Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 35
CANADA’S TOP SMALL & MEDIUM EMPLOYERS (2026)
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100%
of board of directors
are women
5%
(up to 7%) matching
RRSP program
$
2,500
annual professional
development benefit
$
(up to $1,500)
health and lifestyle
spending accounts
1,000
Employees at The Jilly Box give back to the community through volunteer work at a farm.
and on its website with symbols,
which Ashman created, that
appear alongside each product to
indicate whether they are made
in Canada, Canadian-owned,
women-owned, BIPOC-owned,
vegan, and/or cruelty free.
That helps customers shop by
their own values, says Harris, who
defies the big online retailers to
provide that kind of experience.
“We are offering another option.”
The company has also donated
more than $1 million to local
charities since it was launched in
2019 and gives paid days off for
employees to volunteer in their
own communities.
Those values are clearly
resonating among the industry’s
best and brightest.
Harris loves that people from
the Canadian companies she most
admires are now applying for jobs
with The Jilly Box. “We must be
doing something right if these
brilliant and creative folks want to
come work with us.”
