Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2026) Magazine - Magazine - Page 45
CANADA’S TOP SMALL & MEDIUM EMPLOYERS (2026)
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$
100%
job-related tuition
subsidies
1,000
scholarship program
for employees' children
110
charities supported
last year
2,500
(up to $6,250) health
spending account
$
Longboard Architectural Products employees give back to the local community through planting trees.
(“there are no co-pays,” notes
Klassen). It’s backed by
catastrophic insurance if the
employee reaches the annual
spending limit.
Coppin also appreciates the
flexible approach to taking time
off within the fully on-site working hours. But he especially points
to the company’s bonus and profit-sharing system, which he says
the Heppells introduced as soon
as the company was profitable.
“That was just their mindset from
the beginning, to pay it back, and
it's stuck — they haven't cancelled
it or diminished it. It's still part of
our package.”
To Coppin, the company has
been a lifesaver. “I’ve told Mike,
I'm grateful for where I am, for
everything the company has
given me, everything I've learned.
I would never have guessed 10
or 11 years ago that I'd be in this
position with these availabilities
and the lifestyle that I'm able
to have.”
