{"id":218468,"date":"2025-10-16T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218468\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:50:07","slug":"the-worlds-best-employers-were-ranked-and-7-quebec-companies-made-the-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218468\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s best employers were ranked and 7 Quebec companies made the cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quebec is home to many of Canada’s biggest companies<\/a>, but only some have the distinction of being considered world-class.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Forbes released its 2025 list of the World’s Best Employers<\/a>, ranking 900 organizations across 50 countries based on employee feedback about pay, work-life balance, advancement opportunities, and overall reputation. The global survey, conducted with research firm Statista, gathered more than 300,000 anonymous responses from workers around the world.<\/p>\n

The following seven companies based in Quebec made the cut this year:<\/p>\n

Desjardins (#126) \u2014 Headquartered in L\u00e9vis, it’s Canada’s largest financial cooperative with more than 44,000 employees. National Bank of Canada (#294) \u2014 Based in Montreal, the bank employs about 29,500 people across the country.BMO (#593) \u2014 With its head office in Montreal, BMO is the oldest bank in the country. Cascades (#699) \u2014 Operating out of Kingsey Falls, this packaging and paper products company employs 10,000 workers in North America. Kruger (#794) \u2014 A Montreal conglomerate best known for its paper, packaging, and renewable-energy divisions, with 5,700 employees. Air Canada (#807) \u2014 The national carrier is headquartered in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough and has a workforce of 41,000. ALDO Group (#830) \u2014 The global footwear and accessories retailer is based in Montreal and employs 5,795 people worldwide.<\/p>\n

Across the country, nearly 30 Canadian employers were recognized by Forbes this year, representing sectors from finance to food production. E-commerce platform Shopify claimed the nation’s top spot, ranking 14th on the global scale.<\/p>\n

Here’s where each Canadian brand landed:<\/p>\n

#14 \u2013 Shopify (8,100 employees) \u2013 Ottawa, Ontario#56 \u2013 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (50,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#126 \u2013 Desjardins (44,290 employees) \u2013 L\u00e9vis, Quebec#256 \u2013 Sun Life Financial (50,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#262 \u2013 Lululemon Athletica (34,000 employees) \u2013 Vancouver, British Columbia#284 \u2013 Manulife (38,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#294 \u2013 National Bank of Canada (29,509 employees) \u2013 Montreal, Quebec#309 \u2013 RBC (97,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#313 \u2013 Hatch (10,000 employees) \u2013 Mississauga, Ontario#314 \u2013 Fortis (Canada) (9,200 employees) \u2013 St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador#387 \u2013 Colliers International (24,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#399 \u2013 OpenText (24,000 employees) \u2013 Waterloo, Ontario#446 \u2013 Agnico Eagle Mines (16,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#447 \u2013 TD Bank Group (95,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#484 \u2013 CIBC (50,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#560 \u2013 Intact Financial (30,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#576 \u2013 TELUS (104,700 employees) \u2013 Vancouver, British Columbia#593 \u2013 BMO (46,722 employees) \u2013 Montreal, Quebec#596 \u2013 Thomson Reuters (26,400 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#606 \u2013 McCain Foods (20,000 employees) \u2013 Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick#699 \u2013 Cascades (10,000 employees) \u2013 Kingsey Falls, Quebec#724 \u2013 CCL Industries (26,000 employees) \u2013 Toronto, Ontario#729 \u2013 Canadian Natural Resources (10,640 employees) \u2013 Calgary, Alberta#794 \u2013 Kruger (5,700 employees) \u2013 Montreal, Quebec#807 \u2013 Air Canada (41,000 employees) \u2013 Montreal, Quebec#830 \u2013 ALDO Group (5,795 employees) \u2013 Montreal, Quebec#847 \u2013 Nutrien (25,500 employees) \u2013 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan#870 \u2013 Maple Leaf Foods (13,500 employees) \u2013 Mississauga, Ontario#895 \u2013 Cenovus Energy (5,000 employees) \u2013 Calgary, Alberta <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at the global level, Forbes’ top 10 is dominated by (mostly American) tech, aviation, and automotive giants.<\/p>\n

Microsoft (United States) Delta Air Lines (United States) Alphabet (United States) Adobe (United States) BMW Group (Germany) NVIDIA (United States) Sony (Japan) IBM (United States) Apple (United States) Lego Group (Denmark)<\/p>\n

Forbes’ ranking was based on how likely employees were to recommend their workplace to others, along with ratings for pay, career growth, work-life balance, and overall reputation. Responses from the past three years were analyzed, with more weight given to recent feedback from current staff.<\/p>\n

So if you’re thinking about a local career move or taking a job abroad, this might be a good place to start your search.<\/p>\n

You can explore the entire Forbes ranking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quebec is home to many of Canada’s biggest companies, but only some have the distinction of being considered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[105379,49,48,295,1569,1570,1567,12695,66],"class_list":["post-218468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-best-companies-in-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-forbes","tag-montreal-companies","tag-montreal-jobs","tag-montreal-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}