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Top 20 employers in Canada for immigrants

This year can bring you top opportunities in Canada. More and more companies are hiring international skilled and highly qualified professionals from around the globe.

Forbes has recently conducted a study along with Statista and compiled a list of 300 top employers in Canada in 2020. This indicates clear guidance for newcomers and job seekers for Canada. Such surveys help one a lot in terms of getting a job first from abroad and then apply for different immigration programs in Canada.

Canada has been enjoying it lowest ever unemployemnt rate at 5.4% that show the strength of Canadian job market. 

As usual, big companies such as Google, FedEx, Microsoft, and Boeing, etc are among the top 10, but there are many other new emerging companies in the list that also allow many foreigners to start a career.

CANADA’S BEST EMPLOYERS LIST

1- Google
 Company services: IT, Internet, Software & Services
Headquarters location: Toronto, Ontario
Number of employees: 2,300
2- Hydro-Québec
Company services: Utilities
Headquarters location: Montreal, Quebec
Number of employees: 19,904
3- Cisco Systems
Company services: IT, Internet, Software & Services
Headquarters location: Toronto, Ontario
Number of employees: 1,727
4- Costco Wholesale
Company services: Retail and Wholesale
Headquarters location: Ottawa, Ontario
Number of employees: 39,000
5- Ubisoft
Company services: Media & Advertising
Headquarters location: Montreal, Quebec
Number of employees: 15,985
6- Microsoft
Company services: IT, Internet, Software & Services
Headquarters location: Mississauga, Ontario
Number of employees: 2,300
7- Boeing
Company services: Aerospace & Defense
Headquarters location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Number of employees: 2,000
8- Air Transat
Company services: Transportation and Logistics
Headquarters location: Montreal, Quebec
Number of employees: 5,000
9- FedEx
Company services: Transportation and Logistics
Headquarters location: Mississauga, Ontario
Number of employees: 6,750
10- University of Toronto
Company services: Education
Headquarters location: Toronto, Ontario
Number of employees: 7,198
11- General Dynamics
Company services: Aerospace & Defense
Headquarters location: Ottawa, Ontario
Number of employees: 1,100
12- GlaxoSmithKline
Company services: Drugs & Biotechnology
Headquarters location: Mississauga, Ontario
Number of employees: 98,462
13- Université de Sherbrooke
Company services: Education
Headquarters location: Sherbrooke, Quebec
Number of employees: 7,271
14- ABB
Company services: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment
Headquarters location: Saint Laurent, Quebec
Number of employees: 5,000
15- Pfizer
Company services: Drugs & Biotechnology
Headquarters location: Kirkland, Quebec
Number of employees: 1,818
16- Ericsson
Company services: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment
Headquarters location: Mississauga, Ontario
Number of employees: 3,000
17- Apple
Company services: Retail and Wholesale
Headquarters location: Toronto, Ontario
Number of employees: 132,000
18- BC Hydro
Company services: Utilities
Headquarters location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Number of employees: 5,353
19- Simon Fraser University
Company services: Education
Headquarters location: Burnaby, British Columbia
Number of employees: 6,500
20-Starbucks
Company services: Restaurants
Headquarters location: Toronto, Ontario
Number of employees: 14,000
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