Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2025) - Flipbook - Page 7
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CANADA’S BEST DIVERSITY EMPLOYERS (2025)
to employees who are the 昀椀rst in their
family to attend post-secondary studies or
who grew up in low socioeconomic status
households.
BRUCE POWER LP, Tiverton, Ont. Nuclear power generation; 4,169 employees. Created a career launch program to provide
Indigenous students with paid work placements and sponsored tuition.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF
CANADA, Montréal, Que. Secondary market 昀椀nancing; 2,907 employees. Launched
the Black Professional Network to address
the unique challenges Black professionals
face in the workplace and to support career progression.
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AE INC., Montréal, Que. Aviation and defence systems; 4,902
employees. Provides coverage for
gender a昀케rming care as part of
its health bene昀椀ts plan as well as access
to traditional Indigenous medicine and
healing.
to participate in a visible diversity and inclusion event or lead a related initiative as
part of their performance goals.
CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY OF
TORONTO, Toronto, Ont. Child and
youth services; 700 employees. Created an
equity-based hiring strategy to close the
gap of underrepresentation in designated
positions.
CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
Toronto, Ont. Media production and
broadcasting; 2,740 employees. Assesses
the executive leadership team on their
active support for implementing the
company’s diversity, equity and inclusion
action plan as well as team engagement in
related initiatives.
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2L CORPORATION, Kitchener,
Ont. Software publishers; 885
employees. Fosters an inclusive
work environment through
training and education on unconscious
bias, allyship, accessible spaces, and racial
equity.
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY / CRA,
Ottawa, Ont. Federal government; 56,709
employees. Pairs Indigenous students with
an Indigenous employee to provide support and mentorship throughout their initial work term.
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, Halifax,
N.S. Post secondary schools, university;
4,275 employees. Created an accessible
employment unit to remove barriers to
employment and centralize accessibility,
accommodation, and disability services
and programs.
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY, Ottawa, Ont. Federal government; 7,123
employees. Participates in targeted recruitment initiatives for persons with disabilities in collaboration with community organizations such as LiveWorkPlay.
DENTONS CANADA LLP, Calgary, Alta.
Law 昀椀rms; 1,371 employees. Manages a
12-month global women’s sponsorship
program to help women advance into
senior leadership roles.
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION
LIMITED, Toronto, Ont. Retail; 13,167 employees. Organizes an annual diversity,
inclusion and belonging survey to collect
feedback and gauge sentiments of belonging across the organization.
CAPGEMINI CANADA INC., Toronto, Ont. Information technology services;
2,009 employees. Committed to increasing
the representation of women in its workforce to 40 per cent by the end of 2025,
with 30 per cent female representation on
executive teams.
CBC / RADIO-CANADA, Ottawa, Ont.
Public broadcasters; 6,714 employees.
Provides paid work placements to help
persons with disabilities gain career
experience.
CELESTICA INC., Toronto, Ont. Electronics manufacturing; 1,369 employees.
Requires members of the leadership team
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Isaiah and Chantel, employees at Toronto-based Amex Bank of Canada, at a
networking event with colleagues.
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2025 WINNERS
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MERA INC., Halifax, N.S.
Electric power generation and
distribution and gas distribution;
2,601 employees. Created an
internal dashboard to track baseline
diversity, equity, and inclusion data against
progress to achieving representation goals.
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT CANADA, Gatineau,
Que. Federal government; 40,482 employees. Introduced a two-year diverse leadership development program to help increase representation in leadership roles.
ENBRIDGE INC., Calgary, Alta. Energy
infrastructure; 7,769 employees. Conducts
annual pay equity analyses to help ensure
fair pay across gender and ethnicity.
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA,
Ottawa, Ont. International trade 昀椀nancing
and support services; 2,094 employees.
Includes supplier diversity requirements
in its procurement policy and guidelines.
Employees at Boston Consulting Group Canada rise to the challenge at a ‘high
ropes’ course, building valuable interpersonal connections with colleagues.
