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2026 WINNERS
BC’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2026)
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Helps employees get an early start to their
long weekends in the summer by closing
its offices early on the Friday before each
summer long weekend.
PEDALHEADS, Vancouver. Children’s
recreational programs; 47 employees.
Offers generous maternity and parental
leave top-up payments for new moms, to
80 per cent of salary for up to 50 weeks.
PETERSON INVESTMENTS (CANADA)
INC., Vancouver. Real estate development
and management; 188 employees. Head
office features a dedicated lounge with
video and board games along with free
access to an on-site fitness facility.
SAFE SOFTWARE
PERKINS&WILL CANADA
ARCHITECTS CO., Vancouver. Architectural services; 236 employees. Encourages
ongoing development by offering financial
bonuses for achieving professional
accreditations, from $1,000 to $2,000.
Safe Software in Surrey provides maternity and parental leave top-up to 100 per cent of salary for up to 18 weeks.
PITT MEADOWS, CITY OF, Pitt Meadows. Municipal governments; 118 employees. Supports its new moms with maternity leave top-ups, to 95 per cent of salary for
17 weeks, and offers a phased-in return
option when ready to come back.
S
PRINCE RUPERT PORT AUTHORITY,
Prince Rupert. Port authorities; 115
employees. As part of their health benefits,
employees receive a $750 wellness
spending account eligible for a range of
extras such as personal trainer services,
massage appointments, fitness classes and
more.
SAFE SOFTWARE INC., Surrey. Software
publishers; 283 employees. Supports its
new parents with maternity and parental
leave top-up payments to 100 per cent of
salary for up to 18 weeks.
PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE, Vancouver. Hospitals; 5,684 employees. Helps
employees plan for the future with
retirement planning assistance services
along with contributions to a defined
benefit pension plan.
PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES
AUTHORITY / PHSA, Vancouver.
Health-care services; 18,518 employees.
Offers new parents maternity and parental
leave top-up payments for up to 17 weeks
(varying by employee group) and offers
the option to extend their leave into an
unpaid leave of absence.
R
EDBRICK TECHNOLOGIES
INC., Victoria. Software; 155
employees. Offers a monthly
well-being benefit ($75) that
employees can use for everything from
fitness memberships to mental health
services.
AANICH, DISTRICT OF, Victoria.
Municipal governments; 832
employees. Provides alternative
working arrangements, including
hybrid work, flexible hours, shortened
work weeks and an earned-days-off
program (up to two days off each month).
SAP CANADA INC., Vancouver. Custom
computer programming services; 3,104
employees. Supports a volunteer ambassador program with more than 150 employees who meet quarterly to discuss and
plan the company’s charitable initiatives.
SEASPAN, North Vancouver. Shipbuilding, repair and marine services; 4,986
employees. Offers referral bonuses when
employees successfully help recruit new
candidates, from $1,000 to $1,500 depending on the position.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Burnaby.
Post-secondary schools, university; 3,534
employees. Supports new parents with
maternity and parental leave top-ups,
along with the convenience of on-site
child care centres as well as spring and
summer camp programs for older kids.
SKILLEDTRADESBC, Richmond.
Industry training and certifications; 161
employees. Provides an annual lifestyle
spending account that can be used for
home fitness equipment, gym memberships, fitness classes and more.
SMITH BROS. & WILSON, Surrey. Construction; 133 employees. Offers all new
parents very generous maternity and
parental leave top-up payments, to 100 per
cent of salary for up to 52 weeks.
SOPHOS INC., Vancouver. Custom
computer programming services; 455
employees. New employees receive a
one-time payment to help set up comfortable home offices and helps employees
balance their day-to-day responsibilities
with a variety of flexible work options.
ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL, Vancouver.
Elementary and secondary schools; 253
employees. Helps employees prepare for
life after work with a defined contribution
pension plan and health benefits that
extend to retirees, with no age limits.
TRANSLINK (SOUTH COAST BRITISH
COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY), New Westminster. Public
transit; 8,369 employees. Reaches out to
the next generation of employees through
summer employment, co-ops and
apprenticeship opportunities.
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, Vancouver. Construction; 255 employees. Provides new mothers
with a full year of maternity and parental
leave top-up and offers adoptive parents a
helpful pre-placement leave for seven
weeks as well as 35 weeks of parental
top-up.
TRULIOO INFORMATION SERVICES
INC., Vancouver. Computer security
software; 216 employees. Starts employees
with three weeks of paid vacation (moving
to four weeks after three years) along with
five paid personal days to help balance
their day-to-day responsibilities.
ECK RESOURCES LIMITED,
Vancouver. Mining; 4,134
employees. Supports ongoing
professional (and personal)
development with tuition subsidies for
courses related and not directly related to
their current position.
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T.Y. LIN GROUP CANADA INC.,
Vancouver. Engineering consulting
services; 433 employees. Encourages
ongoing professional development with
financial incentives (minimum salary
bump of $5,000) for the achievement of a
professional engineering licence (P.Eng).
THINKIFIC LABS, INC., Vancouver.
Online learning software; 271 employees.
Offers all employees a no-limit vacation
policy as well as additional paid time off
through a holiday shutdown between the
Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
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BC / UNIVERSITY OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
Vancouver. Post-secondary
schools, university; 16,599
employees. Hosts a unique Hot Lunch
networking initiative that features
