Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 11
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CANADA’S TOP SMALL & MEDIUM EMPLOYERS (2026)
2026 WINNERS
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NTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY
CONSULTANTS LTD., Calgary.
Environmental and engineering
services; 100 employees. Maintains a
Freedom Fridays program, enabling
employees to take Fridays off before long
weekends as well as every other Friday
during the summer.
INTIVEO, Vancouver. Software developer;
67 employees. Offers generous referral
bonuses as an incentive for employees to
recruit candidates from their personal
networks, to a maximum of $8,000 per
successful hire.
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ILLY BOX INC., THE, Kelowna, B.C.
Retail; 20 employees. Provides
employees with up to 10 paid sick
days per year to care for themselves
and their families and lets them carry
forward any unused days.
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TI LIMITED, Aurora, Ont.
Industrial equipment wholesale;
160 employees. Incorporates
wellness in the workplace with
in-house activities and free access to an
on-site fitness facility and personal trainer.
AWRIE INSURANCE GROUP
INC., Hamilton. Insurance; 127
employees. Donated roughly
1,000 volunteer hours on
company time in the past year and
encourages employees to lend a helping
hand with a paid day off to volunteer.
LBMX INC., London, Ont. Computer
software; 134 employees. Provides generous maternity and parental leave top-up
for parents-to-be, offering 100 per cent of
salary for 52 weeks for mothers and up to
35 weeks for fathers and adoptive parents.
LONGBOARD ARCHITECTURAL
PRODUCTS INC., Abbotsford, B.C. Architectural building materials; 171 employees.
Recognizes long-standing employees with
charitable donations to the organization of
their choosing, ranging from $1,000 to
$5,000, depending on years of service.
LOOPIO INC., Toronto. Software
developers; 233 employees. Operates on a
PIXIESET
JOHNSTON GROUP INC., Winnipeg.
Insurance and group benefits; 418
employees. Provides a $500 lifestyle
spending account that can be used to
cover a variety of expenses, including
home office setup, exercise equipment, pet
care and even art classes.
p Vancouver-based software firm Pixieset Media offers a hybrid work environment, providing employees with an annual
home office allowance of $500.
remote-first basis and provides new
full-time employees with a one-time home
office setup allowance of $1,200 as well as
a monthly work-from-home allowance for
internet and phone expenses.
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AWER INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT LTD.,
Calgary. Financial planning
and investment
management; 266 employees. Encourages
employees to make a difference in their
local communities with unlimited paid
days off to volunteer.
MCDOUGALL GAULEY LLP, Saskatoon.
Law firms; 123 employees. Supports
mothers-to-be with maternity leave top-up
and organizes family-friendly social events
to include parents with young children.
MENTIMETER NORTH AMERICA INC.,
Toronto. Software; 53 employees. Offers
employees a combined health and
wellness spending account of $700,
allowing them to expense items that
support their individual needs such as
massages, fitness classes or physiotherapy.
MORE THAN JUST FEED INC., Strathmore, Alta. Agriculture; 162 employees.
Deposits flex credits to health spending
account or a lifestyle spending account to
cover expenses related to fitness, education or personal development.
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OSEWORTHY CHAPMAN
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PROFESSIONAL
ACCOUNTANTS, St. John’s.
Accounting; 54 employees. Organizes
several anticipated events to strengthen
team connection, including an annual
post-tax season dinner, a city-wide
summer outing and an annual Christmas
party at a local hotel.
MULTI-HEALTH SYSTEMS INC. / MHS,
Toronto. Specialized software; 178 employees. Invests in ongoing education with
generous tuition subsidies for courses
taken externally, to $10,000 per year.
NUTRIAG LTD., Toronto. Fertilizer
manufacturing; 69 employees. Operates its
own farm to grow produce for its charitable food bank, offering employees three to
25 paid days to volunteer each year.
MULTIVIEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE,
Ottawa. Financial software; 107 employees.
Hosts quarterly lunch and learns on
financial wellness topics and helps
employees save for the future with
matching RSP contributions.
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BSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.,
Calgary. Oil and gas production; 203 employees. Encourages employees to adopt an
ownership mentality through a share
purchase plan, available to all employees.
