their employees balance work and family obligations. The employers on this list are the leaders in helping employees balance their work and family commitments. Our 2018 winners were announced on March 21, 2018. Read the press release issued the same day announcing this year's winners.
Government of Yukon helps employees balance family personal commitments with alternative working arrangements including flexible hours, shortened and compressed work weeks -- and up to 6 paid personal days off annually
Selection Process
The editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers evaluate each employer in terms of the programs and initiatives they have to help employees balance work and family commitments. The competition looks at a wide range of HR practices, including: maternity and parental leave; daycare assistance; paid personal- and earned-days-off (EDO) programs; flexible work arrangements; compassionate leave and elder care assistance; adoption assistance; reproductive assistance, including fertility drugs and IVF; and even academic bursaries for employees' children. In addition, our editors look at other programs each employer may have to address specific work-life balance issues unique to their industry.
Shaw Communications supports its new moms and dads (including adoptive parents) with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 70% of salary for 20 weeks) -- and provides alternative work options to help employees balance family commitments
Eligibility Requirements
Any employer with its head office or principal place of business in Canada may apply for this competition. Employers of any size may apply, whether private or public sector. The Canada's Top Family-Friendly Employers winners are a sub-set of our annual Canada's Top 100 Employers list.
TMMC leads its industry in family-friendly benefits, providing maternity and parental leave for new moms (to 65% of salary for 52 weeks) and parental leave for new dads and adoptive parents (to 65% of salary for 35 weeks)
2019 Competition
Applications for our 2019 competition will be available early in 2018. Our 2019 winners will be announced early in 2019. Join our mailing list to stay up to date and receive an application for next year's competition:
Editorial Conference
To learn more about the competition, we invite you to join us at the Top Employer Summit, our annual editorial conference on the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project. This event lets you discover the latest best practices from winners, meet competition organizers and editors, and hear inspiring stories from world-class speakers – all presented in a commercial-free format. The conference is Canada’s largest annual event for senior-level HR professionals.
2018 Winners
- Bank of Canada
- BASF Canada Inc.
- BC Public Service
- Canadian Heritage
- Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto
- Desjardins Group / Mouvement des caisses Desjardins
- ESIT Advanced Solutions Inc.
- Fidelity Canada
- Hospital for Sick Children, The
- ISM Canada
- KPMG LLP
- National Energy Board
- Shaw Communications Inc.
- Simon Fraser University
- Stryker Canada Inc.
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC
- University of Toronto
- Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
- Verafin Inc.
- Yukon, Government of
Vancity supports employees with young families through generous maternity and parental leave top-up for mothers (to 85% of salary for 52 weeks) as well as parental top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 85% of salary for 35 weeks)