Top Employer: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

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

Here are some of the reasons why Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2025):

Sunnybrook Health Sciences' campus includes several energy-saving features, such as an architecturally integrated solar photovoltaic array, a cogeneration facility that simultaneously produces electricity, heat and cooling to most of the hospital's power), and LED lighting retrofits to improve energy efficiency
In its first year, the Green Task Force at Sunnybrook Health Sciences established the GROW Framework to guide efforts in five core areas: green buildings and grounds, research, education and culture, clinical operations, and waste and procurement -- second-year initiatives expanded the focus by supporting front-line operational green teams in key functional areas of the organization, including Surgery, the Veterans Centre, and Maintenance
Sunnybrook Health Sciences has a well-developed environmental sustainability policy aimed at continually improving environmental performance and patient care by optimizing energy and water use, reducing waste, preventing pollution and promoting environmental health (the policy is supported by a number of unique outreach initiatives that encourage employee involvement)

Sunnybrook Health Sciences green team members plant trees (Photo credit: Kevin Van Paassen)

Industry	Hospitals
Major Canadian locations	Toronto ON
Full-time employees in Canada	6,781
Part-time employees in Canada	3,711
Employee green team	Green Task Force
Senior executive who oversees initiatives	Directors of Maintenance & Environmental Services
Formal strategy/policy name	environmental sustainability policy
Publishes sustainability report	yes
Green highlights	Earth Week
Building footprint includes	PV solar panels, rainwater collection, electric vehicle charging stations, zero-waste landscaping, solar photovoltaic installation, LED lighting retrofits, cogeneration facility (unique facility simultaneously produces electricity and useful heat and cooling, generating most of the hospital's power), independent beekeeper to manage the on-site apiary
Extended recycling	printer cartridges
Commuter amenities	bike-share stations on the Bayview campus (in partnership with the City of Toronto), walk to public transit, secure/sheltered bicycle parking, online carpool sign-up
Community partnerships	Trees for Life (planted trees in tribute to healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic), Highway of Heroes Tree Tribute, One Bench One Tree

Sunnybrook Health Sciences employees work together

Industry	Hospitals
Full-time employees in Canada	5,001 to 10,000
Major Canadian locations	Toronto ON
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training	orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $3,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Typical new grad positions	Registered Nurse, Registered Practical Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Pharmacist
Starting salary	$50K to $55K
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job