Capital One Canada

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161 Bay St, Suite 1800
Toronto, ON M5J 2S1
Capital One Canada is a financial services company specializing in credit cards.

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Capital One Canada
Mahtab Sabet, right, a senior software engineer at Capital One in Toronto works with another volunteer at Gift the Code, an annual hackathon to build new software for local charities  

Recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2019):

By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Dec 6, 2018)

Here are some of the reasons why Capital One Canada was selected as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2019):

  • Capital One celebrates exceptional performance and achievement through a number of initiatives, including Flash! Awards for contact centre agents who provide excellent customer service, the Beacon of Achievement Award and the Circle of Excellence -- additionally, the company organizes week-long employee appreciation celebrations each year
  • Capital One encourages employees to lead active, healthy lives through a variety of health and wellness initiatives, including regular health risk assessments and lunch and learn sessions on topics such as stress and healthy eating habits
  • Capital One supports employees who are new parents (including adoptive) with maternity and parental leave top-up payments, to 100% of salary for 6 weeks followed by 75% for 20 weeks -- the company also offers an adoption subsidy of $5,000 and offers the option for parents to extend their leave into an unpaid leave of absence
Capital One employees marching in the Toronto Pride Parade  

Highlights

Industry Credit card issuing
Established in Canada 1996
Publicly traded yes
Parent company Capital One Financial Corporation
Parent company head office McLean, VA, United States
Major Canadian hiring locations Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Waterloo ON, Kitchener ON
Full-time employees in Canada 1,242
Part-time employees in Canada 46
Average age of employees in Canada 36.8 years
Longest serving employee 42 years
Long-term savings matching RSP
Health plan premium as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Alternative work options flexible work hours, telecommuting
Vacation allowance new employees receive 3.4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period outside consultant surveys are held every 3 months
Employee performance reviews employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives in-house training, online training, leadership training, mentoring, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum employer pays up to $5,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Scope of charitable involvement local, national
Employee charitable involvement employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer

Recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2019):

By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Jan 17, 2019)

Here are some of the reasons why Capital One Canada was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2019):

  • Capital One hosts an entrepreneurial competition for co-op students at the end of their work term, allowing them to present a project to a panel of executives who bid on their favourite -- in the 2017 competition, co-op students from the Kitchener-Waterloo Innovation Lab developed a budgeting tool, which was released in the beta version of Capital One's mobile app and tested so well that the feature is now being integrated into the Android app
  • Capital One encourages employees to harness their creativity through 48-hour "Innovation Days" which allow employees to break from their regular jobs and work in teams on an innovative project that interests them -- ideas are presented to a panel of judges and prizes are awarded to winners, with some ideas implemented in the company
  • Through Capital One's Digital Disruption Speaker Series, associates can hear directly from senior executives, other Capital One leaders and industry experts in an interactive forum about current topics that include APIs, big data, cloud, UX, agile, design thinking and more -- the sessions are offered on a regular basis, made available via video conference as well as recorded and shared after the fact
Capital One employees during the company's Mission Day  

Highlights

Industry Credit card issuing
Major Canadian hiring locations Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Waterloo ON, Kitchener ON
Full-time employees in Canada 1,242
Student opportunities summer jobs, co-op opportunities, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum employer pays up to $5,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Career development in-house training, online training, in-house career planning services, mentoring, leadership training, online employee skills inventory
Vacation allowance new employees receive 3.4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Unique initiatives Brand Marketing Development program, 2-year Process Manager Development program (includes Lean certification), 18-month Finance Rotation Program (includes rotations in areas such as accounting and treasury, corporate planning and line-of-business finance), 12-month Canada Analyst Development program, 4-week paid internship within the company's legal department for high school students (Law in Action Within Schools summer jobs program), LeadHERship personal development program for emerging women leaders in technology roles, annual Capital One Data Week (conferences, demos, hackathons and competitions)

Recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2019):

By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 28, 2019)

Here are some of the reasons why Capital One Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2019):

  • Capital One's diversity council is comprised of senior leaders who work to align programs, learning and recruitment to the company's overall diversity and inclusion strategy -- additionally, the company manages a diversity and inclusion advisory board with representation from the diversity and inclusion team, business resource and affinity groups, and inclusion champions from each line of business
  • The company recently established an associate consultation forum to help measure progress towards its 3-year employment equity plan, which includes quantitative and qualitative goals to aid in the removal of barriers for specific groups
  • Capital One offers training on a variety of topics, including unconscious bias awareness and inclusive leadership, and maintains a digital learning library, which features resources to facilitate diversity workshops, information on best practices and recommendations for external speakers on related topics
CJ, a graphic design intern at Capital One, with colleagues at Toronto's Pride Parade  

Highlights

Industry Credit card issuing
Major Canadian hiring locations Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Waterloo ON, Kitchener ON
Full-time employees in Canada 1,242
Formal diversity strategy has a defined strategy to achieve diversity and inclusion goals
Senior executive who oversees diversity initiatives President
Formal commitment diversity council and diversity and inclusion advisory board
Employee resource groups BRGs (business resource groups) and affinity groups are funded and sponsored by executives, groups include LGBT, Asian, CapAbilities, Women in Technology, Mental Health, Indigenous, and Black Canadians
Diversity training and awareness training on topics such as unconscious bias awareness and inclusive leadership, diversity and inclusion digital learning library (features diversity workshop materials and facilitator guides, best practices and recommendations for external speakers)
Diversity highlights Lean In Circles, sponsors various initiatives at the Triangle Program (a Toronto-based alternative high school for at-risk LGBT youth), corporate art program includes exhibitions on women's history, LGBTQ+ pride and Asian heritage
Some of the diversity-focused partnerships Women's Executive Network, Women in Capital Markets, Girls in STEM (sponsor), Pride at Work Canada, various student groups including the McGill Black Student Initiative Group and Queen's University Women in Leadership group

The Career Directory

Capital One Canada has been selected for The Career Directory, our guide to entry-level recruitment for recent college and university graduates.
Capital One employees at the Gift the Code Charity Hackathon

Highlights for New Grads

Industry Credit card issuing
Parent company Capital One Financial Corporation
Parent company head office McLean, VA, United States
Major Canadian hiring locations Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Waterloo ON, Kitchener ON
Student opportunities paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring, in-house career planning services, leadership training
Annual tuition maximum employer pays up to $5,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Other info for new grads Capital One offers a number of entry-level programs including the Canada Analyst Development Program, the Process Manager Development Program and the Tech Development Program
Typical new grad positions Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Process Manager, Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer
Starting salary $70K to $75K
Work benefits health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, employees receive paid time off to volunteer
Vacation allowance new employees receive 3.4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

Academic fields recruited

  • Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration
    • Finance
    • Human Resources
  • Bachelor of Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science
    • Actuarial / Statistics
    • Computer Science
    • Mathematics
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Engineering
  • Master of Science
    • Actuarial / Statistics
    • Computer Science
    • Mathematics

Recruits at these schools

  • McGill University
  • Queen's University
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Waterloo

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