Top Employer: College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, The

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

Here are some of the reasons why College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, The was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):

In addition to defined benefit pension plan contributions, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC helps employees plan for the future with retirement planning assistance and health benefits that extend to retirees (with no age limit and 100 per cent premium coverage)
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC starts new employees with three weeks of paid vacation and offers an additional day off between Christmas and New Year's -- additionally, the organization maintains a flexible statutory holiday policy, allowing employees to swap up to three statutory holidays for days that are personally, religiously or culturally significant to them
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC supports employees caring for a loved one with compassionate top-up leave payments of 75 per cent of salary for six weeks

Information technology employees at The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC create Turkish lamps as part of a team-building activity

Industry	Professional organizations
Established in Canada	1886
Major Canadian locations	Vancouver BC
Full-time employees in Canada	201
Part-time employees in Canada	8
Average age of employees in Canada	42 years
Longest serving employee	34 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed work week, telecommuting
Long-term savings	defined-benefit (DB) 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 $1,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 15 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 37 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 75% of salary for 37 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 75% of salary for 37 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3.2 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 36 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 6 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $6,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)