Major employers in Edmonton

40 employers, 30 of them head offices: 28 worldwide, 1 national and 1 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

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Employers40
Worldwide HQ28
National HQ1
Regional HQ1
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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
City of EdmontonPublic administration — municipal governmentMajor site15,8102026Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Edmonton Public SchoolsEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site10,8732025Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Edmonton Catholic SchoolsEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site5,500Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Edmonton Police ServicePublic administration — municipal policingpart of City of EdmontonMajor site3,0412025Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)Education — polytechnicMajor site2,966Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
TELUS (Edmonton)Telecommunicationspart of TELUS CorporationMajor site2,1002021Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Alberta Health ServicesHealth care — hospitals and public healthpart of Government of AlbertaWorldwide HQAlberta (provincial health authority)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)Finance — institutional investment managementpart of Government of AlbertaWorldwide HQglobal (offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, London and Luxembourg)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Alberta Pensions Services CorporationFinance — pension plan administrationWorldwide HQAlberta—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Alberta Teachers' Retirement FundFinance — pension fundWorldwide HQAlberta—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
AltaMLSoftware — applied AI and machine-learning solutionsWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Areto LabsSoftware — AI social-media content moderationWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Artificial AgencySoftware — generative-AI behaviour engine for video gamesWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
ATB FinancialFinance — banking and wealth managementpart of Government of AlbertaWorldwide HQAlberta (provincial Crown financial institution)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Capital PowerUtilities — power generationWorldwide HQglobal (Canada and United States)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Clark BuildersConstruction — general contractingWorldwide HQCanada (Western and Northern Canada)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Covenant HealthHealth care — hospitals and continuing careWorldwide HQAlberta (Catholic health care provider)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
EPCOR UtilitiesUtilities — water, wastewater and electricitypart of City of EdmontonWorldwide HQglobal (Canada and United States)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Fountain TireRetail — tires and automotive serviceWorldwide HQCanada—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Future FieldsBiotechnology — insect-based recombinant protein biomanufacturingWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Government of AlbertaPublic administration — provincial governmentWorldwide HQAlberta (provincial capital)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
HonestDoorSoftware — property-valuation and real-estate data platform (proptech)Worldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, Alberta—
Melcor DevelopmentsReal estate — land development and investment propertyWorldwide HQglobal (Alberta, British Columbia, Arizona)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
NiaHealthHealth technology — preventive blood-testing and health-insight platformWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, Alberta—
PCL ConstructionConstruction — general contractingWorldwide HQglobal (North American headquarters; 100% employee-owned)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)Public administration — federal regional developmentpart of Government of CanadaWorldwide HQPrairie provinces (federal department)—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
PulseMedicaMedical devices — laser imaging and treatment for eye diseaseWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
RL Core Technologies (RLCore)Software — reinforcement-learning control for industrial and water-treatment systemsWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Servus Credit UnionFinance — credit unionWorldwide HQAlberta—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
ShowbieSoftware — K-12 classroom learning platform (edtech)Worldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
SketchDeck.aiSoftware — AI steel takeoff and estimating for constructionWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
StantecProfessional services — engineering, architecture and environmental consultingWorldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Trust ScienceSoftware — AI credit-scoring and underwriting for lenders (fintech)Worldwide HQglobal—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
Workers' Compensation Board – AlbertaInsurance — workers' compensationWorldwide HQAlberta—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
The BrickRetail — furniture, appliances and electronicspart of Leon’s FurnitureNational HQCanada (The Brick banners, 209+ stores)—Toronto, OntarioCareers →
RCMP "K" Division (Alberta)Public administration — federal and contract provincial policingpart of Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRegional HQAlberta—Ottawa, OntarioCareers →
BioWare (Edmonton studio)Software — video game developmentpart of Electronic ArtsMajor site—Redwood City, CaliforniaCareers →
Concordia University of EdmontonEducation — universityMajor site—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
MacEwan UniversityEducation — universityMajor site—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
NorQuest CollegeEducation — collegeMajor site—Edmonton, AlbertaCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • Edmonton has no current published 'top employers' list: Edmonton Global's invest pages (talent and labour force, regional economy) give no employer table; the Alberta Regional Dashboard has employment series but no named-employer list; Explore Edmonton's host returned CloudFront 403 to robots.txt. Every row is therefore built from the employer's own filing, budget or site, and most organizations publish only a company-wide total (kept in employeesWorldwide) — employeesHere is filled only where the figure is Edmonton-specific.
  • Headcount basis differs: City of Edmonton, Edmonton Public Schools and Edmonton Police Service publish FTEs (not people); EPS FTEs are inside the City total. Covenant Health's 7,111 is organization-wide FTEs; AHS's 111,100 is province-wide and predates its 2025 restructuring.
  • Blocked or not verifiable, so left out of the rows: University of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca returned CloudFront 403 to robots.txt — probably Edmonton's second- or third-largest employer); Alberta Blue Cross (www.ab.bluecross.ca and careers.ab.bluecross.ca returned Cloudflare 'Just a moment' challenges; its careers /new-hire/ path is robots-disallowed); Jobber (getjobber.com Cloudflare challenge on /about/ and /contact/); The Brick (thebrick.com HTTP 429 twice — head office in Edmonton per search leads, parent Leon's Furniture); Booster Juice (HTTP 429 on the terms page); Running Room (HTTP 522); Associated Engineering (HTTP 502 on robots.txt).
  • Not added because the head-office fact could not be confirmed on the company's own pages: Alberta Motor Association (contact page renders no text to a script), Chandos Construction (750+ employees, employee-owned; Edmonton is an office but no page read says head office), KAG Canada / Westcan Bulk Transport (parent Kenan Advantage Group; KAG page 404), Champion Petfoods (Mars, June 2026, says Champion is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado; older Champion pages say Edmonton), Canadian Western Bank (amalgamated into National Bank of Canada on 1 Mar 2025, so no longer an Edmonton head office).
  • Outside the City of Edmonton boundary, so excluded: CFB Edmonton / Edmonton Garrison (in Sturgeon County, per canada.ca; the Army has also restructured its divisions), Edmonton International Airport (Leduc County), and the refineries and plants east of the city (Strathcona County).
  • Not yet sourced with a figure: the Government of Canada's Edmonton workforce, CN (Walker Yard), Canada Post, Concordia University of Edmonton (site loads), the Alberta Teachers' Association (its Barnett House head office is closed after flooding until early 2027, per search leads).
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-30: careersUrl added to every original row (each opened and loaded as that organization’s own careers page or official job board; Government of Alberta = jobpostings.alberta.ca). Funded tech companies added from Startup Genome, Edmonton Unlimited alumni lists, BetaKit, Taproot Edmonton and Osler leads; each website opened. Funding amounts are as reported by the cited source (currency as printed); investors are firms only.
  • Funded Edmonton tech companies left out because their own website could not be opened: Jobber (getjobber.com / www.getjobber.com Cloudflare “Just a moment” 403 — Edmonton Global: US$100M Series D led by General Atlantic, Feb 2023, total US$176M; the largest venture raises in Edmonton’s history), Nanoprecise Sci Corp (nanoprecise.io Incapsula block — BetaKit 27 Mar 2025: US$36M / C$52M Series C co-led by Yaletown Partners and BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund; 127-person team), DrugBank (go.drugbank.com “Securing Connection” 403), QuoteToMe (robots.txt 403).
  • Considered and not added as Edmonton HQs: Drivewyze (now part of Fleetworthy, whose contact page lists only Albany NY and Madison WI offices), Smart Access (Taproot: “Edmonton-born” but lists its operating base as San Francisco), Scription (expansion led from Atlanta; site gives no address), Mikata Health (Calgary), WaitWell (Calgary), Granify (now redirects to Bazaarvoice), Chandos Construction (Edmonton is one office among many), Booster Juice and Alberta Motor Association (no head-office statement readable).
  • Still blocked 2026-10-30: University of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca robots.txt 403), Alberta Blue Cross (robots.txt names ClaudeBot with Disallow: /), The King’s University (robots.txt disallows / for a named group covering this crawler), Oilers Entertainment Group and oilers.nhl.com (no response), Running Room (522), Seedtable (403 challenge), Business Wire (robots 403), AccessNewswire (Cloudflare).
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-30. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.