Announcing the 2016 list of 100 Best Workplaces in Canada! Produced by Great Place to Work® and published by The Globe & Mail, don't miss this special 12-page National Report.

Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada

Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada

Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada

TORONTO, April 22, 2016 /CNW/ - These organizations are outperforming their peers; both financially and in terms of innovation, collaboration, and productivity. Great Place to Work^®, the research firm that produces this list, is now accepting a limited number of interview requests with winning companies.

Winners are…

#1 MEDIUM SIZED COMPANY Has < 1,000 employees	#1 LARGE / MULTINATIONAL COMPANY Has > 1,000 employees globally
FreshBooks	Google Canada

With a special recognition for the Best Workplace for Women

#1 For Women

Vega

What's so special about these companies?
While there is no single right way to create a great workplace, the very best companies have managed to create a culture where employees TRUST the people they work for, have PRIDE in what they do, and ENJOY the people they work with.

Proven ROI - What's more, independent research by the Russell Investment Group (see attached visual) shows a strong correlation between high-trust workplace cultures and financial performance. This graph tracks the financial performance of publicly traded companies on the Fortune list of 100 Best Companies.

The list of 100 Best Workplaces in Canada 2016

Rank	List of best MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES (has more than 50 employees but less than 1,000)	List of best LARGE / MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES  (has more than 1,000 employees globally)
1	FreshBooks	Google Canada
2	Vega	Autodesk Canada Co.
3	DNE Resources	Diageo Canada Inc
4	360insights	ATB Financial
5	Habanero Consulting Group	Key Assets Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.
6	Traction on Demand	Mercedes- Benz Financial Services
7	Amaya Software	NetApp Canada Ltd.
8	Klick Inc.	AbbVie
9	Big Viking Games	Sapient Canada Inc.
10	Kicking Horse Coffee	G Adventures
11	Royal LePage Performance Realty	Cadence
12	Wynford/EventSimple	SAS
13	Environics Communications Inc.	Capital One Canada
14	Flipp	Hitachi Data Systems
15	Teldon	AOL Canada Corp.
16	Bridgehouse Asset Managers	Yum! Restaurants International (Canada)
17	Points International Ltd.	Ryan ULC
18	Pinchin Ltd.	Grant Thornton LLP
19	The Ian Martin Group	Rittal Systems Ltd.
20	Intelex Technologies Inc.	JOEY Restaurant Group
21	Sandvine	BMW Group Canada
22	The PEER Group Inc.	Corby Spirit and Wine Limited
23	SaskCentral (Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan)	Hill+Knowlton Strategies
24	Online Business Systems	McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited
25	You.i TV	Stryker
26	HRdownloads Inc.	TD Bank Group
27	eXplorance	RBC
28	Eagle Professional Resources Inc.	FCT
29	Urban Systems	Edelman Public Relations Worldwide Canada
30	Vermilion Energy	Kronos Incorporated
31	Lakeside Process Controls Ltd.	KIEWIT
32	Ames Tile & Stone Ltd.	TJX Canada
33	Scott Builders Inc.	Cactus Restaurants Ltd.
34	Beedie Development Group	Admiral Insurance
35	Veritaaq	3M Canada
36	Capital Markets Company Limited (Capco)	Randstad Canada
37	Capital Engineering	EY
38	Ariad Communications	Scotiabank
39	IndustryBuilt Software	BMO Financial Group
40	True North Automation	Morningstar Canada
41	Fuller Landau LLP	Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc.
42	JMP Engineering Inc.	Softchoice
43	Simply Green Home Services Inc	Maxus Canada
44	Capri Insurance	Intuit Canada
45	NEI Investments	VW Credit Canada, Inc.
46	O2E Brands	Adecco
47	Trico Homes Inc.	Connect Hearing
48	Worldlynx Wireless	H&M
49	T4G Limited	LoyaltyOne, Co
50	LMI Technologies Inc.	Smith & Nephew

About Great Place to Work^®

GPTW (www.greatplacetowork.ca) is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, GPTW recognizes the world's Best Workplaces in a series of national lists including those published by Fortune magazine (USA) and, today, The Globe & Mail (Canada). Great Place to Work^® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures.

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SOURCE Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada

Image with caption: "High trust cultures & financial results (CNW Group/Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20160422_C6498_PHOTO_EN_671194.jpg

Image with caption: "Sustained results and faster recovery (CNW Group/Great Place To Work(R) Institute Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20160422_C6498_PHOTO_EN_671196.jpg

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