Major Gift News
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Andrew Sheret Limited
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Victoria Hospitals Foundation
City:
Victoria
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the It’s Time for Surgical Evolution campaign, and is dedicated specifically to women’s health.
November 2025
Angela Singhal, Monica Singhal, Manju Singhal, Kris Singhal
Gift:
$20,000,000
Recipient:
Ottawa Hospital Foundation
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the Campaign to Create Tomorrow, to help build the future Civic Campus.
November 2025
Ann Kipling (Estate of)
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists
City:
North Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the Foundation’s endowment goal to ensure the sustainability of arts programming for youth in BC.
November 2025
Anonymous
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Alpine Canada
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
An anonymous donor matched a recent $500,000 gift made by Tim Dattels toward a new fundraising effort for supports for Canada’s National Team heading into the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
November 2025
Anonymous
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
County of Simcoe
City:
Simcoe
Province:
ON
Donation funds the purchase of two new ambulances in Simcoe County.
November 2025
Apotex Inc.
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Sunnybrook Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation supports the launch of Cancer Care at Home, a new initiative under the Odette Cancer Program that delivers cancer care to patients’ homes.
November 2025
Apotex Inc.
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation
City:
Markham
Province:
ON
Apotex donated a 16,000 square-foot modular building to help expand capacity needs and improve access to care at Markham Stouffville Hospital, as well as $100,000 to fund highest priority equipment needs.
November 2025
ARC Resources Ltd
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Dawson Creek and District Hospital Foundation
City:
Dawson Creek
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the acquisition of an MRI for the new Dawson Creek hospital.
November 2025
Arnold Rumbold
Gift:
$2,040,000
Recipient:
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
City:
Edmonton
Province:
AB
Donation will fund three skilled trades initiatives: $1.04 million will establish a new student award; $500,000 will be used for supplies, equipment, and more for the Advanced Skills Centre; and $500,000 will support skilled trades youth engagement and mental health initiatives.
November 2025
Audain Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists
City:
North Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the Foundation’s endowment goal to ensure the sustainability of arts programming for youth in BC.
November 2025
Barbara Etherington-Stewart, Bill Etherington
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
City of Cornwall
City:
Cornwall
Province:
ON
Donation supports the construction of the city’s arts and culture centre.
November 2025
Bill Buckley
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Cycling Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation will support the Junior Men’s and Women’s Spring Road Racing Program in Europe across four seasons: 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
November 2025
BMO
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Bishop's University
City:
Sherbrooke
Province:
QC
Donation is in support of Indigenous student support and initiatives.
November 2025
Bruce Power & Suppliers
Gift:
$145,000
Recipient:
Help for Hope
City:
Southampton
Province:
ON
Donation is to help bring an addition treatment centre to Saugeen Ojibway Nation.
November 2025
Butler Family, June Butler
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
City:
Kamploops
Province:
BC
Donation will help address current and emerging needs of the hospital.
November 2025
Canada Life
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Lakehead University
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Gichi Kendaasiwin initiative, and will help create Indigenous-led spaces and programs that preserve cultural traditions, strengthen connections between communities, and share Indigenous perspectives across three campuses.
November 2025
Cenovus Energy
Gift:
$2,250,000
Recipient:
Memorial University
City:
St. John's
Province:
NL
Donation will support various areas, including the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, the Marine Institute, the Department of Earth Sciences in the Faculty of Science, and the Limitless Leadership program offered by Student Life. Donation will also fund scholarships and expand student opportunities to experience different fields.
November 2025
CPA Alberta
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
MacEwan University
City:
Edmonton
Province:
AB
Donation supports the MacEwan Means Business campaign, and is toward the new School of Business building.
November 2025
Craig Mearns
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Victoria Hospitals Foundation
City:
Victoria
Province:
BC
Match donation is toward the It’s Time for Surgical Evolution campaign.
November 2025
Diane Peters, Gord Peters
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation
City:
Brandon
Province:
MB
Donation supports the A Foundation for Care campaign, for the build and equipment needs of a new Critical Care Centre.
November 2025
Eleanor Chiu, Wayne Chiu
Gift:
$5,400,000
Recipient:
University of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
MB
Donation will establish a Centre for Business Serving Community within the I.H. Asper School of Business.
November 2025
FDC Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Foundation of Guelph General Hospital
City:
Guelph
Province:
ON
The FDC Foundation matched donations made toward the upcoming community-based medical centre from November 20 through the end of 2025, up to $500,000. FDC Foundation additionally donated $1 million to support the development and equipment of the centre.
November 2025
Frédéric Lefrançois, Marcello Iacovella, Raffaele Gerbasi
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Concordia University
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Donation will provide scholarships undergraduate students at the John Molson School of Business.
November 2025
Gloria Baylis Foundation
Gift:
$20,000,000
Recipient:
University of Waterloo
City:
Waterloo
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Faculty of Engineering, and honours the former Waterloo dean, the late Dr. Pearl Sullivan.
November 2025
Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Niagara College
City:
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the new healthcare education building, which will expand teaching, learning, and patient care spaces. Donation supports the expansion of the Pharmacy Technician program and scholarships for the program.
November 2025
James A. Beattie Foundation
Gift:
$110,000
Recipient:
Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent
City:
Chatham-Kent
Province:
ON
Donation supports the new Endowment Fund, and will help ensure the long-term sustainability of essential programs and services at the Children’s Treatment Centre.
November 2025
Joyce Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Fleming College
City:
Peterborough
Province:
ON
Donation will help create an endowed fund for student tuition assistance, and will provide 11 annual bursaries of $5,000 for students facing financial or other barriers to accessing post-secondary education, with a focus on youth in the Peterborough and Kawarthas region.
November 2025
Linda Archer Cornfield, David Cornfield
Gift:
$10,500,000
Recipient:
University of Waterloo
City:
Waterloo
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Faculty of Engineering’s Department of Systems Design Engineering, and will support earning spaces, research capacity and global experiences that connect design, sustainability and health.
November 2025
Mahon Family Foundation, True North Sports + Entertainment
Gift:
$7,000,000
Recipient:
Collaborative Housing Alliance REIT
City:
Province:
MB
Investment from True North Sports + Entertainment and the Mahon Family Foundation is toward the advancement of affordable housing in Manitoba.
November 2025
Marcia Cavin, Jim Cavin
Gift:
$180,000
Recipient:
South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation
City:
Penticton
Province:
BC
Donation is to help recruit more doctors to the South Okanagan.
November 2025
Marshall Eliuk
Gift:
$3,100,000
Recipient:
Peace River and District Health Foundation
City:
Peace River
Province:
AB
Donation will strength healthcare in Peace River and the surrounding area, helping to ensure access to high-quality care.
November 2025
Mike Schout
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth
City:
Kitchener
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Better Together campaign, raising funds for the new community outreach centre.
November 2025
Ovintiv
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Northwestern Polytechnic
City:
Grande Prairie
Province:
AB
Donation is a part of a partnership between Northerwestern Polytechnic and Ovintiv aimed at strengthening skilled trades education.
November 2025
Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation, Melanie Munk
Gift:
$17,500,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will support the recruitment of globally recognized economist Mark Duggan as director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and create new funds for research and strategic initiatives.
November 2025
Peter Gilgan
Gift:
$50,000,000
Recipient:
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will establish a Centre for Early Cancer Detection Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
November 2025
Peter Willis, Eve Willis
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will ensure the continued growth, training, and recognition of Wellspring’s volunteers.
November 2025
Rapp Family
Gift:
Unspecified
Recipient:
Art Gallery of Ontario
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
The family of the late Carol and Morton Rapp have donated over 450 pieces of art to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
November 2025
RBC
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
University of Ottawa
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Telfer School of Management’s new Green Academy, a program which will teach students to tackle global environmental challenges through sustainable business.
November 2025
RBC
Gift:
$345,000
Recipient:
Pillar Nonprofit Network
City:
London
Province:
ON
Donation supports the launch of Pillar’s Nonprofit Leadership Resilience Lab, an initiative designed to strengthen the resilience, capacity, and effectiveness of nonprofit leaders across Southwestern Ontario.
November 2025
RBC
Gift:
$600,000
Recipient:
Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation
City:
Picton
Province:
ON
Grant from the RBC Foundation Community Infrastructure Fund is to the Back the Build campaign, and will support the installation of solar panels at the hospital.
November 2025
Richard “Red” Hughes
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Portage District General Hospital Foundation
City:
Portage la Prairie
Province:
MB
Donation supports the construction of the new Portage Regional Health Centre. Approximately half of the donation will go toward new touchscreen monitors in each patient room, and the remaining funds will go to other areas of need.
November 2025
Rose Rocket
Gift:
$935,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Rose Rocket is giving an in-kind gift over five years valued at $935,000 to St. Lawrence College. The gift will provide students in the Supply Chain Management program with access to leading edge technology and real-world learning opportunities.
November 2025
Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Alberta
City:
Edmonton
Province:
AB
Donation from the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy fund is toward the Heroes in Mind Advocacy and Research Consortium (HiMARC) at the University of Alberta, which aims to develop, evaluate, and help implement solutions to improve the resilience, readiness and growth, as well as health and wellbeing, of military members, Veterans, PSP (public safety personnel) and their families.
November 2025
Safana Bharwani, Esmail Bharwani
Gift:
Undisclosed
Recipient:
Bow Valley College
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Undisclosed donation will create a new endowment for student awards, and establish a leadership lecture series.
November 2025
Sherry Palidwar, Aaron Palidwar
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Boreal Healthcare Foundation
City:
Prince Albert
Province:
SK
Donation is to the Equip the Vic campaign, targeted at expanding the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
November 2025
Sheryl Kerr, David Kerr
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation establishes a principal trumpet endowed fund.
November 2025
Strathcona Resources
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
SK
Donation is in support of the new Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon campus.
November 2025
Sylvan Adams
Gift:
$100,000,000
Recipient:
Soroka University Medical Center
City:
Province:
Israel
Sylvan Adams has donated $100 million USD to rebuild Soroka University Medical Center in Israel, which was hit by an Iranian missile in June 2025.
November 2025
TACC Developments, Paradise Developments, Fieldgate Homes, ARGO Development Corp
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
William Osler Health System Foundation
City:
Brampton
Province:
ON
Donation will support of the Peel Memorial redevelopment.
November 2025
The Trottier Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canada Learning Code
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will support Empowering Learners: Pathways to Digital Literacy and Career Readiness in Canada, Canada Learning Code’s flagship program for mid-career professionals from equity-deserving communities nationwide. The program delivers accessible, customized upskilling pathways that build digital fluency, career confidence, and real-world connections, helping learners successfully navigate job transitions and contribute meaningfully in an evolving, technology-driven economy.
November 2025
Timothy Dattels
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Alpine Canada
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation kicks off the fundraising effort for supports for Canada’s National Team heading into the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
November 2025
Tina Grandey, Jerry Grandey
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Hope's Home
City:
Regina
Province:
SK
Donation is to the There’s No Place Like Hope campaign, and will enhance the accessibility of medically inclusive child care for kids with complex medical needs.
November 2025
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Conestoga College
City:
Kitchener
Province:
ON
Donation will create three additional manufacturing lines at the College’s engineering and technology lab at the Cambridge campus.
November 2025
Walker Industries
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Niagara Health Foundation
City:
St. Catharines
Province:
ON
Donation is to the It’s Our Future campaign, supporting the construction of the new South Niagara Hospital.
November 2025
Walmart Canada
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Children's Miracle Network
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Walmart Canada donated $1 for every toy sold on December 2, up to $200,000.
November 2025
Waverley House Foundation, Bruce McKean
Gift:
$35,000,000
Recipient:
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation, SickKids Foundation
City:
Ottawa & Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the Precision Child and Youth Mental Health initiative, a join partnership between SickKids and CHEO. The donation will provide training for experts in precision mental health and identify new interventions for children and youth.
November 2025
Wielinga Family
Gift:
Unspecified
Recipient:
Glengarry Memorial Hospital Foundation
City:
Alexandria
Province:
ON
Unspecified donation is toward the acquisition of a new CT scanner.
November 2025
Barrick Mining
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the Building Hope campaign, which is funding an expansion of the Regional Food Distribution Association’s hub in Thunder Bay.
December 2025
BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation
City:
Peterborough
Province:
ON
BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.’s Peterborough team raised $100,000 in support of reimagining cancer care. Funds will help invest in state-of-the-art cancer care technology suck as digital pathology.
December 2025
Calgary Real Estate Board
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Calgary Dream Centre
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
The Calgary Real Estate Board’s CREB® REALTOR® Community Foundation has awarded a $1 million Legacy Grant to support the Calgary Dream Centre’s Erlton House Project, which involves the construction of an affordable housing building for vulnerable women and mothers with children.
December 2025
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation, London Health Sciences Foundation, McMaster Children's Hospital, SickKids Foundation
City:
Various
Province:
ON
Donation supports highest priority needs, and to help bring initiatives to children and families spending the holidays in Ontario children’s hospitals.
December 2025
Davison Family
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
QEII Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
The Davison family matched donations in support of the Centre for Excellence in Robotic Surgery until December 31, 2025, up to $100,000.
December 2025
Elk Valley Resources
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Avalanche Canada
City:
Revelstoke
Province:
BC
Donation supports Avalanche Canada’s operations, with a focus on the South Rockies field team that works in the Elk Valley and surrounding ranges.
December 2025
Entegrus
Gift:
$210,000
Recipient:
Blenheim Youth Centre, Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent
City:
Blenheim & Chatham-Kent
Province:
ON
$200,000 is to the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent for its new and expanded site. Entegrus additionally gave $10,000 to Blenheim Youth Centre on behalf of its shareholder, Croix District Energy Holdings LP to help the centre continue to offer youth programs.
December 2025
Ersin Ozerdinc, Kathleen Grimes
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Montfort Hospital Foundation
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation supports the Montfort Hospital’s Mental Health Emergency Zone.
December 2025
Fieldgate Homes
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Town of Whitby
City:
Whitby
Province:
ON
Fieldgate Homes and the Town of Whitby have entered a $1.5 million, 10-year naming rights agreement for the Whitby Sports Complex.
December 2025
Fort William Rotary Club
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the Building Hope campaign, which is funding an expansion of the Regional Food Distribution Association’s hub in Thunder Bay.
December 2025
Henry Heuver (Estate of)
Gift:
$889,673
Recipient:
Hope Mission
City:
Edmonton
Province:
AB
Donation will help Hope Mission with programming and renovations at its Calgary locations.
December 2025
iA Financial Group
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
Donation will help urgent needs during the holiday season.
December 2025
John Weatherall (Estate of)
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Donation is to St. Lawrence College’s Personal Support Worker program in Kingston.
December 2025
Joyce Family Foundation
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Laurentian University
City:
Sudbury
Province:
ON
Donation establishes an endowment to provide bursaries to undergraduate students from Northern Ontario who demonstrate financial need and resilience in overcoming barriers to education.
December 2025
Joyce Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
University of Victoria
City:
Victoria
Province:
BC
Donation supports and endowed award for students facing financial barriers to education.
December 2025
Julie Metlege, Tony Metlege
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
QEII Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation helps to fund the hospital’s next cancer surgical robot, the da Vinci Xi.
December 2025
Kenneth and Dorothy Rowe Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
IWK Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation is to the Emergency Simulation and Learning Program in the redeveloped Emergency Department.
December 2025
Kim Ladner, Kevin Ladner
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation
City:
Charlottetown
Province:
PE
Donation will create an endowment fund which will be used to upgrade common areas at the hospital, including upgrades to the cafeteria, and a new music corner and outdoor terrace for staff.
December 2025
Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will help establish an endowed professorship in Hebrew Studies.
December 2025
Lebovic Family
Gift:
Unspecified
Recipient:
UHN Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Unspecified multi-million donation is toward the campaign to build a new surgical and patient tower at Toronto Western Hospital.
December 2025
Ling (Linda) Chen, Xiaoping (Bob) Xu
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
University of Saskatchewan
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
SK
Donation will support the School for the Arts in the College of Arts and Science, with funds going towards enhancing the David L. Kaplan Chair in Music and strings program, theatre expansion, student supports, and curriculum modernization.
December 2025
Lisa O’Regan
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation
City:
Dartmouth
Province:
NS
Donation is made in honour of Lisa O’Regan’s late husband, Sean O’Regan. Part of the funds will go toward a new CT Scanner, and will also help improve capacity and experience in the emergency department, as well as the Dartmouth General Hospital Social Work Patients Essential Fund, which provides “critical support to vulnerable patients who need help with food, medication, transportation, clothing and other necessities.”
December 2025
Mac MacLean, Barb MacLean
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation
City:
Lethbridge
Province:
AB
Donation is to the Bringing Hearts Home Campaign, and will help build a state-of-the-art cardiac centre in Lethbridge.
December 2025
Manitoba Blue Cross
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
STARS
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Manitoba Blue Cross have pledged $3 million to support STARS’ critical mission operations throughout Manitoba over the next 10 years.
December 2025
Margaret Oulton
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
IWK Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation supports the expansion of research on women’s health.
December 2025
Maurice and Marilyn Rollins Foundation
Gift:
$125,000
Recipient:
Belleville General Hospital Foundation
City:
Belleville
Province:
ON
The Maurice and Marilyn Rollins Foundation matched donations to the Belleville General Hospital’s Christmas Angel campaign, up to $125,000.
December 2025
Michael Chernoff
Gift:
$1,100,000
Recipient:
Brandon University
City:
Brandon
Province:
MB
Chernoff made a gift of securities to the pre-existing Chernoff Family Award, which will now be granted to the top entering student in each of Brandon University’s four faculties.
December 2025
Myhal Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Canada-Ukraine Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
The Myhal Family Foundation matched donations made between December 9, 2025 and January 12, 2016 to the 2025 Holiday Campaign, up to $1,000,000.
December 2025
Orlando Corporation
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Mississauga
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
Orlando Corporation matched all monetary gifts made to Food Banks Mississauga’s 2025 Holiday Drive from December 23 to 31, up to $150,000.
December 2025
PA Woodward Foundation
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
City:
Kamploops
Province:
BC
The PA Woodward Foundation matched gifts made on Giving Tuesday, and throughout the 2025 holiday season, up to $200,000.
December 2025
Pialis Family
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network Foundation
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation supports the Love, Scarborough campaign and helps to create the Scarborough Health Centre of Excellence, as well as to train the next generation of doctors, nurses, and healthcare leaders.
December 2025
Ron and Alma Jones Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Special Olympics BC
City:
Burnaby
Province:
BC
Donation will establish an endowment fund which will provide long-term support for Special Olympics BC athletes to train, compete, and thrive in year-round sport, youth, and health programs at low or no cost.
December 2025
Sam Bachinski, Marian Boxer
Gift:
$507,840
Recipient:
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
ON
Donation will go toward the hospital’s new cardiac wing, as well as upgrading technology in the oncology and orthopaedic departments.
December 2025
SkipTheDishes
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
SkipTheDishes matched monetary donations made to Food Banks Canada’s Giving Tuesday campaign, up to $100,000.
December 2025
Slaight Family
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
United Way Greater Toronto, The Stop Community Food Centre, Right to Food, Daily Bread Food Bank, Food Banks Canada, Second Harvest Canada
City:
Toronto & Mississauga
Province:
ON
The Slaight Family committed $10 million shared amongst six organizations in the GTA to support food programs.
December 2025
TD Bank
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
National accessArts Centre
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation supports artists with disabilities, funding National accessArts Centre programs over the next three years.
December 2025
Tom Moore
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Ottawa Hospital Foundation
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Tom Moore triple matched donations made to the Ottawa Hospital on Giving Tuesday, up to $200,000.
December 2025
Vickie Sebulsky, Eugene Sebulsky
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
SK
Bequest from Vickie and Eugene Sebulsky will help create a comprehensive Palliative Care and Bereavement Fund.
December 2025
W.C. Wood Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation Guelph
City:
Guelph
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Building Better Healthcare campaign.
December 2025
Walmart Canada
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
The Salvation Army
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
During Fill the Kettle Day on December 20, Walmart Canada matched donations made by individuals to Salvation Army Christmas kettles in participating Walmart Canada stores nationwide, up to $100,000.
December 2025
Wheaton Precious Metals
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation supports the BC Cancer Technology Transformation campaign, and will help bring state-of-the-art imaging and treatment technologies to British Columbia.
December 2025
Wilson 5 Foundation, Chip Wilson
Gift:
$30,000,000
Recipient:
BC Parks Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation supports the conservation of natural areas in BC.