Top Employer: AMD Canada

Recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2025):

Here are some of the reasons why AMD Canada was selected as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2025):

AMD maintains a charitable focus on STEM education, environmental conservation, basic community needs, and disaster relief and humanitarian efforts -- the organization donated over over 11,000 volunteer hours on company time in the past year and matches charitable donations made by employees, to a maximum of $1,500 USD per employee per year
AMD promotes balance through a variety of programs, including offering four Recharge Days annually to encourage employees to disconnect from work, a dedicated mental health benefit practitioner benefit (to $2,500 per year) and the recently introduced "meQ", a clinically validated tool to help employees build resilience through emotional well-being
AMD takes a thoughtful approach when helping employees manage unexpected challenges, offering up to 20 days of paid bereavement leave

AMD employees participate in a charitable initiative building STEM education kits for non-profit partners

Industry	Computer technology manufacturing
Established in Canada	1969
Publicly traded	yes
Parent company	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Parent company head office	Santa Clara, CA, United States
Major Canadian locations	Vancouver BC, Waterloo ON, Ottawa ON, Calgary AB, Markham ON
Full-time employees in Canada	3,509
Part-time employees in Canada	14
Average age of employees in Canada	39 years
Longest serving employee	35 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $2,500 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 4 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 12 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $7,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities