Recognized as one of Alberta's Top Employers (2025):
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Jan 27, 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

Trican employees at work

Trican employees at work
Highlights
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) |