Company History
ADP Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a global, Fortune 500 company headquartered in the U.S.
Founded in 1949 by two entrepreneurs, ADP, Inc. was one of the first companies to provide outside payroll processing services to American corporations, relieving clients of the burdens and complexities of this essential business function. In doing so, ADP was also among the earliest participants in a trend that has become known as “outsourcing” – a trend that continues to grow stronger every business day. Today, ADP, Inc. is one of the world’s largest independent computing services companies, providing computerized transaction processing, data communications, software and information services to over 550,000 clients worldwide. ADP, Inc. has total annual revenues of $8 billion, employs over 41,000 associates and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ADP.
ADP Canada began operations in 1979 as a joint venture between ADP, Inc. and the Bank of Montreal. In 1992, ADP, Inc. purchased the Bank of Montreal’s interest in ADP Canada, and it became a wholly owned subsidiary of ADP, Inc. ADP Canada acquired the ScotiaBank’s payroll services division in 1996, and, in 1997, doubled in size through the acquisition of the Royal Bank of Canada’s payroll services operations. In 1996, ADP Inc. also purchased GSI, a European based organization, thereby acquiring and adding a Human Resource Management Solutions (HRMS) product to ADP Canada’s core suite of products and services.
In early 2005, ADP acquired Groupe AST and its affiliated companies, including FHS- Focus on Health and Safety, AST Assurances, Solutions OptimiSST and Groupe AGI. With this acquisition, ADP’s client base grows to more than 50,000 organizations across Canada.
Today, ADP is the leading provider of Employer Services in Canada providing a comprehensive range of payroll, human resources management, benefits administration, time & labour management, occupational health and safety, comprehensive outsourcing and consulting services to businesses across the country. Our suite of services also includes tax filing and reporting services. With major offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary, and smaller, satellite operations in ten other Canadian communities, we employ approximately 1,800 Canadian associates.