Major employers in Vancouver

58 employers, 52 of them head offices: 49 worldwide, 0 national and 3 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

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Employers58
Worldwide HQ49
National HQ0
Regional HQ3
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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
Vancouver School Board (School District No. 39)Education — K-12 school districtpart of Province of British Columbia (public school district)Major site7,7002026Vancouver, British Columbia—
Amazon (Vancouver Tech Hub — The Post)Technology — cloud, retail and devices engineeringpart of Amazon.com, Inc.Major site4,5002024Seattle, WashingtonCareers →
Vancouver Police DepartmentPublic safety — municipal policepart of City of Vancouver (Vancouver Police Board)Major site1,9352025Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
AbCellera Biologics Inc.Biotechnology — antibody discoveryWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Aetherion Technologies (formerly Westport Fuel Systems)Manufacturing — alternative-fuel engine systemsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Aspect Biosystems Ltd.Biotech — bioprinted tissue therapeuticsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Cactus Restaurants Ltd. (Cactus Club Cafe)RestaurantsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Canfor CorporationForest products — lumber, pulp and paperWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Capstone Copper Corp.Mining — copperWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Dapper Labs Inc.Software — blockchain / digital collectibles (NBA Top Shot, Flow)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
DurableSoftware — AI website and small-business builderWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Earls Restaurants Ltd.RestaurantsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British Columbia—
Eldorado Gold CorporationMining — goldWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Equinox Gold Corp.Mining — goldWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Ero Copper Corp.Mining — copper and gold (Brazil)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British Columbia—
FantuanTech platform — Asian food delivery and local services appWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British Columbia—
First Majestic Silver Corp.Mining — silverWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British Columbia—
FISPAN Services Inc.Software — embedded banking / ERP-bank integration (fintech)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
GeoComply Solutions Inc.Software — geolocation compliance and anti-fraudWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Global Relay Communications Inc.Software — compliance archivingWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Hootsuite Inc.Software — social media managementWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Klue Labs Inc.Software — competitive intelligence and win-loss (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Ledcor GroupConstruction and industrial servicesWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
lululemon athletica inc.Retail — athletic apparelWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Lundin Gold Inc.Mining — goldWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Lundin Mining CorporationMining — copperWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Methanex CorporationChemicals — methanolWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
NexGen Energy Ltd.Mining — uranium developmentWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Northland Properties CorporationHospitality — hotels and restaurants (Sandman Hotel Group)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Pan American Silver Corp.Mining — silver and goldWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
pH7 Technologies Inc.Cleantech — critical and precious metal extractionWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Photonic Inc.Quantum computing — silicon spin-photon hardware and networkingWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Procurify Technologies Inc.Software — procurement and spend management (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
QuandriSoftware — AI automation for insurance brokerages (insurtech)Worldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Sanctuary AI (Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation)Robotics / physical AI — general-purpose humanoid robotsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
SemiosAgtech — precision-farming IoT and analytics platformWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Skeena Gold + Silver (Skeena Resources)Mining — gold and silver developmentWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Spare Labs Inc. (Spare)Software — transit operations / paratransit and microtransit platformWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
STEMCELL TechnologiesBiotechnology — cell-biology reagents and toolsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Teck Resources LimitedMining — copper and zincWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
TELUS CorporationTelecommunicationsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Thinkific Labs Inc.Software — online course platformWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Trekor Metals Limited (formerly Taseko Mines)Mining — copperWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Trulioo Information Services Inc.Software — identity verificationWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
UnblockedSoftware — AI code-context / developer toolsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc.Software — landing-page builderWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Variational AISoftware — generative AI for small-molecule drug discoveryWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
veritreeClimate tech — verified nature-restoration platformWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Visier Inc.Software — people analyticsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.Forest products — lumber, OSB, engineered woodWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Western Forest Products Inc.Forest products — coastal lumberWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
White Spot RestaurantsRestaurantsWorldwide HQglobal—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
B.C. Pavilion Corporation (PavCo)Venues — BC Place and Vancouver Convention Centrepart of Province of British ColumbiaRegional HQBritish Columbia (provincial Crown corporation)—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
BC Hydro (British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority)Electric utility — Crown corporationpart of Province of British ColumbiaRegional HQBritish Columbia (provincial Crown corporation)—Vancouver, British Columbia—
Provincial Health Services AuthorityHealth care — provincial health authoritypart of Province of British ColumbiaRegional HQBritish Columbia (province-wide health authority: BC Children's, BC Women's, BC Cancer, BCCDC, BC Emergency Health Services)—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Langara CollegeEducation — post-secondarypart of Province of British Columbia (public college)Major site—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
Sony Pictures ImageworksFilm — visual effects and animationpart of Sony Group CorporationMajor site—Tokyo, JapanCareers →
Vancouver Community CollegeEducation — post-secondarypart of Province of British Columbia (public college)Major site—Vancouver, British ColumbiaCareers →
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Notes on this record

  • No economic-development "top employers" list was found for the City of Vancouver. The Vancouver Economic Commission no longer publishes one (from memory, it was wound down in 2024; not re-checked this pass), and Business in Vancouver's employer rankings are paywalled. The rows are head offices confirmed on each company's own site, plus the public employers that publish a headcount. City-level headcounts are rarely published, so most rows have employeesHere null. Worldwide figures are each company's own.
  • Blocked hosts. Each of these returned 403 or 429 to our robots.txt request, or did not respond, so we made no further requests and recorded no row for them. 403 or 429: City of Vancouver (vancouver.ca; press reports put city staff at roughly 9,000+, which we could not confirm first-hand), Vancouver Coastal Health (vch.ca; Vancouver General Hospital is in the city), Providence Health Care (providencehealthcare.org; St. Paul's Hospital), Vancouver Public Library, Emily Carr University, Aritzia (aritzia.com 403; investors.aritzia.com shows a Cloudflare challenge), Mountain Equipment Company (mec.ca), Vancity (vancity.com, 429), Mercer International, Lush, Mitsubishi Corporation, Relic Entertainment, BGC Engineering, and PHSA's careers site jobs.phsa.ca. Cloudflare challenge on the homepage: Wheaton Precious Metals, B2Gold, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (portvancouver.com). No response (timeout): Finning International (two tries), Raymond James Ltd. (raymondjames.ca), Purdys Chocolatier, ITOCHU Canada. Many of these are believed to have Vancouver head offices. None is recorded, because we could not open their sites.
  • Not recorded because the head office could not be confirmed. First Quantum Minerals: its contact page lists offices in Vancouver (The Stack) and Toronto and names neither as the head office. Absolute Security: Austin is listed first and Vancouver is one of several offices. Concord Pacific: none of the pages we read gives a head-office address. Global Relay is recorded because its own release calls Gastown "the home of our global headquarters".
  • Just outside the city, so not recorded as rows. The University of British Columbia's Point Grey campus is in the University Endowment Lands / Electoral Area A, not the City of Vancouver. Ivanhoe Mines' contact page lists its operating office in North Vancouver; only its registered and records office is in Vancouver (Park Place). Also outside the city, from general knowledge and not verified this pass: ICBC and Arc'teryx (North Vancouver); Electronic Arts Vancouver, Interfor, Ballard Power, BC Housing, Best Buy Canada and Simon Fraser University's main campus (Burnaby); WorkSafeBC, London Drugs, Boston Pizza, MDA Space, Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR) and Paper Excellence (Richmond); TransLink (New Westminster). Saje Natural Wellness, often called a Vancouver company, lists its B.C. corporate office in Surrey.
  • robots.txt was fetched as a separate request before any other request to each host. Early in the run, our fetcher followed a few redirects onto hosts whose robots.txt it had not yet read: westport.com to aetheriontech.com, panamericansilver.com, lundingold.com, trekormetals.com, and stemcell.com/careers to jobs.stemcell.com. We then read robots.txt for the first four and none disallows the paths used. jobs.stemcell.com's robots.txt was never read, and that page is not used as a source. After this, the fetcher stopped following redirects to a different host. User-Agent on every request: ResearchUpon-employers/1.0.
  • Canfor Pulp Products' head office is at the same address as Canfor Corporation's, so it is folded into the Canfor row.
  • Ordering: worldwide HQs, then regional (provincial) head offices, then major sites, each group sorted by employeesHere where known. No national HQ of a foreign group could be verified in the city proper on an open site. The likely ones (Raymond James Ltd., ITOCHU Canada, Mitsubishi Canada, Lush North America) were all blocked or did not respond.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-30: careersUrl added to existing rows wherever the company's own careers page or official ATS board opened under our User-Agent; funding added to venture-backed rows (Visier, Trulioo); 17 funded Vancouver-headquartered tech companies added as new worldwide rows. Funding amounts are as stated by the cited page, in the currency it gives; 'raised' is null where no first-hand total was found.
  • Careers pages not recorded: BC Hydro (its careers paths redirect into /content/BCHydro/en/ and app.bchydro.com, both disallowed by robots.txt); First Majestic Silver and Earls (whole site now disallowed by robots.txt for our agent or ClaudeBot); careers.lululemon.com (robots.txt timed out, so the corporate.lululemon.com/careers page is used instead); Vancouver School Board (no careers page found on vsb.bc.ca — its Employee Services page refers applicants to a recruitment email, not recorded); Ero Copper (no careers page found on ero.com); Ostara (careers redirects to a secure7.saashr.com board that robots.txt disallows); Fantuan (no careers page on fantuanorder.com).
  • Blocked or not used this pass: clio.com (Cloudflare challenge — Clio, the largest 2025 BC tech raise, is not recorded because its site could not be opened; its head office is also reported in Burnaby); elasticpath.com, apera.ai, kcpl.ca, fasken.com and businesswire.com (robots.txt 403); rival-technologies.com (robots.txt timed out); freshprep.ca, hiive.com→clarity.com, bctechnology.com, biometricupdate.com and globalventuring.com (robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot); biv.com, geekwire.com and finsmes.com/terms-of-use (Cloudflare challenge). BetaKit was not used because its Terms of Use prohibit data mining and robots. PR Newswire's terms prohibit robots; two releases there were read before its terms were checked, and both are cited instead from the company's or investor's own copy (Semios, RBCx for Klue).
  • Not added as new rows: Later (head office now in Boston after the Mavrck merger); Dooly (merged into Chicago-based Mediafly, 2024); Mojio (now Force Fleet, with headquarters in Vancouver and Campbell, California — its funding page now redirects, so no source); Jane Software (North Vancouver); Kardium and D-Wave (Burnaby); UniUni (Richmond); Moment Energy (Coquitlam); 1QBit (its site gives no head-office city); Thrive Health (no first-hand funding source); Wafr Technologies (investors undisclosed and no commercial deployments yet, so treated as unvetted).
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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.