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( 2026)
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At Enercare, meaningful careers are built to last
W
hen Jenny
Thompson
joined
Enercare as
vice president,
marketing, in early 2023, she says
she immediately felt welcome
in the friendly, supportive
workplace environment. While
lots of companies say they’re
collaborative, the home services
provider really is non-hierarchical
and inclusive, she says.
“Enercare just feels different,”
Thompson adds. “There’s an
interesting mix of people here and
we’re truly all in it together.”
Enercare is a values
and purpose-driven
organization, and we
live those values every
day.
— Jenny Thompson
Vice President, Marketing
She was surprised the first
time she attended the company’s
annual Years of Service Awards
luncheon that celebrates
employees who have been with
Enercare in five-year increments.
Some of the honorees had been
with Enercare for nearly twice
as long as the 20-year milestone
that’s typically considered longterm tenure at other organizations.
By the 2025 luncheon, when
the executive leadership team
presented personalized plaques
and gifts to 10 employees at the
35-year mark and four at the
45-year mark, Thompson was no
Employees at Enercare participate in Tree Planting Day to support sustainability and give back to the
community.
longer surprised. But she remains
impressed.
“Growing your career at one
company over four decades is
truly remarkable,” she says.
Founded in Ontario in the
1950s, Enercare provides reliable
home services with expertise
in heating, cooling, plumbing,
electrical, and water heating
and treatment to over a million
Canadians. In addition to its
Markham head office, Enercare
has 15 offices across Ontario where
sales representatives and over 700
licensed technicians serve their
local communities.
Thompson says the inclusive
organizational structure starts
with the executive leaders who
regularly interact with employees
at all levels. An open-door policy
means the leaders are easily
accessible in head office, she says,
but they’re also diligent about
staying connected with Enercare’s
front-line teams.
This includes serving lunch to
employees at year-end holiday
celebrations, holding regular
road shows and team talks in the
regions where Enercare operates
and other events throughout
the year that help foster a
collaborative and engaging
atmosphere at work.
Thompson attributes this to
Enercare’s core values, where
winning is a team effort and
people challenge themselves to
do better every day while always
focused on safety as a top priority.
“Enercare is a values and purposedriven organization, and we live
those values every day,” she says.
Indeed, every meeting begins
with a safety moment. Daniel
Thompson (no relation), a heating,
ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) technician who works
out of Enercare’s Barrie office,
says that in addition to general
reminders, the safety moments
may also highlight specific
seasonal safety concerns.
In October, for example,
drivers were urged to be on the
lookout for children in Halloween
costumes who might be too
excited to pay attention to the
traffic around them.
Thompson says he usually
handles residential service calls
by himself — but never feels
alone. “Everybody here has
everybody’s back,” he says. “If I
have a problem, there’s a hundred
people I could call, and if they
didn’t know the answer they’d find
