Awards and rankings

Achieving outcomes for clients and rewarding careers for our consultants

We are recognized as trusted advisers and innovators who deliver on our clients’ largest and most complex projects. We are one of the few firms with the scale, reach and capabilities to help clients meet the ever-evolving digital expectations of their customers and citizens. We also focus on offering our consultants limitless opportunities to make a difference for the clients and communities we serve.

Company rankings

• Brand Finance Canada
  CGI is the 22nd most valuable brand on the Top 100 Canadian Brands list (2021)
• Branham300
  CGI ranks 1st among the Top 25 Canadian ICT Professional Services Companies (2018)
  CGI ranks 3rd among the Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies (2019)
• Forbes
  CGI is listed among America's Best Management Consulting Firms (2021)
• Re$earch Infosource Inc.
  CGI ranks 15th among Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders (2019)
• Thomson Reuters
  CGI was included among the 2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Tech Leaders, which identifies tech industry’s leaders that are excelling in an era of innovation.
• Washington Technology
  CGI Federal ranks 31st in the 2020 Washington Technology Top 100

Employer recognition

• Best and Brightest in Wellness from the National Association for Business Resources (U.S.)
• Best Health and Well-being Initiative from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK)
• Best School Leaver Programme from TargetJobs (UK)
• Best Workplaces in Technology Canada (2019-2020)
• Best Workplaces™ for Health and Wellbeing United Kingdom (2021)
• Best Workplaces™ for Mental Wellness Canada (2021)
• Best Workplaces™ for Women Canada (2021)
• Best Workplaces™ in Quebec (2020-2021)
• Best Workplaces™ in Technology United Kingdom (2019-2020)
• CGI is recognized on the 2021 LinkedIn Top Companies list, a ranking of the 25 best workplaces to grow your career in Canada.
• CGI President & CEO George Schindler ranks as a Top CEO 2021 among the Germany and U.S. Large companies lists
• Forbes America’s Best Employers for Diversity (2020)
• Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women (2020)
• Forbes Best Employers by State – Virginia & Ohio (2020)
• Forbes World’s Best Employers 2020 (Oct 2020)
• Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers (2019)
• Great Place to Work® Certified Canada (2019-2021)
• Great Place to Work® Certified United Kingdom (2020-2021)
• Greater Toronto’s Top Employers (2021)
• Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index - Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality
• Recognized as a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer at the 2021 RateMyApprenticeship awards
• Top Veteran Friendly Company (2020, 2021)
• Top Workplace USA (2021)
• Top Workplace USA for Work Life Flexibility (2021)
• Top Workplaces 2021 from the Washington Post (CGI in the U.S.)
• Universum ranks CGI as an Attractive Employer in the following countries: Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Nordic, Sweden (2019)

Corporate responsibility indices

• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
  CGI is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the 9th consecutive year. (2019)

• EcoVadis
  CGI received the EcoVadis Gold rating for the third consecutive year in recognition of its commitment to serve as a caring and responsible corporate citizen. This achievement places CGI among the top 5% companies for sustainability performance in four categories: environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

• FTSE4Good Index
  CGI has been included in this index since 2002. The FTSE4Good is an index series that measures the financial performance of companies that meet internationally recognized standards of corporate social responsibility.

Investor relations

• Brendan Wood International
  CGI: 2018 Global TopGun (software) Company for Transparency and Reporting as Rated by Investors
  François Boulanger, Executive Vice-President and CFO, 2018/2019 TopGun CFO (software)
  Lorne Gorber, Executive Vice-President, Public and Investor Relations, CGI, 2018 Global TopGun Investor Relations Professionals
• Canadian Dealmakers
  CGI was recognized with the Value Creation Award for significant contributions to the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. (2018)
• IR Magazine Awards – Canada
  IR Magazine awarded CGI Best in sector for 2019: information technology & communications.

Solutions and services

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Excellence Competition 2020
  CGI received the Gold honor in recognition of our “Best Remote Working Practices to manage delivery and operations effectively” in the wake of COVID-19.
• Everest Group
  CGI is positioned in the ‘Leader’ quadrant – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment for:
  • Application Services in Global Banking – 2018
  • Healthcare Provider IT Services – 2017

CGI is positioned in the ‘Major Contender’ quadrant – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment for:

• Financial services:
  • Multi-Process Human Resources Outsourcing (MPHRO) – 2019
  • Life & Pensions (L&P) Insurance Digital Services – 2019
  • Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance Digital Services – 2019
  • Application Services in Capital Markets – 2019
  • Open Banking IT Services – 2018
  • Insurance Application Services – 2018
  • Digital Services in Consumer Banking – 2018
  • Digital Services in P&C Insurance Services – 2018
  • Insurance AO Services – 2017
  • Risk & Regulatory Compliance Application Services in BFS – 2017
  • IT Outsourcing in Global Capital Markets – 2017
  • IT Outsourcing in Global Banking – 2017

• Health:
  • Life Sciences Digital in Europe Services – 2018
  • Healthcare Payer BPO Services – 2018
  • Healthcare Payer IT Services – 2017
  • Life Sciences IT Application Services – 2017

• Cloud Enablement Services – 2019
• IT Infrastructure Services Automation Services – 2018
• Cloud Enablement Services – 2018
• Digital Workplace Services – 2018
• Workplace Services – 2017
• Digital Services – 2017

CGI is positioned in the ‘Aspirant’ quadrant – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment for:

• Financial Services
  • Banking BPO – 2018
  • Banking BPO – 2017

• Health
  • Healthcare Provider Digital Services – 2019
  • Healthcare Payer Digital Services – 2019
  • Life Sciences Digital in North America – 2018
• Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) Services – 2018

• Information Services Group (ISG) Provider Lens™
  CGI ranks as a “Leader” for Public Cloud Transformation and IaaS Enterprise Cloud” categories (Germany)
• CGI ranks as a “Leader” for Next-Gen Private/Hybrid Cloud - Data Center Services & Solutions (Nordics)
• Gartner
  CGI is positioned in the ‘Niche Players’ Quadrant of Gartner’s:
  • Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide – 2018
  • Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, Europe – 2018
  • Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, North America – 2018
  • Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management Software – 2018
  • Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Services, Worldwide – 2018
  • Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Services, Worldwide – 2018
• Global Trade Review
  CGI receives Leader in Trade Award 2019 for Best Trade Finance Software Provider from Global Trade Review (GTR) for its CGI Trade360 solution. The GTR Leaders in Trade Awards highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain, export finance and fintech markets.
• IDC
  CGI ranks 19th among the Top 25 Enterprise Companies in FinTech (2018)
• International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)
  CGI ranked as a ‘Leader’ on The 2021 Global Outsourcing 100® giving CGI ‘Sustained Excellence’ status for having made the GO100 list for more than 15 consecutive years, for its programs for innovation, customer references, programs for corporate social responsibility and awards and certifications.

Certifications

• CMMI® INSTITUTE
• Level 5
  • CGI's global delivery centers of excellence in India for application development services (v. 2.0, 2019) and application management and infrastructure management services (v. 1.3, 2018)
  • CGI Federal for their Health & Compliance Program Business (2012)
  • CGI's India operations for isoftware process capability (2002)
• Level 3, version 1.2
  • CGI’s centers of excellence in Montreal and Quebec City, specializing in application development (2007)
• Level 3
  • CGI’s Atlantic Global Delivery Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (2007)
  • CGI Federal (2008)
  • CGI Advantage ERP software engineering group (2010)
• ISO 9001
  In 1994, CGI became the first North American company in its category to secure ISO 9001 certification for its Project Management Framework. Continuing a rich tradition of quality assurance, CGI has achieved this certification for its entire CGI Management Foundation, covering its three major stakeholder groups—clients, members (the term CGI uses for employees) and shareholders.
•  ISO 14001
  CGI’s operations in France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are ISO 14001 certified for an effective environmental management system (EMS).
• Service Desk Institute (SDI)
  CGI was accredited by SDI with 5 Star certification for its UK service desk for the 6th consecutive year (2018)

Other recognition

• With MOSL, Alliancing and Partnership Initiative of the Year at Water Industry Awards 2018 for enabling a competitive water market (UK, 2018)
• Challenge of Cardiology award from Innovando Juntos for CGI’s work with partners on a predictive cardiology prototype (Spain, 2018)
• Global Sourcing Association (GSA) Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year Award for CGI’s work with the Ministry of Justice (UK, 2017)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services receives FedHealthIT Innovation Award for CONNECT Empowering Opioid Exchange Pilot Program based on CGI solution (U.S., 2017)