Two weeks ago Ravi Kahlon, BC’s minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, celebrated the August Labour Force Results. He had good reason to. In August, BC had added 14,400 full-time jobs, with 13,600 of them going to women.

“B.C. has one of the lowest unemployment rates and a job recovery rate of 101.1%,” he boasted, “leading Canada as the only province with employment above pre-pandemic levels for the third straight month.”

Ravi Kahlon @KahlonRav

The LFS for Aug shows that for the third consecutive month, BC is still the only province in 🇨🇦 with employment above pre-pandemic levels 🙌🏾 👉🏾Job recovery rate of 101.1% 👉🏾Unemployment remains below the national average, at 6.1% 👉🏾14,400 jobs gained, 94% among women

September 10th 2021

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Today, we’re getting a snapshot of some of the companies driving this job growth via the Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies 2021 list. 

From our quick look, 69 BC firms made this year’s list, representing a wide range of industries, including many in technology.

See below for how they stack up by city, and keep reading to see the full BC-only list and where they stand in the top 448 companies recognized.

Where BC’s top growing companies are from: Vancouver (36), Victoria (5), Burnaby (4), Richmond (4), North Vancouver (3), Surrey (3), Kelowna (2) and Langley (2). Cities with one business on the list include Kamloops, Port Moody, Rossland, Duncan, Golden, White Rock, Port Coquitlam, Cranbrook, Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

(Reminder: Check out the Globe’s complete list for each company’s revenue growth numbers and employee count.)

Now, here are the BC companies:

1-100:

• 5 - AbCellera - Vancouver (6,562% revenue growth over three years)

• Nude - Vancouver

• Spocket Inc. - Vancouver

• Certn - Victoria

• Klue - Vancouver

• Smash + Tess - Richmond, B.C.

• Canalyst - Vancouver

• Fresh Prep - Vancouver

• Later - Vancouver

• Periphery Digital - Vancouver

• Novarc Technologies Inc. - North Vancouver, B.C.

• Stites Co. - Kamloops, B.C.

• Tru Earth - Port Moody, B.C.

• Wasp Manufacturing Ltd. - Kelowna, B.C.

• FreshWorks Studio - Victoria

• DeeBee’s Organics Inc. - Victoria

• Clir Renewables - Vancouver

• Jane App - North Vancouver, B.C.

• Lumen5 - Vancouver

100-200:

• 102 - Freightera - Vancouver

• Beanworks - Vancouver

• Thinkific - Vancouver

• Blackbird Interactive Inc. - Vancouver

• RAM Engineering Ltd. - Vancouver

• Apply Digital - Vancouver

• Hi-Performance Distributors - Langley, B.C.

• RE Royalties Ltd. - Vancouver

• Article - Vancouver

• WithinUs - Burnaby, B.C.

• ThoughtExchange - Rossland, B.C.

• Nationwide Fuel Ltd. - Surrey, B.C.

• Adroit Overseas Enterprises Ltd. - Surrey, B.C.

• Milestone Environmental Contracting - Langley, B.C.

200-300:

• 213 - Breakthrough Academy - Vancouver

• Country Chic Paint - Duncan, B.C.

• Traction on Demand - Burnaby, B.C.

• Oakwyn Realty Ltd. - Vancouver

• ETRO Construction - Burnaby, B.C.

• STN Video - Victoria

• YLaw - Vancouver

• Gentai Capital Corp. - Richmond, B.C.

• Key Education - Vancouver

• Affinity Group - Vancouver

• East Side Games - Vancouver

• Thinkingbox - Vancouver

• ImageX - Vancouver

• Cymax Group - Burnaby, B.C.

• Daily Hive - Vancouver

300-400:

• 301 - Mountain Sports Distribution - Golden, B.C.

• Pixieset - Vancouver

• Zolo - Vancouver

• MonetizeMore - White Rock, B.C.

• Empowered Startups Ltd. - Vancouver

• Impact Recruitment - Vancouver

• Global Relay - Vancouver

• All-Pro Services Ltd. - Port Coquitlam, B.C.

• MatchBox Consulting Group Inc. - Vancouver

• Soulpepper Digital Marketing - Vancouver

• RecycleSmart - Richmond, B.C.

• Copperleaf - Vancouver

• Organika Health Products Inc. - Richmond, B.C.

• KDS Construction Ltd. - Surrey, B.C.

400-448:

• 404 - First Light Technologies Ltd. - Victoria

• Walter Craft Caesar - Vancouver

• Jupiter Avionics Corp. - Kelowna, B.C.

• FR Rentals Ltd. - Cranbrook, B.C.

• Maven Consulting - North Vancouver, B.C.

• Domain7 - Abbotsford, B.C.

• Harmonic Machine - Chilliwack, B.C.

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