Major employers in St. John's

30 employers, 28 of them head offices: 18 worldwide, 2 national and 8 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

St. John's — the /local page · Who represents St. John's · Companies

Employers30
Worldwide HQ18
National HQ2
Regional HQ8
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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
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (core public service)Provincial government — public administrationRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (provincial capital)8,9002013St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Memorial University of NewfoundlandEducation — universityMajor site2,3142025St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
City of St. John'sMunicipal government — public administrationMajor site1,2002026St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Genoa Design InternationalEngineering services — digital ship designWorldwide HQglobal2402026Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador (Greater St. John's)Careers →
CoLab SoftwareSoftware — AI design-review platform for engineering teamsWorldwide HQglobal1652025St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Fortis Inc.Utilities — electric and gas utility holding companyWorldwide HQglobal582025St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
C-COREResearch and development — remote sensing, ice and geotechnical engineeringWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Cougar Helicopters Inc.Air transportation — offshore helicopter servicesWorldwide HQCougar Helicopters (offshore helicopter operator)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
FonemedHealth care — nurse telehealth / virtual care services and softwareWorldwide HQglobal (head offices Ventura CA and St. John's NL)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
HeyOrcaSoftware — social media scheduling SaaS for agenciesWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC)Oil and gas — offshore productionpart of Joint venture — ExxonMobil 33.125%, Chevron 26.875%, Suncor 20%, Canada Hibernia Holding 8.5%, Murphy Oil 6.5%, Equinor Canada 5%Worldwide HQglobal (operator of the Hibernia platform)—St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador—
Kraken Robotics Inc.Marine technology — sonar, subsea batteries, underwater roboticsWorldwide HQglobal—Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador (Greater St. John's)Careers →
Marine Atlantic Inc.Transportation — ferry service (Newfoundland–Nova Scotia)Worldwide HQglobal (federal Crown corporation; whole company)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Mysa Smart ThermostatsSmart-home hardware and app — connected thermostatsWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Oliver POSSoftware — point-of-sale for WooCommerceWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
PAL AerospaceAerospace — special-mission aviation and in-service supportWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Pingram (formerly NotificationAPI)Software — messaging APIs (email, SMS, voice)Worldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Rutter Inc.Marine technology — radar for oil-spill, ice and wave monitoringWorldwide HQglobal—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Solace Power Inc.Technology — wireless power and data transferWorldwide HQglobal—Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador (Greater St. John's)Careers →
SpellbookSoftware — AI contract drafting and review for lawyersWorldwide HQglobal (co-headquartered Toronto and St. John's)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Virtual MarineTechnology — marine safety training simulatorsWorldwide HQglobal—Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador (Greater St. John's)Careers →
Equinor Canada Ltd.Oil and gas — offshore exploration and development (Bay du Nord)part of Equinor ASANational HQCanada—Stavanger, NorwayCareers →
Nasdaq VerafinSoftware — financial crime managementpart of Nasdaq, Inc.National HQCanada (Nasdaq Canada Inc.; Verafin's home base)—New York, New YorkCareers →
Cenovus Energy — Atlantic RegionOil and gas — offshore productionpart of Cenovus Energy Inc.Regional HQAtlantic Canada (offshore Newfoundland and Labrador; White Rose and West White Rose)—Calgary, AlbertaCareers →
Newfoundland and Labrador Health ServicesHealth care — hospitals and community healthRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (single provincial health authority)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Newfoundland and Labrador HydroUtilities — electric generation and transmissionRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (provincial Crown utility)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor CorporationRetail and wholesale — liquor and cannabisRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (provincial Crown corporation)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Newfoundland Power Inc.Utilities — electric distributionpart of Fortis Inc.Regional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (island distribution utility)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
NLSchools (K-12 schools, Department of Education)Education — elementary and secondary schoolspart of Government of Newfoundland and LabradorRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (provincial English-language school system)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
Royal Newfoundland ConstabularyPublic safety — provincial policeRegional HQNewfoundland and Labrador (provincial police; Provincial Headquarters)—St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • No St. John's or Avalon economic-development 'top employers' list was found; the City's 2025 Economic Outlook gives sector employment only. Rows come from each employer's own site or filings.
  • Province-wide bodies (provincial government, NL Health Services, NL Hydro, Marine Atlantic) publish only whole-organisation headcounts. The provincial core public service figure (just over 8,900) dates from 2013 — no newer official total was found in TBS or PSC annual reports; the government's old 'some 8,000 employees' About page now redirects to the PSC home page.
  • Memorial's St. John's figure is computed from Fact Book Table HR1 (total minus Grenfell and Labrador campuses).
  • Blocked or unreachable: suncor.com (403 on robots.txt — Suncor's East Coast office not recorded); exxonmobil.ca (no connection — ExxonMobil Canada not recorded; ExxonMobil appears as HMDC's largest shareholder); workplacenl.ca (403 on the about page); northatlantic.ca (403 on robots.txt — North Atlantic, whose new St. John's HQ the province marked on 25 May 2026 with 'almost 500' employees in three provinces, is left out because its own site could not be opened); johnson.ca (robots.txt returns 405); ourstory.newfoundlandpower.com and m.stjohns.ca (no connection); Newfoundland Power reports under /-/media/ are robots-disallowed.
  • Leads not recorded because headcount or HQ could not be confirmed on the company's own site: Cougar Helicopters (VIH Aviation Group), Colab Software, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region, Canada Revenue Agency St. John's Tax Centre, Bell Aliant.
  • Wikipedia's list of companies headquartered in St. John's was used only as a lead.
  • 2026-10-30 deepen pass: careersUrl added to every reachable row; 14 tech/industrial HQ rows added. Kraken, Solace, Genoa (Mount Pearl) and Virtual Marine (Paradise) are in Greater St. John's suburbs with no wander.regions id, listed here as St. John's-area HQs.
  • Blocked 2026-10-30: avalonholographics.com (robots.txt 403 — Avalon Holographics, a Genesis alumnus, not recorded); prospre.io (robots disallows); jobs.lever.co (robots disallows our agent — Milk Moovement's Lever board not opened; Milk Moovement left out because sources disagree whether HQ is St. John's or Halifax); killickcapital.com (robots disallows); hibernia.ca (no connection, so no careers link). betakit.com not used (terms).
  • Leads not recorded: Vish (sources disagree St. John's vs Toronto), ClearRisk (HQ city not stated on its site), GIP Atlantic (pennecon.com now redirects there; local HQ not stated).
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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.