Top Employer: Société Générale Canada

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

Here are some of the reasons why Société Générale Canada was selected as one of Montreal's Top Employers (2025):

Société Générale Canada provides employees with a health spending account of $2,000 as part of its benefits plan, which can be used for medical care or allocated as a contribution to a pension plan -- employees also receive a personal spending account of $1,000, which can be used for pet insurance, elder care, gym memberships, fitness classes, and more
Société Générale Canada cultivates an ownership culture through a share purchase plan available to all employees and provides year-end bonuses for all
Société Générale Canada offers maternity and parental leave top-up in support of new parents, providing 100 per cent of salary for 18 weeks for new mothers and 100 per cent of salary for five weeks for new fathers (adoptive parents receive top-up ranging from five to eight weeks)

Société Générale Canada staff connect at an employee recognition event

Industry	Banking
Established in Canada	1974
Publicly traded	yes
Parent company	Societe Generale, SA
Parent company head office	Paris, France
Major Canadian locations	Toronto ON, Montréal QC
Full-time employees in Canada	579
Average age of employees in Canada	37 years
Longest serving employee	37 years
Benefits note	Société Générale Canada has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, telecommuting
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 80% of the premiums
Health spending account	up to $2,000 each year
Wellness spending account	up to $1,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 5 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 8 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, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)

Graduates at Société Générale Canada use a collaborative workspace

Industry	Banking
Full-time employees in Canada	251 to 500
Parent company	Societe Generale, SA
Parent company head office	Paris, France
Major Canadian locations	Toronto ON, Montréal QC
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring, leadership training
Tuition subsidies (related to job)	yes
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, transit subsidies, employees receive paid time off to volunteer
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job