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CANADA’S TOP EMPLOYERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (2026)
an engineer and geoscientist-in-training
program, guided by a comprehensive
training plan that includes rotations across
multiple locations and roles.
BDO CANADA LLP, Toronto. Accounting;
5,032 employees. Early career programs
feature structured onboarding and
orientation, including a welcome lunch,
technical training, social activities, and
guest speaker panels.
BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP,
Toronto. Law firms; 1,420 employees.
Young lawyers benefit from the firm’s work
allocation system, which facilitates an
equitable distribution of work assignments and provides opportunities to gain a
broad range of experiences.
BNP PARIBAS, Montréal. Banking; 1,616
employees. Maintains the “NextGen” mentoring program to help connect entry-level
employees with experienced managers.
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
CANADA ULC, Toronto. Management
consulting; 575 employees. Offers first- and
second-year students from underrepresented groups the opportunity to explore
life as an associate at the firm through its
Bridge to Consulting workshop.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT CORP. / BCI, Victoria.
Portfolio management; 730 employees.
Manages a strategy, risk and quantitative
equity rotational program to enable past
co-op students and interns to resume work
with the firm, engaging in eight-month
rotations across different branches.
BRUCE POWER LP, Tiverton, Ont.
Nuclear power generation; 4,182 employees. Offers internships exclusively for
Ontario Tech students who identify as
women through the Women in Nuclear
Engineering Internship Program.
an intern social committee, responsible for
organizing social, volunteer and networking events throughout the year.
CIBC, Toronto. Banking; 42,280 employees. Created the Spark program to accelerate career growth for top-performing
students, with opportunities to participate
in hackathons, innovation challenges, and
network with senior leaders.
CITI CANADA, Mississauga. Banking;
3,159 employees. Provides tailored
mentorship opportunities, pairing
participants with multiple mentors and
peers who share common goals to discuss
aspirations, set objectives, and track
progress.
COLAB SOFTWARE INC., St. John’s.
Software; 107 employees. Pairs interns with
an onboarding buddy to provide support
during the first weeks of employment.
COLLIERS CANADA, Toronto. Commercial real estate services; 2,856 employees.
Internship program features a collaborative innovation challenge, with teams of
interns working together to solve a
business challenge and present solutions
to a panel of senior leaders.
COVEO SOLUTIONS INC., Montréal.
Software developers; 568 employees.
Invites students to participate in Coveo
Blitz, an in-house hackathon where teams
are tasked with creating a virtual AI-powered bot in 10 hours, with mentorship from
a senior employee.
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CAPITAL ONE CANADA, Toronto. Credit
card issuing; 784 employees. Co-op
program participants have the opportunity
to present their term project to a panel of
the company’s executives at the end of
their term.
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CELESTICA INC., Toronto. Electronics
manufacturing; 1,348 employees. Supports
p Many interns and students working at Calgary-based ATCO Ltd. return for
additional work terms and join the company after graduation.
CRH CANADA GROUP INC., Vaughan,
Ont. Concrete manufacturing; 2,669
employees. Manages a 12-week internship
in its ready-mix concrete division, which
includes technical services training, job
shadowing, job site visits, and support for
those pursuing ACI concrete testing
certification.
CSL GROUP INC., Montréal. Marine shipping and transportation; 964 employees.
Created a leadership development
program for young people consisting of six
months of learning, coaching, leadership
simulations, business challenges, and an
opportunity to discuss future development
with the executive committee.
ALGARY, CITY OF, Calgary.
Municipal governments; 14,946
employees. Manages a rotational
engineer-in-training program for
new graduates featuring up to 72 months
of training and technical coaching.
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2026 WINNERS
2L CORPORATION, Kitchener,
Ont. Software publishers; 866
employees. Wraps the end of
the term with Share Back
presentations, providing students with an
opportunity to reflect on the impact of
their work and showcase their efforts to
senior leaders, including the CEO.
p The City of Calgary offers an engineer-in-training program for new graduates
featuring up to 72 months of training and technical coaching.
