Top Employer: ENMAX Corporation

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

Here are some of the reasons why ENMAX Corporation was selected as one of Alberta's Top Employers (2025):

ENMAX supports employees in balancing their day-to-day lives by offering a number of flexible work options, including hybrid arrangements, flexible hours, shortened workweeks and a compressed summer schedule that allows employees to work longer weekdays to earn every second Friday off during the summer months
Varying by employee group, ENMAX helps employees save for retirement through defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans -- and offers a number of financial perks along the way, including year-end bonus programs, discounted home and auto insurance and credits on ENMAX energy bills
ENMAX is actively involved in the communities it serves, contributing over 5,400 volunteer hours on company time in the past year -- additionally, the organization matches employee donations in kind, to a maximum of $1,200 per year

ENMAX team members bake sweets for a local shelter (Photo credit: Nathan Greener)

Industry	Electric power distribution
Established in Canada	1998
Major Canadian locations	Calgary AB
Full-time employees in Canada	1,657
Part-time employees in Canada	69
Average age of employees in Canada	44 years
Longest serving employee	44 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, compressed work week, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting, reduced summer hours
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 100% of salary for 8 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 75% of salary for 6 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 75% of salary for 6 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 6 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
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $35,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities

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

ENMAX works with several community organizations to help address and educate consumers on energy usage, including working with Green Calgary to deliver uniquely-tailored workshops for homeowners, people living in apartment buildings and newcomers to Canada
ENMAX's Calgary Energy Centre facility recently welcomed new on-site beehives in order to enhance local biodiversity and promote awareness of the important role that pollinators play in Calgary -- the hives are maintained by employees who receive training to ensure proper honey harvesting and protection
ENMAX partners with the Federation of Calgary Communities to manage the Energizing Spaces program, which provides funding and support to community groups to replace old appliances with newer, more energy-efficient models -- ENMAX also invites residents to attend 'install days', providing energy-efficient tools and tips to use in their own homes

ENMAX power network team members complete capital maintenance on an underground vault (Photo credit: Nathan Greener)

Industry	Electric power distribution
Major Canadian locations	Calgary AB
Full-time employees in Canada	1,657
Part-time employees in Canada	69
Employee green team	Climate Action Working Group
Senior executive who oversees initiatives	VP, Corporate Operational Services
Formal strategy/policy name	environment policy
Publishes sustainability report	yes
Green highlights	company-wide employee environmental awareness training program, Energizing Spaces Fund (established in 2015 to help community associations across Calgary replace inefficient appliances), Renewable Energy programs (helps business and residential customers set up solar installations, working in partnership with the City of Calgary), weekly 'Waste Wednesday' communication providing information on waste management initiatives and tips for reuse and recycling
Building footprint includes	PV solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, rooftop solar array at the head office, onsite beehives at the Calgary Energy Centre
Extended recycling	organics and recycling stations in all work areas (office and operational)
Commuter amenities	walk to public transit, secure/sheltered bicycle parking
Community partnerships	Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, Friends of Fish Creek Society, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation