Canada’s Best Employers for Young People in 2020

These days, attracting great new talent to your company takes more than just offering a good salary. For younger employees, money is important, of course, but they also want to know that there will be room for them to grow and develop in their career and that they’ll enjoy a good work/life balance. We looked at what Canadian companies have to offer their young employees and came up with Canada’s best employers for young people. These companies are all winners in the Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2020 competition held by Canada’s Top 100 Employers in conjunction with the Globe and Mail too.

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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc.

Breaking into television journalism can seem near impossible if you’re just starting your career, and even more so if you’re of Indigenous descent. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. — or APTN — offers a paid journalism fellowship of 12 weeks, during which you get to produce a full-length investigative piece. Even if you’re still in high school, you can also participate in APTN’s unpaid internship program and gain valuable experience.

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BC Hydro

If you know that you’d like a career in renewable energy but aren’t sure exactly what you’d like to do, BC Hydro’s summer employment program for students can be a great way to explore the options while getting hands-on experience. The hydroelectric power company also offers paid internships, in-house training and seminars and covers up to 100% tuition.

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BC Public Service

BC Public Service has a variety of in-house training programs and some very interesting initiatives. For example, there’s a program where you can shadow another employee and develop your career interests. If you’re looking for ways to pay off your student loan fast, you’ll definitely be interested in BC Public Service’s loan forgiveness program, where your entire BC student loan can be forgiven after three years.

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Bennett Jones LLP

Law firm Bennett Jones was named one of Canada’s best companies to work for in 2019, as it was the year before. It’s also one of the best employers in Canada for young people, mainly because of the many training opportunities the firm provides. These include summer jobs and paid internships, mentoring and up to 100% tuition coverage.

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Canadian Tire Corporation

Summer jobs, paid internships, tuition subsidies, and various in-house training programs help make Canadian Tire one of Canada’s best employers for young people. Canadian Tire also offers retail jobs that won’t make you pull your hair out. The company will help you get your CPA, for instance, and has rotational programs for new graduates in fields like marketing, IT and finance.

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Capital Power Corporation

Capital Power Corporation is great for young people because of the range of training opportunities, paid internships and tuition coverage they can get here. Alberta high school students looking for one of the great jobs for women in trades can take part in the company’s registered apprenticeship program while still in school. If you’re unsure about your career path, you can work within another team for up to eight months. In addition, your family and friends may qualify for the summer work experience program.

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Corus Entertainment

Media company Corus Entertainment provides a host of paid internship and summer job opportunities for young people looking to make it in broadcasting. However, these opportunities also cover many other fields, from animation and writing to finance and HR. In addition, Corus U in-class sessions not only teach job skills but also give practical real-life tips.

FYI — Slice is part of the Corus fam and working here is pretty sweet.

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DeltaWare Systems

Charlottetown-based computer programming company DeltaWare Systems offers its employees a tuition allowance that they can use for buying study materials like books or software or to pay for professional association fees. They also get access to the online courses of MAXIMUS University and lots of internal support, including a buddy system for new hires.

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Department of Finance Canada

Whether they’re Government of Canada jobs that are in demand or not, working for the Public Service can sound like every day will be just like the one before. However, the Department of Finance’s many training and development opportunities include the chance to work on international assignments at Canadian Missions in London, New York, Geneva and Beijing and at organizations like the IMF and the World Bank.

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Fednav Limited

Montreal-based maritime transport company Fednav offers a 14-week summer student program which includes a ship tour, a week at a ship terminal in Hamilton or Quebec City and a variety of presentations. Paid internships include site visits along the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes too and employees also get the chance to get international assignments or to work with people from other countries.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard

One of the areas where millennials are bleeding their money is housing. During your four years in the Canadian Coast Guard Officer Training Program, however, your room and board is paid for, as well as your education and study materials, allowing you to spend your monthly allowance on something more fun.

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Giants & Gentlemen

Many internships let you do odd jobs without ever giving you real responsibility or letting you provide input. At Toronto-based advertising company Giants & Gentlemen, however, the paid three-month internship program ends with you getting to create an initiative for the agency and another for a client. The company also offers a job shadowing program to help you decide which part of the business you’d like to pursue as a career.

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

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Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Toronto-based Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital provides paid internships, in-house training and paid tuition, but also gives you paid education days for activities like writing exams or papers or attending workshops and conferences. The hospital also offers a summer student research program where students can work alongside leading research scientists in the field of children’s rehabilitation.

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Jazz Aviation

Jazz Aviation is one of Canada’s top employers for diversity, with programs like one specifically aimed at training Aboriginal women as pilots. The airline is great for young people too, with tuition subsidies, in-house training and apprenticeships for those airport jobs that pay well, like aircraft maintenance engineers. Employees also get to enjoy perks like travel privileges.

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JOEY Restaurant Group

If you want to do everything they do in top cooking shows without having to actually appear on TV, you’ll love working at the JOEY Restaurant Group. The company offers in-store and company-wide competitions where you can show off your culinary skills. There are internships and apprenticeships too and the company will even help you get your MBA while working.

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Labatt Brewing Company

Who wouldn’t want to go to Beer School? Labatt Brewing Company offers a variety of training programs, including on-site training both at the London, Ontario brewery and in the United States. As an employee you can also enjoy one of the best perks Canadian companies offer: free beer.

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LoyaltyOne

Marketing consulting company LoyaltyOne makes it easy to follow the best career strategies for young women, like networking, being versatile, developing your leadership skills and continuing your training. The company also developed a tool called MY NAV, which matches your values, preferred work style, talents and career goals with positions in the organization to map out your career path.

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Rocky Mountaineer

The Rocky Mountaineer offers apprenticeships for railcar mechanics and guest service managers as well as paid internships in fields like sales, corporate development and product operations. You also get access to in-house training programs and mentorship. The greatest bonus is that you get to do one of the best train trips in Canada.

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Sun Life Financial

If you’re thinking of pursuing one of the best careers for Canadian women in science and engineering, you probably wouldn’t consider working for an insurance company. However, Sun Life Financial has a unique initiative for female university students in STEM to work with them and then another insurance company for a term each, in order to get female mentorship and experience. There are also training opportunities in financial fields, including support in obtaining your CPA.

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University of British Columbia

Employees at the University of British Columbia, or UBC, get to enjoy a host of perks, including discounts and tuition subsidies. There are also several in-house training and mentoring programs for young employees. If you’ve been spending much of post high school life so far on getting your PhD rather than learning how to adult, the Postdoctoral Fellows Office presents workshops to help you learn professional skills like time management, project management and grant writing.

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