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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.

December 2025

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