BC's Top Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 7
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BC’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2026)
Continued
mental health activities such as
meditating, spending time in nature or
attending a mental health workshop.
BC HYDRO, Vancouver. Hydroelectric
power generation; 7,837 employees. Created the Community Hero award to recognize employees who help in emergency
situations, such as car accidents and
search and rescue operations.
BC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFITS INC.
/ BCIB, Vancouver. Employment services;
92 employees. Applies a thoughtful lens to
its family-friendly policies, offering five
paid days off each year for employees to
care for family members after an illness in
the household.
BC PENSION CORPORATION, Victoria.
Pension funds; 589 employees. Encourages
employees to pursue educational endeavours with tuition subsidies up to $7,500
and 52 weeks of paid educational leave.
BC PUBLIC SERVICE, Victoria. Provincial
governments; 38,895 employees. Provides a
full year of maternity leave for new moms
as well as top-up for new dads and
adoptive parents for 35 weeks; new parents
may extend their leave into an unpaid
leave of absence.
BC TRANSIT, Victoria. Public transit;
1,280 employees. Helps employees plan confidently for the future with employer contributions to a defined benefit pension plan.
BINARY STREAM SOFTWARE INC.,
Burnaby. Computer software; 87 employees. Manages a points-based recognition
program called BRITE to encourage
employees to recognize their peers for a
job well done.
BOOMI SOLUTIONS CANADA INC.,
Vancouver. Computer software; 233
employees. Makes the commute to work a
little easier with a parking and transit
subsidy of $600 per year and access to a
corporate ride-sharing account.
BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION / BCAA, Burnaby.
Professional organizations; 1,333
employees. Donated approximately 2,600
volunteer hours on company time in the
past year.
BRITISH COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF
NURSES AND MIDWIVES / BCCNM,
Vancouver. Professional organizations; 269
employees. Implemented a new leave
policy to enable Indigenous employees to
request up to five days off per year to
participate in ceremonial, cultural or
spiritual events.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRY SERVICES
INC. / BC FERRIES, Victoria. Passenger
transportation services; 3,993 employees.
Reimburses employees for purchases that
support active and healthy living, such as
gym memberships, personal health
platforms, equipment and fitness trackers.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY / BCIT, Burnaby. Postsecondary schools, college; 2,321 employees. Hosts pension seminars to help
employees feel confident in preparing for
their retirement and provides contributions to a defined benefit pension plan.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT CORP. / BCI, Victoria.
Portfolio management; 730 employees.
Offers employees the opportunity to apply
for a secondment to work in the company’s
London and New York offices.
BRITISH COLUMBIA LIQUOR
DISTRIBUTION BRANCH, Burnaby.
Liquor and cannabis distribution and
retail; 3,181 employees. Grants employees
70 hours of special leave each year to
attend to appointments for their children,
spouse or elderly parents.
BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY
CORPORATION / BCLC, Kamloops.
Gambling and gaming industries; 1,257
employees. Enables employees to donate
points earned through exceptional
performance as local charitable donations.
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2026 WINNERS
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES
COMMISSION, Vancouver. Provincial
utilities regulation; 91 employees.
Maintains progressive time-off policies,
offering four weeks of starting vacation
and up to 10 paid personal days each year.
BROADMEAD CARE SOCIETY, Victoria.
Long-term residential care; 431 employees.
Supports employees who want to start a
family with generous maternity and
parental leave top-up for new mothers to
85 per cent of salary for 16 weeks followed
by 75 per cent for 35 weeks.
BURNABY, CITY OF, Burnaby. Municipal
governments; 2,136 employees. Helps employees maintain healthy habits with subsidized on-site fitness facility, lunchtime
fitness classes and drop-in sports such as
soccer, basketball and ultimate Frisbee.
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AMOSUN COLLEGE, Victoria.
Post-secondary schools, college;
1,004 employees. Enables employees to volunteer for causes
that are near and dear to their hearts with
up to three paid days off to volunteer.
q Vancouver-based Acuitas Therapeutics created a robust career path planning system linking relevant training and competencies for individual career paths to help
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