TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2025 /CNW/ - Fifty-eight top organizations and 11 high-performance leaders from across Canada have been named the 2025 winners of the Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures™, Canada's Most Admired CEO™, and Canada's Most Admired Chief People and Culture Officer™ (CPCO) Awards.
Founded by Waterstone Human Capital, Canada's leading cultural talent advisory firm, the Canada's Most Admired™ Awards program is where the very best practices in high-performance culture and leadership are celebrated.
"These awards recognize the very best in high performance corporate culture--those leaders and organizations that have built and nurtured performance-driven cultures and that are at the forefront of culture best practices," says Marty Parker, President and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital and Chair of the Canada's Most Admired™ program. "This year's winners actively craft high-performance cultures and serve as an inspiration for others who want to do the same."
Canada's Most Admired ™ Corporate Cultures of 2025 – Non-Profit and Broader Public Sector 
- Arthritis Society Canada (Toronto, ON)
- CAA Atlantic (Saint John, NB)
- Canadian Cancer Society (Toronto, ON)
- CNIB and DBCS (Toronto, ON)
- Fairview Parkwood Craigwiel Communities (Cambridge, ON)
- Michael Garron Hospital/Toronto East Health Network (Toronto, ON)
- Opportunities NB (ONB) (Fredericton, NB)
- Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon (Vancouver, BC)
- Royal Roads University (Victoria, BC)
- Second Harvest Canada (Etobicoke, ON)
- Southlake Health (Newmarket, ON)
- YMCA of Greater Toronto (Toronto, ON)
"On behalf of Waterstone Human Capital and our partners, congratulations to the 2025 award winners," says Parker. "We look forward to celebrating their success and the impact culture is having on their growth and performance."
The Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures™, Canada's Most Admired CEO™, and Canada's Most Admired CPCO™ awards will be presented at an awards celebration in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Tickets will be available at canadasmostadmired.com in December.
About Waterstone Human Capital
Since 2003, we've been providing retained executive search services, professional recruitment services, and leadership and culture advisory services like culture measurement, leadership assessment and leadership, team and culture development to organizations across Canada and the U.S. Over that time, we've been champions and enablers of high-performance leadership and cultures. We built a thriving learning community and ecosystem around it. We share its best practices at summits, in books, and through programs like the Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, CEOs, and Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO) Awards. And most important of all, we see its impact in our clients' cultures and results every day.
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