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Top finance employers in Canada

RBC leads Canadian finance with a Visibility score of 92.3 out of 100, 5.1 points ahead of BMO. Scotiabank is third. The list covers the 62 finance employers AI recommends to job seekers in Canada.

62 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    RBC

    #1 in Canadian finance#1 for Operations#1 for Risk & Compliance#1 for Technology & Engineering

    Every AI recommends it for career growth, purpose and pay, among others. The finance employer AI recommends most in Canada.

    92.3
  2. 2

    BMO

    Top 3#1 for Client Advisory#1 for Investment & Trading#1 for Operations

    Every AI recommends it for career growth, pay and innovation, among others.

    87.2
  3. 3

    Scotiabank

    Top 3#1 for Technology & EngineeringEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay, innovation and the hiring process, among others.

    82.1
  4. 4

    CIBC

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay, the hiring process and onboarding, among others.

    66.7
  5. 4

    Manulife

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, culture and inclusion.

    66.7
  6. 6

    Sun Life

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, culture and inclusion.

    59.0
  7. 6

    TD Bank

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for purpose, innovation and interviews, among others.

    59.0
  8. 8

    Desjardins

    #1 for work-life balanceEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for work-life balance, purpose and culture. No other Canadian finance employer is named for work-life balance by every AI.

    48.7
  9. 9

    Toronto-Dominion Bank

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership and job security.

    35.9
  10. 10

    Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security.

    33.3

Everyone else

11 to 30Fidelity Investments, Shopify, RBC Capital Markets, Intact Financial and 22 moreShow
  1. 11Fidelity Investments23.1
  2. 11Shopify23.1
  3. 13RBC Capital Markets20.5
  4. 14Intact Financial15.4
  5. 15BlackRock12.8
  6. 15Canada Life12.8
  7. 17Brookfield10.3
  8. 17Deloitte10.3
  9. 17KPMG10.3
  10. 17PwC10.3
  11. 21Bank of Nova Scotia7.7
  12. 21Credit Suisse7.7
  13. 21Goldman Sachs7.7
  14. 21JPMorgan Chase7.7
  15. 21Lightspeed Commerce7.7
  16. 21Morgan Stanley7.7
  17. 21National Bank Financial7.7
  18. 21National Bank Of Canada7.7
  19. 21RBC Global Asset Management7.7
  20. 30Barclays5.1
  21. 30Cdpq5.1
  22. 30Great-West Lifeco5.1
  23. 30National-Bank5.1
  24. 30OTPP5.1
  25. 30Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan5.1
  26. 30Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets5.1
37Aviva, Boston Consulting Group, Bridgewater, CPP Investment Board and 22 moreShow
  1. 37Aviva2.6
  2. 37Boston Consulting Group2.6
  3. 37Bridgewater2.6
  4. 37CPP Investment Board2.6
  5. 37Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec2.6
  6. 37Canada Pension Plan Investment Board2.6
  7. 37Canada Revenue Agency2.6
  8. 37Citi2.6
  9. 37Concentrix2.6
  10. 37Cpp2.6
  11. 37Empower Retirement2.6
  12. 37Franklin Templeton2.6
  13. 37H&R Block2.6
  14. 37HSBC2.6
  15. 37Invesco2.6
  16. 37MAN2.6
  17. 37McKinsey2.6
  18. 37Mercer2.6
  19. 37Office Of The Superintendent Of Financial Institutions2.6
  20. 37PIMCO2.6
  21. 37Rbc Wealth Management2.6
  22. 37Stripe2.6
  23. 37Tangerine2.6
  24. 37Two Sigma2.6
  25. 37UBS2.6
  26. 37Vanguard2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Canadian finance employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is inclusion and the hiring process: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on work-life balance, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for finance, the leader here has the 7th highest score. Elsewhere the lead changes hands: in Denmark, AI recommends Nordea first.

More than half of the 62 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 33.3. The leader's 92.3 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best finance companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Read our article: Top finance companies to work for

Finance rankings in other countries

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top finance companies to work for in Canada?

Going by who AI recommends most to Canadian job seekers right now: RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC and Manulife.

Which Canadian finance employer does AI recommend for work-life balance?

Desjardins. No other Canadian finance employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about work-life balance.

Which Canadian finance employers does AI recommend for career growth?

RBC and BMO are both named by every AI when candidates ask about career growth.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.