Top Employer: Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

Recognized as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers (2025):

Here are some of the reasons why Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada was selected as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers (2025):

CHF Canada provides employees who are new mothers with maternity and parental leave top-up (to 95 per cent of salary for up to 27 weeks) and offers parental top-up for fathers and adoptive parents (to 95 per cent of salary for up to 10 weeks) -- and also helps employees balance their home and work responsibilities with up to 22 paid days of leave per year to cover illness, care of sick dependents and attending medical appointments
CHF Canada assists employees with a health spending account (to $725) to top up coverage or pay for coverage not included in the health plan and offers a wellness reimbursement program for expenses that improve the physical health and well-being of its employees, such as health programs, counselling and health equipment (to $500)
CHF Canada's health benefits plan also includes separate coverage for mental health practitioners (up to $1,500 annually)

CHF Canada employees connect at an all-staff retreat

Industry	Co-operative housing
Established in Canada	1968
Major Canadian locations	Truro NS, Ottawa ON, Toronto ON, Vancouver BC
Full-time employees in Canada	40
Part-time employees in Canada	2
Average age of employees in Canada	48 years
Longest serving employee	33 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay)
Long-term savings	defined-contribution (DC) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Health spending account	up to $725 each year
Wellness spending account	up to $500 each year
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $1,500 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 95% of salary for 17 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 95% of salary for 10 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 95% of salary for 10 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 95% of salary for 10 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives	online training, mentoring, leadership development programs
Tuition subsidies (related to job)	yes