Vancouver, City of

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Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4
The City of Vancouver is a provider of municipal government services to over 700,000 residents and businesses.

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Vancouver, City of

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

By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 11, 2025)

Here are some of the reasons why Vancouver, City of was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):

  • City of Vancouver's Fit City initiative encourages employees to lead healthy and active lifestyles through in-house programming including monthly newsletters, online resources, discounted access to fitness facilities, and an incentive program to reward healthy behaviours
  • City of Vancouver maintains a Sustainable Commuting Program, providing resources, benefits and incentives for employees who choose to take transit, cycle, work or carpool to work -- employees receive a rebate on transit purchases and bicycle maintenance, and accumulate active commuting points for cycling and walking that can be traded for e-gift cards
  • City of Vancouver offers training and development opportunities for individuals at various stages of their career, from paid internships and extensive apprenticeship opportunities for students and recent grads to formal mentoring and tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside academic institutions

Highlights

Industry Municipal governments
Established in Canada 1886
Major Canadian locations Vancouver BC
Full-time employees in Canada 8,736
Part-time employees in Canada 317
Average age of employees in Canada 42 years
Longest serving employee 50 years
Benefits note The City of Vancouver has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position
Flexible work options hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed work week, earned days off program
Long-term savings defined-benefit (DB) pension, defined-contribution (DC) pension, 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 $1,200 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers) up to 95% of salary for 17 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 48 months
Employee performance reviews employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Tuition subsidies (related to job) yes
Employee charitable involvement employees are involved in selection of charities

Recognized as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2025):

By Richard Yerema and Chantel Watkins, and Sonja Verpoort, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Apr 21, 2025)

Here are some of the reasons why Vancouver, City of was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2025):

  • City of Vancouver promotes sustainable commuting by offering resources, benefits and incentives for employees who choose to take transit, cycle, walk, or carpool to work -- employees receive rebates on transit purchases and bicycle maintenance, and earn active commuting points for cycling and walking, which can be traded for e-gift cards
  • City of Vancouver has adopted a policy requiring all new, larger civic facilities to meet a minimum of LEED Gold standards -- since adopting this policy, the city has built a firehall certified to both LEED Gold and Passive House (a net-zero energy standard), a community centre with geothermal HVAC systems that supply 40 per cent of heating and cooling needs, and a LEED Platinum multi-unit residential building
  • City of Vancouver has committed to significantly reducing fleet emissions by 2030, with a long-term goal of transitioning to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 -- the city has already shifted to 100 per cent renewable diesel for fuel-reliant vehicles (in addition to the electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles already in its fleet)

Highlights

Industry Municipal governments
Major Canadian locations Vancouver BC
Full-time employees in Canada 8,736
Part-time employees in Canada 317
Employee green team Green Operations Team
Senior executive who oversees initiatives Director, Sustainability
Formal strategy/policy name Greenest City 2020 Action Plan (adopted in 2011), The Environmental Framework for Municipal Operations (adopted in 2011), The Climate Emergency Action Plan (adopted in 2020)
Publishes sustainability report yes
Green highlights Green Homes program (promoting green construction) and deconstruction permits for demolition (to promote recycling and proper disposal of construction waste), solar homes strategy (supporting adoption of solar technology), Grow Natural (home yard care program), rain barrel program (rainwater collection), water saver kits (water conservation initiative), formal healthy ecosystem initiatives (from reducing water use in parks to habitat plantings at landfill sites to sewer and stormwater runoff mitigation), formal food strategy program features a network of community garden plots, Greenest City Fund (grant program to fund community groups and residents taking on projects that align with the Greenest City Action Plan)
Noteworthy initiatives Transportation 2040 Plan maintains a longstanding focus on prioritizing walking, biking and public transit over automobiles (since its establishment, bicycle trips have increased steadily while automobile trips into the city have decreased)
Building footprint includes PV solar panels, rainwater collection, green roof, geothermal heating/cooling, electric vehicle charging stations, solar air heating, adopted LEED Gold certification standard for all new construction of 500 square metres or more, water and wastewater management programs (formal sewer separation program first established in 1978)
Extended recycling established a 90% waste diversion target rate for corporate city buildings and 70% for public facilities (such as libraries and community centres) by 2020, ongoing paper use reduction strategies, residential organics collection, e-waste (donations and recycling), soft plastics, mini blue bins at all employee desks
Commuter amenities employee discounts for car-sharing services, greening the city fleet (includes vehicle right-sizing, reducing its fleet, anti-idling awareness programs and the adoption of low emission, hybrid and electric vehicles), electric vehicle charging infrastructure program, Bike to Work Week (in partnership with HUB Cycling), walk to public transit, secure/sheltered bicycle parking, online carpool sign-up, transit subsidies
Community partnerships BC Hydro's Workplace Conservation Awareness program (encourages employees to reduce electricity consumption at work), World Wildlife Fund (Earth Hour and was previously recognized by WWF's One Planet City Challenge as one of the world's greenest cities)

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