Canada Day is an opportunity to celebrate the communities that make this country strong and reflect on the role businesses can play in helping those communities thrive. Across Canada, Amazon’s roots run deep — through our operations network, corporate and technology hubs, and the employees who live and work in communities from coast to coast to coast. As part of that presence, Amazon is proud to support local organizations helping address urgent needs and create new opportunities for Canadians every day.
As Amazon has grown in Canada, so has our commitment to giving back locally. We believe meaningful impact starts by supporting organizations that strengthen neighbourhoods, create opportunities, and help communities thrive.
This year, Amazon is marking Canada Day with more than $250,000 CAD in contributions to community organizations across the country, with a focus on food security, youth programming, workforce development, neighbourhood vitality, and veterans and military families.
Here’s how local organizations are putting that support to work in communities across Canada.
Helping more families access fresh food in Caledon
In the Greater Toronto Area, a $50,000 CAD contribution to Caledon Community Services is helping sustain the region’s first Mobile Food Pantry. Launched in 2024 with Amazon’s support, the program brings food directly to residents facing barriers such as transportation, mobility, and access to nearby grocery options.
Since launching, the Mobile Food Pantry has delivered more than 40,000 pounds of food to community members in need. Amazon’s renewed support will help Caledon Community Services continue reaching families across the region with reliable access to essential food items, while strengthening a program designed to meet people where they are.
Supporting veterans, military families, and Indigenous communities
Amazon is contributing $25,000 CAD to Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve. Through education, awareness, and well-being, Canada Company supports programs for military members, veterans, their families, and Indigenous communities. Last year’s funding helped support programs benefiting the Halifax military community, including veteran storytelling initiatives and programs designed to strengthen connections between military members and civilian communities. This year’s grant will allow Canada Company to continue supporting military members, veterans, and their families through initiatives in Halifax.
Creating pathways to stable employment in Ottawa
For the second consecutive year, Amazon is proud to support the Ottawa Mission, one of Ottawa’s most recognized and trusted community organizations, reinforcing its commitment to meaningful, long-term investment in the nation’s capital.
Amazon was a founding partner of the Ottawa Mission’s Maintenance Services Training Program when it launched and is continuing that support with a $25,000 CAD investment. The program equips individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness with the hands-on skills and certifications needed to pursue sustainable careers as building maintenance and operations workers. Since launching, the program has achieved a 100% employment placement rate among graduates, helping participants secure sustainable employment while addressing workforce needs in Ottawa’s housing sector. The program is a powerful example of upstream workforce development, helping create real pathways out of poverty and into stable employment.
Supporting youth and workforce development in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
In Vancouver, Amazon’s Canada Day contributions are supporting organizations serving the Downtown Eastside and surrounding communities, where Amazon’s tech hub at The Post is located. Through these grants, Amazon is helping vulnerable youth and adults access the support, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed. These grants are focused on community-based programs that provide low-barrier services, workforce training, and pathways toward greater stability.
Amazon is providing a $50,000 CAD community grant to Directions Youth Services, a division of Family Services of Greater Vancouver, in support of its vital work serving youth in crisis in Vancouver. Directions Youth Services operates the only 24/7/365 Drop-In Centre for homeless youth in British Columbia, supporting more than 1,000 at-risk and precariously housed youth each year. Through this grant, Directions Youth Services will be able to expand its low-barrier programs and services for youth under the age of 25 who are experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, or the impacts of trauma and substance use — helping them move from surviving to thriving.
Amazon is also providing a first-year $25,000 CAD community grant to Mission Possible, a Vancouver-based non-profit founded in 1992 and operating in the heart of the Downtown Eastside. Mission Possible transforms lives through meaningful work, empowering people typically excluded from the traditional workforce, including those facing homelessness, housing insecurity, and poverty, by paving a pathway to long-term jobs and lasting change. The need for this programming is significant. In the past 12 months, more than 1,500 people expressed interest in Mission Possible’s employment readiness program and more than 160 people participated in programming. Amazon’s support will help Mission Possible expand access to dedicated coaching, training, and on-the-job work experience, ensuring more people have the support they need to build skills, gain work experience, and move toward greater stability.
Helping GTA youth access recreation, transit, and nature-based learning
Amazon is continuing its support of the City of Brampton with a combined $50,000 CAD investment supporting both the Explore Brampton Youth Pass initiative and Hockey Night in Brampton.
As a sponsor of Hockey Night in Brampton, an annual charity hockey game launched in 2019 by the City of Brampton that proudly contributes to health care programs through the William Osler Health System Foundation (Osler Foundation), Amazon is helping raise funds that support local health care initiatives, including building Brampton's second hospital.
Through its support of the Explore Brampton Youth Pass initiative, Amazon is once again helping provide youth ages 12 to 16 with free access to Brampton Transit and drop-in recreation programs — including swimming, skating, and select sports — at city recreation centres from July to September.
This multi-year commitment supports organizations working to make safe, enriching, and affordable summer experiences accessible to more young people across Canada.
Amazon is also investing $35,000 CAD in Evergreen Brick Works to support nature-based education and outdoor learning for equity-deserving youth in Toronto. This grant will provide fully subsidized access to Evergreen’s curriculum-linked outdoor education programs for children who need it most — including 30 youth from underserved neighbourhoods who will attend a full week of camp, and 250 students from schools ranking highly on the Toronto District School Board’s Learning Opportunity Index who will participate in day-long outdoor education through Evergreen’s Visiting Schools Program.
This support builds on Evergreen Brick Works’ 2025-2026 school visits season, which welcomed more than 8,000 students, provided 3,736 bursaries and offered more than 15 curriculum-linked programs for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
By removing financial barriers to access, Amazon is helping ensure children from underserved communities can explore Toronto’s urban wilderness, build a lifelong connection to nature, and gain hands-on learning experiences that inspire curiosity, confidence, and environmental stewardship.
Showing up locally, from coast to coast to coast
From food security in Caledon, to workforce development in Ottawa and Vancouver, to youth programming in the Greater Toronto Area, to support for veterans, military families, and Indigenous communities in Halifax, Amazon’s Canada Day contributions reflect a broader commitment to investing in the communities where we operate and where our employees, customers, and partners live.
These community investments are part of a broader story of how Amazon is building and supporting across Canada — from employing more than 46,000 full-time and part-time employees, to investing in infrastructure and technology hubs in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary, to advancing sustainability goals through renewable energy projects and electric delivery vehicles, to supporting Canadian sellers and small businesses through programs like Canada Showcase, a dedicated storefront that helps customers discover and shop from Canadian brands and local businesses. To learn more about these efforts, see highlights from the 2025 Amazon Canada Impact Report.
Canada Day is a moment to celebrate the people and organizations helping build stronger communities. Amazon is proud to support local partners across the country who are creating meaningful impact, one program, one family, and one neighbourhood at a time.
