Atlantic Canada's Top Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 7
ATLANTIC CANADA’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2026)
CLEARWATER SEAFOODS LP, Bedford,
N.S. Seafood processing; 1,002 employees.
Employees can save on their grocery bills
with generous discounts on food products
at the company’s retail and online stores,
up to 15 per cent.
COLAB SOFTWARE INC., St. John’s.
Software; 107 employees. Offers flexible
work options and ensures employees
working remotely have proper home
offices set-ups with a home office
allowance, to $1,000.
CROMBIE REIT, New Glasgow, N.S.
Property management and development;
253 employees. Encourages ongoing
professional development with academic
tuition subsidies as well as financial
bonuses for certain program completions,
up to $1,500.
ASH SOCIAL, Halifax.
Software; 225 employees. Offers
a quarterly wellness benefit of
$450 to cover the costs of
services or items that will make employees’ lives better, such as fitness, learning,
travel or a benefit top-up.
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DOCTORS NOVA SCOTIA, Dartmouth,
N.S. Professional associations; 36 employees. Helps employees get a head start to
their summer weekends with Friday
afternoons off, starting from the last
weekend in June to the first weekend in
September.
FFICIENCYONE, Dartmouth,
N.S. Energy conservation
advocacy; 262 employees. Offers
early-career possibilities through
summer job opportunities, co-ops and
paid internships as well as apprenticeship
programs.
E
EMERA INC., Halifax. Electric power
generation and distribution and gas
distribution; 2,639 employees. Supports
ongoing education with tuition subsidies
for job-related roles, to a maximum of
$5,000 annually.
government, financial regulation; 106
employees. Supports ongoing professional
(and personal) development with generous
tuition subsidies for courses related and
not directly related to their current
position.
FLEETWAY INC., Dartmouth, N.S.
Engineering; 361 employees. Encourages
employees to become recruiters for the
firm with generous employee referral
bonuses, from $2,000 to $4,000 depending
on the position.
FOREST PROTECTION LIMITED,
Lincoln, N.B. Aerial forest management,
surveying and fire fighting services; 44
employees. Helps employees plan ahead
with retirement planning assistance
services along with a defined contribution
pension plan.
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ALIFAX INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AUTHORITY,
Goffs, N.S. Airport operations;
191 employees. Supports new
mothers with generous maternity and parental leave top-up, to 100 per cent of
salary for the full year of their leave.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY,
Halifax. Municipal governments; 3,819
employees. Supports all aspects of well-being through generous mental health
practitioner coverage as part of the
benefits plan, to $1,500 annually.
HEALTH ASSOCIATION NOVA SCOTIA,
Bedford, N.S. Professional associations; 113
employees. Starts new employees with
four weeks of paid vacation and offers two
unique wellness days for the months that
do not have a statutory holiday.
1. The communications team at New
Glasgow, N.S.-based Crombie REIT.
2. Halifax-based Dash Social offers a
quarterly wellness benefit of $450 to
cover services or items that make
employees’ lives better, such as
fitness, learning, travel or a top-up to
their health benefits coverage.
HIGH LINER FOODS INC., Heckmans
Island, N.S. Seafood processing; 530
employees. Encourages ongoing employee
development from apprenticeships and
formal mentoring to in-house leadership
development programs.
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HIGH-CREST ENTERPRISES, Antigonish, N.S. Residential care facilities; 188
employees. Supports ongoing employee
development with generous tuition
subsidies and partnered with Dalhousie
University in the development of a
dedicated certificate program.
FINANCIAL AND CONSUMER
SERVICES COMMISSION OF NEW
BRUNSWICK, Saint John. Provincial
HORIZON HEALTH NETWORK, Fredericton. Healthcare services; 8,969 employees. Helps older employees transition
away from work through phased-in
retirement options and offers retirees a
defined contribution pension plan.
BM ARCHITECTURE LTD.,
Halifax. Architectural services; 57
employees. Helps employees
manage life’s unexpected
challenges with compassionate leave
top-up, to 100 per cent of salary for up to
eight weeks.
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