Top Employer: Ubisoft Canadian Studios

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Behind the scenes at Ubisoft Toronto with employees in-house at the motion capture studio

Industry	Software publishers
Full-time employees in Canada	5,001 to 10,000
Parent company	Ubisoft Entertainment
Parent company head office	Paris, France
Major Canadian locations	Sherbrooke QC, Saguenay QC, Winnipeg MB, Montréal QC, Toronto ON, Québec QC, Halifax NS
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, online training, in-house training, mentoring, in-house career planning services
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $900 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Other info for new grads	Ubisoft organizes the "NXT Showcase", a competition for art students in their final year at Toronto-based post-secondary schools. The company also awards an apprenticeship annually though the Interactive Ontario Ubisoft Toronto Women in Games apprenticeship program.
Typical new grad positions	Animator, Model Artist, Programmer, Development Tester
Starting salary	$60K to $70K
Work benefits	flexible work hours, telecommuting, transit subsidies, employees receive paid time off to volunteer
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 5 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job