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TALENTMAP — 2026 MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE LISTENING STUDY
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30+ Municipalities Are Shaping Canada's First Employee Listening Benchmark: Is Yours One of Them?

TalentMap's State of Employee Listening in Canadian Municipalities – 2026 is underway. This independent, 10-minute study benchmarks how Canadian municipalities listen to and act on employee feedback.

Participation is free, fully anonymous, and carries no sales follow-up. In return, your municipality receives national peer benchmarking data and an invitation to a session reviewing key national findings.

The study closes May 15, 2026.

Already contributing: City of Kitchener | City of Maple Ridge | Halifax Regional Municipality | Region of Waterloo | Regional Municipality of York | + 10 more

Learn more: https://talentmap.com/employee-listening-in-canadian-municipalities-2026/
Contact: Sean Fitzpatrick, TalentMap: sfitzpatrick@talentmap.com

Research conducted by TalentMap, with 20 years of employee listening expertise in the Canadian public sector.


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Your Municipality Is Invited to Join Canada's First National Employee Listening Benchmark

A national study supported by provincial municipal associations across Canada.

TalentMap, Canada's employee listening research firm with 20 years of public sector expertise, is conducting the State of Employee Listening in Canadian Municipalities – 2026: the first national benchmark of its kind for Canadian municipalities.

The study examines how municipalities currently listen to employees, how feedback reaches leadership and elected councils, and what action planning and culture change follows. In just 10 minutes, your organization can benchmark its practices against Canadian peers, at no cost, fully anonymously, and with no sales follow-up.

Participating municipalities receive:
  - National peer benchmarking using Canadian municipal data
  - Early access to the 2026 State of Employee Listening Strategic Report
  - An invitation to a findings session reviewing key national insights

The study closes May 15, 2026. Don't miss your municipality's window to contribute and be benchmarked.

JOIN 30+ MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY CONTRIBUTING THEIR DATA, INCLUDING:

  City of Kitchener
  City of Maple Ridge
  City of Mission
  County of Oxford
  District of Lake Country
  Halifax Regional Municipality
  Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
  Region of Waterloo
  Regional Municipality of York
  Resort Municipality of Whistler
  The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound
  + more

Learn more & register: https://talentmap.com/employee-listening-in-canadian-municipalities-2026/

Questions? Contact:
Sean Fitzpatrick
CEO & Research Practice Lead, TalentMap
sfitzpatrick@talentmap.com

Research conducted by TalentMap, with 20 years of employee listening expertise in the Canadian public sector. Supported by provincial municipal associations across Canada.


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