Top Employer: McCain Foods Ltd.

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

Here are some of the reasons why McCain Foods Ltd. was selected as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2025):

McCain Foods helps employees start a family with generous fertility support payments (to $10,000), following up with maternity and parental leave top-ups to 100 per cent of salary for 12 weeks -- and helps employees with older kids through a post-secondary academic scholarship program
McCain Foods hosts a variety of social events each week, aptly named "Too Good to Miss", and ensures it celebrates National French Fry Day by serving employees all types of McCain fries (with an assortment of condiments)
McCain Foods helps employees balance their day-to-day responsibilities with hybrid work options, flexible hours and a formal Flex Fridays program that lets employees work a little extra during the week and leave work by 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon (the program is available throughout the year)

McCain Foods employee monitors the fries production

Industry	Food manufacturing
Established in Canada	1957
Major Canadian locations	Florenceville NB, Toronto ON
Full-time employees in Canada	2,857
Part-time employees in Canada	121
Average age of employees in Canada	42.6 years
Longest serving employee	55 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 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 60% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $2,500 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 2 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 2 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 4 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 12 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, leadership development programs, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $5,250 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)