Awards

Maritime Travel wins Best Employer Canada Award for 2026

September 8, 2026

HALIFAX, NS – Maritime Travel has been named a Mercer Best Employer Canada for 2026 – scoring in the top 25 percent of participating companies. Following an independent survey of all Maritime Travel employees, Mercer identified Maritime Travel as excelling across critical people factors – employee engagement, and the organization’s agility, engaging leadership, and talent focus.

The award recognizes organizations that have transformed their people practices to drive better business results.

“Scoring in the top 25 percent of winners is thrilling for us. It’s a wonderful testament to our agents’ resilience and commitment as valued team members,” says Gary Gaudry, President, Maritime Travel Inc. “Our travel agents are among the very best in the business, and it’s particularly rewarding to learn that they are also among the most engaged workforces in the country.”

Some of the award’s benchmarks include employee’s perceptions of senior leadership, people-manager effectiveness, enabling employee productivity, and valuing and appreciating employees. Mercer is the largest HR consulting firm in the world.

Based in Halifax, Maritime Travel has been in business since 1949 and is one of Canada’s largest independent travel agency chains, with 90 locations coast to coast, employing over 400 travel agents. The company was recently named a Platinum Club winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2026. Prior to that, it has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed companies every year since 1998.