Return To Office Policies For 14 Major Canadian Companies

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This research was done on June 27, 2025. It was updated on July 24, 2025.

How are Canadian companies returning to the office?

Here are 14 return-to-office (RTO) policies for major companies headquartered in Canada. 

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1) Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) expects about four days per week in the office under a hybrid model, starting on November 1, 2025. 

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 95,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 3 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: July 23, 2025
  • Start Date: November 3, 2025
  • Source

2) Brookfield Corporation

Brookfield Corporation enforces a full five-day in-office workweek under an office-first approach since June 2021.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 240,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 5 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Office First
  • Notice Date: June 17, 2021
  • Start Date: June 17, 2021
  • Source

3) Loblaw Companies

Loblaw Companies mandates four in-office days per week as part of its hybrid model starting October 15, 2024.

  • Headquarters: Brampton, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 220,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 4 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: October 15, 2024
  • Start Date: October 15, 2024
  • Source

4) Telus

Telus adopted a hybrid policy with a three-day in-office requirement beginning in September 2024.

  • Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Global Headcount: 106,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 3 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: July 11, 2024
  • Start Date: September 2024
  • Source

5) Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) requires employees to be in the office four days per week starting September 1, 2025.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 94,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 4 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: May 29, 2025
  • Start Date: September 1, 2025
  • Source

6) Scotiabank

Scotiabank will implement a four-day in-office hybrid model starting September 1, 2025.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 88,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 4 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: June 10, 2025
  • Start Date: September 1, 2025
  • Source

7) Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Bank of Montreal (BMO) adopted a four-day in-office hybrid schedule effective September 15, 2025.

  • Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec
  • Global Headcount: 54,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 4 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: June 26, 2025
  • Start Date: September 15, 2025
  • Source

8) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) requires five days per week in the office under a strict office-first policy.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 49,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 5 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Office First
  • Notice Date: January 23, 2025
  • Start Date: January 23, 2025
  • Source

9) Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial allows hybrid work with mandatory in-office presence on Mondays and Wednesdays since April 2022.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 37,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 3 days per week (Mon & Wed must be in the office)
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: March 29, 2022
  • Start Date: April 25, 2022
  • Source

10) Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters has no fixed in-office requirement and offers full hybrid flexibility since July 2021.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 26,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: No fixed days
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: July 14, 2021
  • Start Date: July 14, 2021
  • Source

11) Rogers Communications

Rogers Communications is phasing in a new return-to-office (RTO) policy that will ultimately require all corporate employees to be in the office five days per week.

  • Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 24,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 
    • Oct 2025: Four days per week
    • Feb 2026: Five days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Office First
  • Notice Date: July 28, 2025
  • Source

12) Enbridge

Enbridge mandates three in-office days per week—Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday—as part of its ongoing hybrid policy.

  • Headquarters: Calgary, Alberta
  • Global Headcount: 15,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 3 days per week (Wed & Fri must be in the office)
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: 2021
  • Start Date: 2021
  • Source

13) Shopify

Shopify operates under a remote-first model with no in-office requirements since May 2020.

  • Headquarters: Ottawa, Ontario
  • Global Headcount: 8,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 0 days per week
  • Workplace Policy: Remote First
  • Notice Date: May 21, 2020
  • Start Date: May 21, 2020
  • Source

14) TC Energy

TC Energy requires in-office attendance on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday under a hybrid model since August 2021.

  • Headquarters: Calgary, Alberta
  • Global Headcount: 7,000
  • Office Visit Expectations: 3 days per (Mon, Tue, Thu must be in the office)
  • Workplace Policy: Hybrid
  • Notice Date: August 27, 2021
  • Start Date: August 27, 2021
  • Source

 

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