Canada January 2026
~2m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~500
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~500 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Nonprofit Organization Management, Marketing & Advertising, Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
55%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.3%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
71% of Canada employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 28% compared with other countries.
How does Canada compare?
People in Canada were much more positive than average regarding Managing Energy, Voice, and Social Connections.
On the lower side, people in Canada had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Transparency, and Growth.
People working in Canada are more engaged than Hungary, Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. People working in Canada are less engaged than Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, and India.
The highest scoring question for Canada had 94% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Canada were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I am satisfied with how decisions are made at %[Company]%' with 20% of people disagreeing (+7% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Canada organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
19%