Every workplace has been directly impacted by COVID-19 this year. However, it’s Canada’s top employers that have distinguished themselves by innovating quickly to support employees and their communities.

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This is a clear trend that’s apparent in this year’s list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2021, which was announced this morning by Mediacorp Canada Inc.

“The very best employers have always been innovators,” said Richard Yerema, managing editor of Canada’s Top 100 Employers project at Mediacorp.  “They are better prepared to move quickly in response to a rapid challenge like the pandemic.”

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Across this year’s list of winners, there’s a strong theme of supporting employees through the pandemic and extending that support to the communities they all call home — employees at this year’s winning companies volunteered over 570,000 hours at charitable organizations across Canada last year.

From assisting employees in setting up home offices to providing them with paid time off to volunteer in the community, this year’s winners have raised the bar in what it means to be a top employer. Many of the winners also paid increased attention to their employees’ health while working offsite, including increased subsidies for wellness and mental health.

Now in its 21st annual edition, Canada’s Top 100 Employers is an editorial competition that recognizes employers with exceptional human resources programs and forward-thinking workplace policies.

Employers are graded on eight criteria and then compared to other similar organizations in their field to determine which is performing the best. The criterium includes:

Physical WorkplaceWork Atmosphere & SocialHealth, Financial & Family BenefitsVacation & Time OffEmployee CommunicationsPerformance ManagementTraining & Skills DevelopmentCommunity Involvement

One of this year’s winners is the Canadian Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s housing authority.

“We’re proud to provide our team with the tools and autonomy to work when and where they’re most productive so that they can help make sure everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needs,” the CMHC said.

Following the announcement, the federal housing agency said it’s proud of its move to a “Results-Only Work Environment, flexible health benefits, and defined benefit pension plan.”

“For many employees, CMHC has always been — and always will be — a special place to work. This is due, in large part, to the satisfaction of knowing our work benefits so many Canadians,” said the agency.

We’ve been named one of @top_employers #TopEmployers2021! We’re proud to provide our team with the tools and autonomy to work when and where they’re most productive so that they can help make sure everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needs. pic.twitter.com/0nJr338S1A

— CMHC (@CMHC_ca) November 13, 2020

According to the report, the CMHC was selected this year for the following reasons:

CMHC’s wellness and mental health initiative includes a range of education, awareness, training and communications activities to help improve the mental health of employees as well as their colleagues, friends and families — the organization also maintains a dedicated committee to help support related initiatives, as well as a wellness and mental health champion;Representation of CMHC’s workforce that identify as people living with disabilities has doubled in the past year, demonstrating the organization’s success in raising awareness and destigmatizing mental health and other invisible disabilities;CMHC formed a reconciliation committee to promote learning about Indigenous histories and peoples, and also introduced a new Indigenous youth internship program to strengthen representation, recruitment, development and work experience of Indigenous youth

The full list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2021 can be found below:

3M Canada Company

ABB Inc.

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. / APTN

Accenture Inc.

Adobe Systems Canada Inc.

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation / AFSC

Alberta Health Services / AHS

ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P.

Bank of Canada

BASF Canada Inc.

BC Public Service

Bell Canada

Best Buy Canada Ltd.

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation / BCI

Business Development Bank of Canada

Canada Energy Regulator

Canada Life Assurance Company, The

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / CMHC

Canada Revenue Agency / CRA

Canadian National Railway

Capital One Canada

Cargill Limited

Cascades ULC

CBC / Radio-Canada

CIBC

Cisco Systems Canada Co.

Citi Canada

College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

CWB National Leasing Inc.

Danone Canada

Desjardins Group / Mouvement Desjardins

Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.

Digital Extremes Ltd.

Emera Inc.

Employment and Social Development Canada

Enbridge Inc.

ESIT Advanced Solutions Inc.

Export Development Canada

Fidelity Canada

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited

FreshBooks

Galvanize

GlaxoSmithKline Inc. / GSK

Greater Vancouver Food Bank

Hatch Ltd.

Health Canada / Santé Canada

Hospital for Sick Children, The

House of Commons Administration

Imperial Oil Limited

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Irving Oil

Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.

Kellogg Canada Inc.

Keurig Canada Inc.

KPMG LLP

K+S Potash Canada GP

Labatt Brewing Company Limited

Laurentide Controls Ltd.

Loblaw Companies Limited

L’Oréal Canada Inc.

Mars Inc.

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Medtronic Canada ULC

Mondelēz International

Mott MacDonald Canada Limited

Novo Nordisk Canada Inc.

Nutrien Inc.

Oppenheimer Group

PCL Construction

Pembina Pipeline Corporation

PepsiCo Canada

Pomerleau Inc.

Procter & Gamble Inc.

ResMed Halifax ULC

Rio Tinto

Rogers Communications Inc.

Royal Bank of Canada

RSA Canada Group

Salesforce

Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.

SAP Canada Inc.

SaskTel

Schneider Electric Canada Inc.

Sekisui Diagnostics PEI Ltd.

Shopify Inc.

Simon Fraser University

Stryker Canada ULC

Suncor Energy Inc.

TD Bank Group

Teck Resources Limited

TELUS Communications Inc.

Thomson Reuters Canada Limited

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC

Université de Montréal

University of New Brunswick / UNB

University of Toronto

Verafin Inc.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

World Vision Canada

Yukon, Government of

You can read the full report here. 

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