Benefits Canada is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards.
The awards, which were presented during the 2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference in Toronto on Oct. 21, recognized employers that are making a substantial difference in their employees’ financial, mental and physical well-being.
This year, Benefits Canada presented awards across 11 categories, with nearly 100 entries and finalists representing 29 different employers across Canada, with a total count of 356,397 Canadian employees between them. These employers are real leaders in supporting their employees’ well-being, so Benefits Canada wants to extend a huge congratulations to every finalist.
Read: Who are the finalists of the 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards?
The winners of the 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards are:
Absence Management Program: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Benefits Plan Communications: Arc’teryx Equipment
DEI Program: Air Canada
Drug/Benefits Plan Innovation: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Financial Wellness Program: Fidelity Canada
Future of Work Strategy: Fengate Asset Management
Health/Wellness Program (>1,000 employees): Pratt & Whitney Canada
Health/Wellness Program (<1,000 employees): Admiral Insurance & Flight Centre Travel Group
HR/Benefits Professional of the Year: Jane Standing, senior Canadian benefits manager, Amazon Canada
Mental Health Program (>1,000 employees): Pratt & Whitney Canada
Mental Health Program (<1,000 employees): Flight Centre Travel Group
Benefits Canada would like to extend a huge thank you to the independent panel of judges that volunteered their time to select this year’s finalists and winners: Katharine Coons, national workplace mental health specialist at the Canadian Mental Health Association; Matt Davison, Western University’s dean of science and principal researcher at Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab; Jordan Fremont, partner in the pensions and benefits team at Stikeman Elliott LLP; Jean-Guy Gauthier, expert in risk and benefits management at CQFD Actuariat; Marcie Hawranik, founder of Canadian Equity Consulting; Julie Holden, president of Carelogix Health Solutions; Erin Murphy-Sheriffs, associate vice-president of well-being solutions at Aon; Jennifer Paterson, editor at Benefits Canada; Lidia Pawlikowski, associate vice-president of health consulting at Hub International Ltd.; Wendy Poirier, global well-being leader at WTW; Jennifer Schmidt, partner at Mercer Canada; Sonya Singh, associate editor at Benefits Canada; and Blake Wolfe, managing editor at Benefits Canada.
Read: Meet the 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards judges
Special thanks also goes out to five of last year’s winners who took part in this year’s awards judging: Laura Carter, associate director of benefits at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan; Andrew Honor, psychological health and wellness specialist at Peel Region; Paula Ioannou, head of total rewards at TMX Group Inc.; Allison Jost, total rewards manager at Admiral Insurance; and Joanna Marra, director of wellness at CAA Club Group.
[Note: The representatives from Admiral Insurance, CAA Club Group and the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, featured as finalists again this year, didn’t judge the respective categories to which they submitted entries for the 2025 awards.]
More detailed stories about all of the award winners will be featured on our website and in our newsletter over the next two weeks. Please also stay tuned for the December issue of the magazine, which will include additional information about all of the winners.
Congratulations again to all of the winners and finalists!