Top Employer: Trican Well Service Ltd.

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

Here are some of the reasons why Trican Well Service Ltd. was selected as one of Alberta's Top Employers (2025):

Trican maintains a generous top-up policy, providing mothers-to-be with maternity and parental leave top-up to 100 per cent of salary for up to 26 weeks -- new parents may also request to phase-in their return to work, gradually increasing their hours over a set period of time
Trican encourages employees to be active in building the community in which they live and work with two paid days off to volunteer and matching charitable donations, to $1,500 per employee per year
Trican makes commuting to work a little easier with transit subsidies and subsidized parking at its head office -- when working on-site, employees can also maintain healthy habits with free access to the fitness facility, open 24/7

Trican employees at work

Industry	Support activities for oil and gas operations
Established in Canada	1979
Publicly traded	yes
Major Canadian locations	Calgary AB, Brooks AB, Hinton AB, Medicine Hat AB, Red Deer AB, Whitecourt AB, Fort St. John BC, Estevan SK, Grande Prairie AB
Full-time employees in Canada	1,225
Part-time employees in Canada	11
Average age of employees in Canada	41 years
Longest serving employee	34 years
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, compressed work week
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $2,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 6 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 20 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 2 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 26 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 2 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	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
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 2 paid days)