Major employers in Winnipeg

44 employers, 30 of them head offices: 24 worldwide, 0 national and 6 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.

Winnipeg — the /local page · Who owns Winnipeg · Who represents Winnipeg · Companies

Employers44
Worldwide HQ24
National HQ0
Regional HQ6
1

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
Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityHealth care — regional health authorityRegional HQWinnipeg health region18,000Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
City of WinnipegPublic administration — municipal governmentMajor site10,9852025Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
University of ManitobaEducation — universityMajor site10,9812026Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Winnipeg School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site6,0002025Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Taiv Inc.Software — AI adtech platform for business TV screensWorldwide HQglobal (in-venue TV advertising platform)852026Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Supercrew (formerly ConstructionClock)Software — construction time-tracking and crew-management app (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal (construction crew-management app)352026Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Assiniboine Credit UnionFinance — credit unionWorldwide HQManitoba (credit union)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Bison TransportTransportation — truckload freightWorldwide HQglobal (Canada and U.S.; Bison USA head office in Amherst, Wisconsin)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Bold CommerceSoftware — e-commerce checkout and Shopify apps (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal (e-commerce checkout software)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Canad InnsAccommodation — hotels, restaurants, entertainmentWorldwide HQManitoba (hotel group)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Conquest Planning Inc.Software — AI financial-planning / advice platform (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal (financial planning software)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Exchange Income CorporationHolding company — aviation, aerospace and manufacturingWorldwide HQglobal (aerospace & aviation, manufacturing subsidiaries)—Winnipeg, Manitoba—
GlitchSecureSoftware — continuous security / penetration-testing platform (SaaS)Worldwide HQglobal (application security testing)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Great-West LifecoFinance — life insurance and wealth holding companypart of Power Corporation of CanadaWorldwide HQglobal (Canada Life, Empower, Irish Life)—Montréal, QuebecCareers →
Hoot ReadingEdTech — online 1:1 reading-tutoring platformWorldwide HQglobal (online reading tutoring)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
IG Wealth ManagementFinance — wealth management / financial planningpart of Power Corporation of CanadaWorldwide HQCanada—Montréal, QuebecCareers →
IGM FinancialFinance — wealth and asset managementpart of Power Corporation of CanadaWorldwide HQglobal (IG Wealth Management, Mackenzie Investments)—Montréal, QuebecCareers →
MacDon Industries Ltd.Manufacturing — agricultural harvesting equipmentpart of Linamar CorporationWorldwide HQglobal (harvesting equipment; offices in Canada, U.S., Australia, Brazil, Germany)—Guelph, OntarioCareers →
Manitoba Blue CrossFinance — health and travel benefits (not-for-profit)Worldwide HQManitoba—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
New Flyer IndustriesManufacturing — transit buses and motor coachespart of NFI GroupWorldwide HQglobal (NFI Group: bus and coach manufacturing)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Parrish & Heimbecker, LimitedAgribusiness — grain handling, flour milling, feed, egg processing, crop inputsWorldwide HQglobal (grain, milling, feed, crop inputs)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
QDoc Inc.Health tech — virtual-care platform and online clinicsWorldwide HQglobal (virtual health care)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Red River Co-opRetail — fuel, grocery and convenience co-operativeWorldwide HQManitoba / NW Ontario (retail co-operative)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Richardson InternationalAgribusiness — grain handling, oilseed crushing, milling, food ingredientsWorldwide HQglobal (agribusiness and food processing)—Winnipeg, Manitoba—
TetraGen RoboticsIndustrial automation — AI / machine-vision robotic welding cellsWorldwide HQglobal (AI robotic welding)—Winnipeg, Manitoba—
The Canada Life Assurance CompanyFinance — life and health insurance, wealth managementpart of Power Corporation of CanadaWorldwide HQglobal (Canada Life: Canada, UK, Isle of Man, Germany)—Montréal, QuebecCareers →
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance CompanyFinance — property and casualty insurance (mutual)Worldwide HQglobal (Canada and U.S.; Wawanesa Life)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Winpak Ltd.Manufacturing — packaging materials and machinesWorldwide HQglobal (13 business units in Canada, U.S., Mexico)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Manitoba HydroUtilities — hydroelectric power and natural gasRegional HQManitoba (Crown electric and gas utility)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Manitoba Liquor & LotteriesRetail and gaming — liquor marts, casinos, lotteriesRegional HQManitoba (Crown liquor, lottery and gaming)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Manitoba Public InsuranceFinance — public auto insuranceRegional HQManitoba (Crown auto insurer and driver licensing)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Province of ManitobaPublic administration — provincial governmentRegional HQManitoba (provincial government, capital)—Winnipeg, Manitoba—
Shared HealthHealth care — provincial health authority and hospitalsRegional HQManitoba (provincial health authority)—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Boeing Canada — WinnipegManufacturing — aerospace composite partspart of The Boeing CompanyMajor site—Arlington, VirginiaCareers →
Louis Riel School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Magellan Aerospace — WinnipegManufacturing — aerospace componentspart of Magellan Aerospace CorporationMajor site—Mississauga, OntarioCareers →
Neo Financial — WinnipegFintech — digital banking, credit cards, investingpart of Neo Financial Technologies Inc.Major site—Calgary, AlbertaCareers →
Payworks Inc.Software — payroll, HR and workforce-management (SaaS)Major site——Careers →
Pembina Trails School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
River East Transcona School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
RRC PolytechEducation — college / polytechnicMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
Seven Oaks School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
St. James-Assiniboia School DivisionEducation — K-12 school divisionMajor site—Winnipeg, ManitobaCareers →
StandardAero — WinnipegAerospace — engine maintenance, repair and overhaulpart of StandardAero, Inc.Major site—Scottsdale, ArizonaCareers →
i

Notes on this record

  • Economic Development Winnipeg's major-employers list could not be read: robots.txt allows our user agent, but every page (and the sitemap) returned a Cloudflare challenge (403). No other ranked Winnipeg employer list was found, so headcounts come from each employer's own report or from Mediacorp's Canada's Top Employers profiles.
  • employeesHere is filled only where the source scopes the figure to Winnipeg (City, WRHA, Winnipeg School Division) or to an employer whose only major location is Winnipeg (University of Manitoba). Province-wide or Canada-wide figures for Winnipeg-headquartered Crowns and companies (Shared Health 18,000+, Manitoba Hydro 5,653 FTE, Wawanesa 3,575 FT in Canada, MPI 2,041 FTE, Canada Life 10,001-25,000 in Canada) are quoted in employeesNote with employeesHere null.
  • Canada Life ownership chain: The Canada Life Assurance Company → Great-West Lifeco (both head offices in Winnipeg) → Power Corporation of Canada. IGM Financial / IG Wealth Management are also Power Corporation group companies headquartered in Winnipeg. Power Corporation's Montréal head office could not be confirmed first-hand: powercorporation.com returned 403 to our user agent.
  • hqType 'worldwide' marks the row company's own global head office (Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life, IGM and IG are worldwide HQs of their businesses although the ultimate parent, Power Corporation, is in Montréal). Provincial Crowns, the provincial government and health authorities are 'regional' (hqOf Manitoba).
  • Blocked to our user agent (403 on robots.txt or page, not retried): economicdevelopmentwinnipeg.com (Cloudflare), nfigroup.com and ir.nfigroup.com (NFI Group), pollardbanknote.com (Pollard Banknote), boydgroup.com (Boyd Group Services), cargill.ca (Cargill Limited), priceindustries.com (Price Industries), uwinnipeg.ca (University of Winnipeg), ywg.ca (Winnipeg Airports Authority), powercorporation.com, globenewswire.com. cancercare.mb.ca is Disallowed by robots.txt. These well-known Winnipeg employers/head offices are left out because their own sites could not be opened.
  • Left out because their own pages did not state a Winnipeg head office or headcount in readable HTML (JS-rendered): Bell MTS, Palliser Furniture, Payworks, Efficiency Manitoba, Canadian Grain Commission. Federal employers (17 Wing / DND, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada Revenue Agency) not researched in this pass.
  • School divisions other than Winnipeg School Division publish no headcount on their home/careers pages; they are listed as major public employers with null headcount.
  • Deepen pass 2026-10-30: careersUrl added to existing rows from each employer's own careers page or official applicant-tracking board (each opened). No careersUrl for Exchange Income Corporation (no careers page on its site; hiring is through its subsidiaries), Richardson International and Province of Manitoba (see robots note).
  • robots.txt changes seen 2026-10-30: www.richardson.ca and www.gov.mb.ca now have robots groups naming our crawler with Disallow: / — rows kept from the 2026-10-22 pass, but no new pages were read there (so no careers link for Richardson or the Province). Also: seedtable.com robots names our crawler (Disallow /); skipthedishes.com and gryd.com return 403 even on robots.txt; activategames.com and trillick.vc did not answer robots.txt (treated as not allowed). SkipTheDishes (a large Winnipeg-headquartered employer) is therefore still missing.
  • Funded tech: Winnipeg's venture-funded software scene is small. Added Conquest Planning (C$110M Series B), Taiv (US$13M Series A+), Bold Commerce (US$27M Series B, 2021), Hoot Reading (C$3M seed), Supercrew/ConstructionClock (C$2M seed), GlitchSecure (C$2M seed), TetraGen Robotics (C$1.8M seed), plus Neo Financial's Winnipeg office (Calgary HQ). Funding facts come from the companies' own releases where they exist; BetaKit articles were not fetched (terms forbid robots). Leads not added: Callia (site JS-only, HQ not readable), Polysense (polysense.ai is a different, Belgian company), Librestream (own pages do not state Winnipeg; acquired by N. Harris Computer / Constellation Software), Payworks head office not stated (recorded as major-site), Ag Growth International (aggrowth.com renders only by script), Arctic Glacier (careers now redirect to Reddy Ice; HQ unclear), Ubisoft Winnipeg (studio page 404).
s

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.