Canada’s Most Authoritative Ranking of Employer Brands

In 2022, Brainstorm Strategy Group Inc. conducted a survey with more than 20,000 members of Canada’s future workforce – current university and college students.

Further details about the research and rankings can be found here.

The results are the most authoritative ranking of employers published in Canada.

View the Top Employers in the following categories:

Follow the links above to find out where Canada’s future workforce wants to work most.

In some of the largest categories, we have also announced in alphabetical order (not ranked), the “Next 25” employers that round out the Top 50.

Arts & Science

Top 25 (in rank order)

  1. Government of Canada
  2. Canadian Mental Health Association
  3. Health Canada
  4. Provincial Government
  5. United Nations
  6. Google
  7. The Hospital for Sick Children
  8. Canadian Cancer Society
  9. Apple
  10. Alberta Health Services
  11. Doctors Without Borders
  12. Big Brothers Big Sisters
  13. Netflix
  14. Indigo Books & Music
  15. Air Canada
  16. CBC/Radio-Canada
  17. NASA
  18. David Suzuki Foundation
  19. The Walt Disney Company
  20. Pfizer
  21. University Health Network
  22. Microsoft
  23. Canada Revenue Agency
  24. CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
  25. Canada Space Agency

The Next 25 (alphabetical)

  • 3M
  • Adidas
  • Amazon
  • Aritzia
  • Bank of Canada
  • BC Hydro
  • Canadian Forces
  • Canadian Natural Resources Limited
  • Deloitte
  • Electronic Arts
  • Facebook
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • LOréal Group
  • Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE)
  • Nike
  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
  • RCMP
  • Shopify
  • Shoppers Drug Mart
  • Sony
  • SpaceX
  • Starbucks
  • Tesla
  • Ubisoft
  • United Way