Manufacturing Canada January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Pharmaceuticals, Food Production, Building Materials, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Chemicals, Computer Networking, Renewables & Environment, Consumer Goods, Furniture, Machinery
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.34%
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.
76% of Manufacturing Canada employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 23 and is in the top 19% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing Canada compare?
People in Manufacturing Canada were much more positive than average regarding Action, Collaboration & Communication, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Manufacturing Canada are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Manufacturing Canada are less engaged than South Asia (500-1000), Information Technology & Services India, Philippines, and Legal United States.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing Canada had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Manufacturing Canada were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 8% of people disagreeing (-6% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 15% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 5% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-5% 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
0.74%
3 months to 6 months
1%
6 months to less than 1 year
3%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
25%