Canada's Top 100 Employers competition, the definitive annual list of the country's best workplaces, recognizes Thales Canada as a 2022 Greater Toronto's Top Employer.
Thales Canada's Greater Toronto offices employ more than 1,400 people and are home to both the digital identity and security business in Burlington as well as the Global Centre of Competence for Urban Rail Signalling in Toronto. Thales Canada provides signalling systems for more than 100 metro lines in over 40 major cities, including more than 120 km of mass transit railways in Canada. Further, the company produces personalized credit and debit card security technology for 1/3 of all Canadian citizens, in addition to authentication and verification capabilities for a broad range of government and enterprise customers.
"In this period of the pandemic, we have been particularly attentive to our onboarding and early career development activities, making sure that our new employees feel welcome and empowered to adapt their work style to ensure work-life balance. I am very pleased to see these efforts recognized by the selection of Thales Canada as a Top Employer in the Greater Toronto region, and we are very proud of our team of talented professionals who gain the trust of our clients each and every day." - Chris Pogue, CEO, Thales Canada
For more than 50 years, Thales Canada has been a leader in corporate research and development, supporting customers in the transportation, aerospace, defence and security markets, having established its first Thales Canada location in Toronto in 1967. Since those early beginnings, Thales Canada has been a steadfast supporter of the community, a strong partner of local businesses and a positive economic force in the region.
With operations in six other Canadian cities from coast-to-coast and a global presence in more than 68 countries, Thales is accelerating its Environmental, Social and Governance action plan to help build a safer, greener, more inclusive world. In particular, the company demonstrates an ongoing organizational commitment to invest in initiatives that promote diversity to attract the next generation of talent.
Click here to learn more about why Thales Canada was selected as a 2022 Greater Toronto Top Employer.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).