Top Employer: Bombardier Inc.

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

Here are some of the reasons why Bombardier Inc. was selected as one of Montreal's Top Employers (2025):

Bombardier helps employees look to the future with retirement planning assistance services along with defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans (varying by employee group) and encourages an ownership culture through a share purchase plan
Bombardier supports numerous community and charitable initiatives every year and encourages employees to volunteer with up to two paid volunteer days annually
Bombardier encourages employees to become recruiters for the company through new employee referral bonuses, to $2,000 depending on the position

Bombardier employees attend an event hosted by the Canada Arab Business Council

Industry	Aircraft manufacturing
Established in Canada	1942
Publicly traded	yes
Major Canadian locations	Montréal QC, Toronto ON
Full-time employees in Canada	11,769
Part-time employees in Canada	44
Average age of employees in Canada	47 years
Longest serving employee	51 years
Benefits note	Bombardier Inc. has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, telecommuting
Long-term savings	defined-benefit (DB) pension, defined-contribution (DC) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $3,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 90% of salary for 17 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 2 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 6 months
In-house training initiatives	apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 2 paid days)