Major employers in Abbotsford

19 employers, 11 of them head offices: 11 worldwide, 0 national and 0 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

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Employers19
Worldwide HQ11
National HQ0
Regional HQ0
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Employers, largest first

People employed at the site in this city where a source publishes it; head offices without a published count follow.

CompanyHereEmployees hereWorldwide HQJobs
Abbotsford School District (School District No. 34)Public education — K-12 school districtMajor site3,0002026Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)Post-secondary education — public universityWorldwide HQuniversity main campus (campuses in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, Hope; presence in Chandigarh, India)2,1102025Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Abbotsford International Airport (YXX)Transportation — airport operationspart of City of AbbotsfordMajor site1,0002025Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Conair GroupAerospace — aerial firefighting, aircraft manufacturing (OEM) and simulatorsWorldwide HQglobal (aerial firefighting operator and aircraft converter; subsidiaries Conair France and Aero-Flite Inc. in the US)6502026Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Archway Community ServicesSocial services — non-profit multi-service agencyWorldwide HQnon-profit social service agency (formerly Abbotsford Community Services) serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and Langley5002026Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Abbotsford Police DepartmentPublic safety — municipal policepart of City of AbbotsfordMajor site3502025Abbotsford, British Columbia—
Vitalus NutritionFood manufacturing — specialty dairy ingredientsWorldwide HQglobal (dairy ingredient processor; second plant in Winnipeg)1352024Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Cintas Canada — Abbotsford (Xchange Business Park)Services — uniform rental and facility servicespart of Cintas CorporationMajor site1002024Mason (Cincinnati area), OhioCareers →
Abbotsford Christian SchoolEducation — independent K-12 schoolWorldwide HQindependent K-12 school—Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Berryhill FoodsFood manufacturing — frozen blueberries and raspberriesWorldwide HQCanadian headquarters and processing operation (US mailing address in Sumas, WA)—Abbotsford, British Columbia—
Cascade AerospaceAerospace — military and commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaulpart of IMP Group (IMP Aerospace & Defence)Worldwide HQCascade Aerospace operating unit (heavy maintenance, C-130 centre) — parent IMP Group is HQ'd in Halifax—Halifax, Nova ScotiaCareers →
Chinook HelicoptersEducation — commercial pilot flight trainingWorldwide HQflight training school (helicopter and airplane), single base at Abbotsford Airport—Abbotsford, British Columbia—
Columbia Bible CollegePost-secondary education — private collegeWorldwide HQprivate Christian college—Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Menno PlaceHealth care — long-term care and seniors' housingpart of Mennonite Benevolent SocietyWorldwide HQseniors' campus of care (11-acre campus; long-term care and assisted living contracted by Fraser Health)—Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Rossdown Farms & Natural FoodsFood manufacturing — poultry farming and processingWorldwide HQfamily-run integrated poultry company—Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
City of AbbotsfordLocal governmentMajor site—Abbotsford, British ColumbiaCareers →
Correctional Service Canada — Matsqui, Pacific and Fraser Valley institutionsFederal government — correctionspart of Government of CanadaMajor site—Ottawa, OntarioCareers →
Fraser Health — Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer CentreHealth care — hospitalpart of Fraser Health AuthorityMajor site—Surrey, British Columbia—
Fraser Valley Regional LibraryPublic library systemMajor site—Fraser Valley, British ColumbiaCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • No published City or regional 'top employers' list with headcounts was found for Abbotsford; the City's Abbotsford in Action 2025 supplement (Abbotsford News, hosted on abbotsford.ca) supplied the APD, Vitalus, Cintas and airport figures. Headcounts here are only those an employer or the City publishes.
  • Named by Abbotsford in Action 2025 but not given rows (own site not reached or not confirming Abbotsford): Valley Carriers (valleycarriers.com robots.txt names ClaudeBot — Disallow, not fetched); Vedder Transport (vedder.ca) and Tri-Link Systems (tri-link.com) — connection failed; Marshall Aerospace (said to have its head office at YXX; marshalladg.com pages are script-rendered and did not show Abbotsford text).
  • Other leads not given rows: Sofina Foods, Nature's Touch Frozen Foods and Saputo (directory leads for Abbotsford plants; their own location pages did not confirm Abbotsford in readable text or the site was unreachable); Mennonite Educational Institute (meisociety.ca unreachable); Prospera Credit Union (part of Coast Capital; branches in the Fraser Valley but no Abbotsford head office confirmed on its pages); investabbotsford.ca unreachable; csc-scc.gc.ca unreachable; careers.fraserhealth.ca robots.txt HTTP 403.
  • EggSolutions (eggsolutions.com) says its 2 facilities are in Ontario, so the Abbotsford Vanderpol's egg processor (PacifiCan lead) is a different company; vanderpols.com was unreachable — no row.
  • Funded software/tech: none found headquartered in Abbotsford in this pass (search leads only produced government grants to food processors). betakit.com not used.
  • Abbotsford in Action 2025 also names the aggregate (gravel) and trucking sectors and says manufacturing 'supports over 8,000 jobs' in Abbotsford.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-31. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.