Website: peoplecorporation.com
Head office address (Canada): 1403 Kenaston Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3P 2T5
Year established: 2005
Ownership structure: private; controlled by investment funds managed by the Merchant Banking business of Goldman Sachs
Target market/client profile: Canadian employers, individuals, and advisors seeking group benefits, retirement, and HR solutions
Number of professional staff: more than 2,600
Canadian office locations: Winnipeg (head office), Toronto, Laval, Burnaby, Calgary, Cambridge, with more than 100 local and regional offices across the country
People Corporation is a Canadian third-party administrator and group benefits consultant headquartered in Winnipeg. The firm supports more than 2.6 million plan members through its national consultant network. Its revenue topped $500 million for fiscal year 2024.
People Corp. began in 2005 as a Canadian firm focused on group benefits and workplace solutions. Co-founder Brevan Canning helped guide the company through its early acquisitions, finance function, and back-office operations.
The company was built on a model of growing through partnerships with independent advisory and consulting firms across Canada.
People Corporation became publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker PEO, with its head office in Winnipeg. It expanded across the country over the following years by acquiring regional benefits consultancies and service providers.
Notable deals included Apri Group of Companies, Collage Technologies for HR software, and Benefits by Design. Each addition broadened the firm's service range in consulting, third-party administration, and digital HR tools.
Investment funds managed by the Merchant Banking business of Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire People Corporation in December 2020. The deal closed on February 18, 2021, for about $1.13 billion in total equity value.
Certain senior management rolled a portion of their equity into the parent entity rather than cashing out in full. The firm was delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange on the same day, moving fully into private ownership.
Revenue grew to more than $500 million in fiscal 2024, up from around $210 million in fiscal 2020. The firm refreshed its brand identity and launched a new website in October 2025.
Two People Corporation consultants, Jeffrey Stinchcombe and Jamil Jamal, discussed the shift toward flexible spending accounts in benefits design in February 2026.
A month later, group retirement director Danielle Ferrone outlined plan design fixes for the gender retirement gap in an industry feature. Both features pointed to the scope of the firm's consulting work across benefits and retirement planning.
People Corp. covers group benefits, retirement and wealth, and human resource solutions throughout Canada:
People Corporation delivers many of these solutions through a national network of specialty partner firms. The roster includes Benefits by Design, Organizational Solutions Inc., TeksMed, and People First HR Services.
Brevan Canning is the CEO of People Corp. and has held the role since August 2022. Before his leadership roles at the firm, he held corporate development and finance roles at CanWest Global Communications and Band-X Ltd. Canning holds bachelor's degrees from the University of Cape Town and Oxford Brookes University.
Canning leads People Corporation's senior management team:
People Corporation's board of directors sets strategic initiatives, while Canning and his senior team handle day-to-day operations. The firm has operated privately since February 2021 under Goldman Sachs ownership.
People Corporation works with individuals, advisors, and employers across the country. It serves a broad range of clients, including:
The company's partner firm network includes specialists for Indigenous organizations, post-secondary institutions, and unions and associations. Those consultants handle the specific benefits, HR, and disability needs within each community.
People Corporation reaches clients through two channels: third-party advisors and a direct sales team. Each channel handles similarly sized clients and contributes roughly half of the firm's business.
The partner firms cover every Canadian province and territory, with Quebec-specific firms GPM and Novum handling that market.
Plan sponsors and advisors can find People Corporation's full listing in our Consultant Directory.
People Corporation has been featured in Benefits and Pensions Monitor (BPM) awards programs in recent years. Its senior consultants also contribute to industry discussions on emerging workplace benefits topics.
People Corporation's Kim Siddall, national VP of client strategy, took part in a BPM roundtable on workplace diabetes in October 2025. The discussion covered plan design, sensing-based glucose monitoring, and how benefit plans can support prevention.
Senior benefits consultant Jamil Jamal also contributed to a 2025 feature on AI chatbots. He argued that human-to-human interaction cannot be fully replaced by AI tools in mental health or benefits contexts.
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