Top national and global companies operating in B.C. in 2022

 

Ranked by number of B.C. employees in 2022

Published October 11, 2022. Sources: interviews with the companies below and BIV research. Other companies may have ranked but did not respond by deadline or were unable to break down numbers regionally.

Rank '22 Company Senior executive(s) Primary business Key geographic areas business operates in Year founded Worldwide staff '22/'21 B.C. staff '22/'21

1

Jim Pattison Group
1067 Cordova St W Suite 1800, Vancouver V6C 1C7
P: 604-488-5213 F: NP jimpattison.com

Jim Pattison, managing director, CEO and chair

Diversified

North America, Central America, Europe, Asia, Middle East

1961

49,000
51,000

23,900
24,500 (1)

2

Walmart Canada Corp
1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga L5N 1P9
P: 800-328-0402 F: NP walmartcanada.ca

NP

Mass merchandise department store

Canada, United States

1994

NP
2,300,000

12,000 (2)
10,600 (2)

3

Amazon (Vancouver)
510 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6B 2A3
P: 604-697-2711 F: NP amazon.ca

Andy Jassy, CEO

Online retailer

Worldwide

1994

NP
1,300,000

10,000
5,500

4

Telus Corp
510 Georgia St W 23rd floor, Vancouver V6B 0M3
P: 604-697-8044 F: NP telus.com

Darren Entwistle, president and CEO, Doug French, executive vice-president and CFO

Communications products and services

All provinces in Canada

1990

90,000
78,000

8,000 (3)
8,000

5

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC Financial Group)
1055 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6E 3S5
P: 800-769-2511 F: NP rbc.com

Martin Thibodeau, regional president, B.C.

Financial planning, investment advice, credit, banking, estate planning, retirement planning and education

Canada, United States, U.K., Asia

1864

87,830
86,986

7,196 (3)
7,196

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