Top Employer: Opportunities New Brunswick

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

Here are some of the reasons why Opportunities New Brunswick was selected as one of Atlantic Canada's Top Employers (2025):

Opportunities New Brunswick helps employees balance their day-to-day responsibilities with flexible hours and hybrid work options -- when working on-site, the head office features a variety of work spaces, including hoteling stations, common spaces designed for collaboration, and a unique Ideas Room with doodle boards, stress balls, puzzles, and more
Opportunities New Brunswick encourages employees to further their education with tuition subsidies for courses related to their current position, along with a variety of in-house training initiatives -- each employee also updates their individual work and development plan annually, which is reviewed by a member of the employee experience team to identify training opportunities aligned with individuals' career goals
Opportunities New Brunswick celebrates the accomplishments of its employees with a suite of performance recognition programs, including peer-nominated BRAVO awards, the High 5s informal rewards program based on company values (Team Player, World Class, Results, Please Forgive Me, Wild Card and Kindness), as well as the annual CEO Award

Opportunities New Brunswick employees enjoy a game of Jeopardy at work

Industry	Provincial government, economic development
Established in Canada	2015
Parent company	Government of New Brunswick
Parent company head office	Fredericton NB
Major Canadian locations	Fredericton NB
Full-time employees in Canada	160
Average age of employees in Canada	44.5 years
Longest serving employee	9 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, telecommuting, reduced summer hours
Long-term savings	defined-contribution (DC) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 75% of the premiums
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 16 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 75% of salary for 16 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	in-house training, leadership development programs, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)