The Canada’s Most Admired™ Awards Program

You can learn a lot by studying and celebrating high-performance cultures and leaders. And we created a one-of-a-kind program to do just that.

The Mark of Distinction for High-performing Culture Leaders

You can learn a lot by studying and celebrating high-performance cultures and leaders.
And we created a one-of-a-kind program to do just that.

Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures

Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures

This national program, annually recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for having cultures that enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.

Canada’s Most Admired™ CEO

Canada’s Most Admired™ CEO

This award honours the country’s most admired CEO’s, who recognize culture isn’t just connected to performance; it drives performance.

Canada’s Most Admired™ CPCO

Canada’s Most Admired™ CPCO

This award honours the country’s most admired Chief People and Culture Officers (CPCOs) drive culture and achieve exceptional growth and performance.

Nominate Your Culture

Nominations for Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures are open year-round. Learn more about the programs, how to nominate, and what benefits it holds for your organization.

Become a Canada’s Most Admired™ Program Partner

Sponsoring the Canada’s Most Admired™ program provides exclusive networking opportunities, and extensive exposure, to an elite group of influential executives and decision-makers, thought leaders in corporate culture and winners from Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures program.

Meet Our National Program Sponsor

2023 Winners

Jennifer Gillivan

Jennifer Gillivan is President and CEO of the IWK Foundation. The Foundation is the primary fundraising and outreach partner of…

Rebecca Kacaba

Rebecca Kacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker, winner of Lexpert’s Top 40 Under 40, named one of North…

Rob Miller

Rob Miller is the co-founder and chief executive of Miller Titerle + Company (MT+Co.), a Vancouver-based law firm serving Indigenous…

Chief Terry Paul

Terry Paul is the Chief of Membertou, a position he has held for the past 39 years. During that time,…

Curtis Stange

Curtis Stange was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of ATB Financial on June 30, 2018. Withcourage, disciplined thought and…

Ratana Stephens

Ratana Stephens founded Nature’s Path Foods with her husband Arran in 1985. Together they grew Nature’s Path into North America’s largest independent certified…

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