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Forbes ranked Canada's best employers for 2026 & these 11 Montreal companies made the cut

If you work for a big company in Montreal, there's a decent chance your employer, or one down the street, just landed on a new list worth knowing about. Forbes released its latest edition of its Canada's Best Employers For Company Culture ranking this month, and once again, Quebec workplaces made a strong showing.

For this year's ranking, Forbes teamed up with Statista to survey more than 37,000 Canadians working at companies with at least 500 employees, asking them to rate their own employer on things like fairness, inclusion, recognition, collaboration, and career growth. The results were combined into a final list of 200 organizations across the country.

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Quebec has 27 billionaire families and the gap below them is staggering

Quebec isn't the first place you'd think of when it comes to the ultra rich, but a recent report puts it higher up the list than you might expect. The province is home to an estimated 27 billionaire families, and the distance between them and everyone else is hard to fathom.

Those numbers come from Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF) an advocacy group that campaigns for higher taxes on the wealthy. Its latest report, published last month, looks at where extreme wealth sits across the country, and Quebec turns up near the top of several of its rankings.

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Quebec's wealthiest family could give everyone in the province $1k and still be filthy rich

Quebec has produced plenty of wealthy families over the years, but one stands in a category of its own.

The Desmarais family — the power behind Power Corporation of Canada — is the richest family in the province and the tenth wealthiest in the entire country, according to Maclean's 2025 Rich List.

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McGill is Canada's #1 university for creating billionaires and the wealth gap is wild

A new global study set out to answer a question most people have at least thought about once: what does it actually take to become a billionaire?

The findings are fascinating, slightly humbling, and for anyone who went to Montreal's McGill University, maybe a little validating.

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These 16 Quebec billionaires are among the richest people in the world in 2026

Forbes recently released this year's World's Billionaires list, and Quebec made quite the impression.

A total of 16 residents made the cut, with a combined net worth of $60 billion, built across industries ranging from convenience stores and dairy to telecom and entertainment.

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Forbes ranked Canada's top employers for 2026 and over 30 Quebec companies made the cut

Forbes just released its 2026 ranking of Canada's Best Employers, and Quebec had a strong showing with 34 companies making the list of 300.

The annual ranking, produced in partnership with market research firm Statista, surveyed more than 37,000 Canada-based employees working for businesses with at least 500 workers. Participants rated employers on compensation packages, work flexibility, training opportunities, leadership programs, and whether they'd recommend their workplace to others.

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The world's best employers were ranked and 7 Quebec companies made the cut

Quebec is home to many of Canada's biggest companies, but only some have the distinction of being considered world-class.

Earlier this month, Forbes released its 2025 list of the World's Best Employers, ranking 900 organizations across 50 countries based on employee feedback about pay, work-life balance, advancement opportunities, and overall reputation. The global survey, conducted with research firm Statista, gathered more than 300,000 anonymous responses from workers around the world.

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Forbes ranked the best Canadian companies to work for & these 13 Montreal spots made the cut

If you're thinking about switching jobs or just wondering which Montreal-based employers are actually walking the walk when it comes to workplace culture, Forbes just released a new list that might help.

For its inaugural ranking of "Canada's Best Employers for Company Culture," Forbes partnered with Statista to survey more than 40,000 Canadians working at companies with at least 500 employees. Participants rated their employers anonymously on things like fairness, inclusion, recognition, collaboration, and career growth. The results were then combined with past survey data to form a final list of 200 organizations.

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