Major employers in Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec)

41 employers, 23 of them head offices: 17 worldwide, 0 national and 6 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) — the /local page · Who represents Québec City, QC (Ville de Québec) · Companies

Employers41
Worldwide HQ17
National HQ0
Regional HQ6
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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
Gouvernement du Québec (fonction publique)Public administration — provincial governmentRegional HQProvince of Québec — seat of the provincial government (capital)34,3872024Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Santé Québec – CIUSSS de la Capitale-NationaleHealth care — integrated health and social services centrepart of Santé QuébecMajor site17,5462019Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Santé Québec – CHU de Québec-Université LavalHealth care — university hospital centrepart of Santé QuébecMajor site12,8312026Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Université LavalEducation — universityMajor site10,0002026Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Centre de services scolaire de la CapitaleEducation — elementary and secondary schoolsMajor site8,2972026Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Ville de QuébecPublic administration — local governmentMajor site7,5002026Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Centre de services scolaire des Premières-SeigneuriesEducation — elementary and secondary schoolsMajor site5,9342018Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Centre de services scolaire des DécouvreursEducation — elementary and secondary schoolsMajor site2,0002023Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC)Transportation — urban transitMajor site1,7802024Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Cégep de Sainte-FoyEducation — college (CEGEP)Major site1,5002026Québec City, Québec—
Cégep LimoilouEducation — college (CEGEP)Major site7502026Québec City, Québec—
Port de Québec (Administration portuaire de Québec)Transportation — port authorityMajor site1002026Québec City, QuébecCareers →
BenevaInsurance — mutual life, health and P&C insurerWorldwide HQglobal (Canada)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
CoveoSoftware — AI search and personalization platform (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal (co-head office with Montréal)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Eddyfi TechnologiesTechnology — non-destructive testing instruments and softwarepart of ESAB CorporationWorldwide HQglobal HQ of Eddyfi Technologies (an ESAB company since 2026)—North Bethesda, MarylandCareers →
EXFOTelecommunications test and measurement equipmentWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Flyscan SystemsTechnology — aerial pipeline leak and threat detection (sensors + software)Worldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Groupe OcéanMarine services — towage, shipbuilding, dredgingWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Groupe Promutuel (Promutuel Assurance)Insurance — mutual property and casualtyWorldwide HQglobal (federation of Québec mutual insurers)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
H2O InnovationWater treatment — membrane systems, specialty products and operationspart of Ember InfrastructureWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
iA Groupe financierInsurance and wealth managementWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
InnovMetric Software (PolyWorks)Software — 3D metrology software (PolyWorks)Worldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Institut national d'optique (INO)Research and development — optics and photonics (non-profit)Worldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
LaseraxTechnology — industrial laser marking, cleaning and welding systemsWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
LevioIT and management consulting — digital transformationWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
PokaSoftware — connected-worker / industrial knowledge platform (SaaS)part of IFSWorldwide HQglobal (Poka business; an IFS company)—Linköping, SwedenCareers →
QohashSoftware — data security (DSPM) SaaSWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
VoobanSoftware — applied AI and custom software developmentWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
ZiliaHealth technology — ocular biomarker imaging devicesWorldwide HQglobal—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Investissement QuébecFinance — provincial development and investment corporationRegional HQProvince of Québec (provincial Crown corporation; offices abroad)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Retraite QuébecPublic administration — public pensionsRegional HQProvince of Québec (provincial pension agency)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Société des traversiers du QuébecTransportation — ferry servicesRegional HQProvince of Québec (provincial ferry corporation)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI)Public administration — public real estate and infrastructureRegional HQProvince of Québec (provincial infrastructure agency)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Université du Québec (siège social du réseau)Education — university network administrationRegional HQProvince of Québec (head office of the 10-institution UQ network)—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
BeenoxSoftware — video game developmentpart of Microsoft (via Activision)Major site—Redmond, WashingtonCareers →
Cégep GarneauEducation — college (CEGEP)Major site—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Gearbox Studio QuébecSoftware — video game developmentpart of Take-Two Interactive (via Gearbox Entertainment)Major site—New York, New YorkCareers →
GSK – Centre de production de vaccins de Sainte-FoyManufacturing — vaccinespart of GSK plcMajor site—London, EnglandCareers →
Santé Québec – IUCPQ (Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec – Université Laval)Health care — specialty hospitalpart of Santé QuébecMajor site—Québec City, QuébecCareers →
Telops (Exosens)Technology — infrared and hyperspectral imaging systemspart of ExosensMajor site—FranceCareers →
Ubisoft QuébecSoftware — video game developmentpart of Ubisoft EntertainmentMajor site—Saint-Mandé (Paris area), FranceCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • No city- or region-published 'top employers' list with headcounts was found: Québec International's sector pages name companies but give no headcounts, and ISQ's Capitale-Nationale profile has no employer list. Headcounts here come from each employer's own page or report.
  • Headcount scope varies and is stated per row: the provincial public service, CIUSSS and school service centres are counted for their whole territory (Capitale-Nationale region or a service-centre territory that extends past the city limits), not Québec City alone.
  • The provincial government is the dominant employer: 34 387 fonction publique staff in Capitale-Nationale (March 2024, 44.2% of the province-wide public service). Provincial agencies with head offices in Québec City (Revenu Québec, SAAQ, CNESST, Retraite Québec, AMF, Sépaq) are counted separately from the fonction publique but could not be added: Revenu Québec and Sépaq returned HTTP 403, lautorite.qc.ca robots.txt returned 403 (treated as disallow), and the others' pages read gave only postal addresses, with no stated head office or headcount.
  • The 2024-2025 edition of the effectif report (tresor.gouv.qc.ca …/2425/ PDFs) returned 404, so the 2023-2024 edition (March 2024) is used.
  • Leads that were left out because they could not be verified on the company's own site: La Maison Simons (simons.ca robots.txt returns 403, treated as disallow); Groupe Optel (robots.txt disallows the site to our user agent); Coveo (its investor site gives a Montréal address and Montréal datelines, so a Québec City head office could not be confirmed); Canac and Intact (pages are script-rendered or returned 405, so no facts could be read); Germain Hôtels (no head-office statement on the pages read); Groupe Dallaire (connection failed).
  • Desjardins, Creaform, Chocolats Favoris and the Valero Jean-Gaulin refinery are in Lévis, across the river, not in the Ville de Québec, so they are not listed.
  • The research hit the session's web-search limit, so later candidates (Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Intact's Québec offices, Hydro-Québec, federal departments, Familiprix, Groupe Germain, Laboratoires and other manufacturers) were not researched. They are worth a follow-up pass.
  • Private-company headcounts for iA, Beneva and Promutuel are company-wide (employeesWorldwide), because none of them publishes a Québec City-only figure on the pages read.
  • 2026-10-30 deepen pass: careersUrl added to 24 of the 26 original rows (each opened and loaded) and 15 rows added (funded/tech head offices, Retraite Québec, Port de Québec). Not reached for careers: Cégep Limoilou (its robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot site-wide; earlier facts kept) and Cégep de Sainte-Foy (carrieres.csfoy.ca served an expired TLS certificate).
  • Blocked or left out in the deepen pass: LeddarTech, XpertSea and TeraXion (robots.txt disallows our agent); Frima Studio (TLS handshake failure); fasken.com (Cloudflare challenge); Fairmont Le Château Frontenac (host did not resolve). Botpress, Mirego and Sarbakan have Québec City offices but their own pages read did not state a Québec City head office, so they are not listed; Petal (PetalMD) states its head office is Montréal. GPHY (elia) pages were script-rendered with no location text.
  • Headcounts for Coveo, Eddyfi, H2O Innovation, Levio and Retraite Québec are company-wide (employeesWorldwide); none publishes a Québec City-only figure. Funding facts are from the company's or investor's own pages (or a wire copy of the company's release) — BetaKit not used.
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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.