and Mail, Porter Airlines, theScore, the
Toronto International Film Festival, and
the Toronto Star, to build in the cloud.
Amazon continues to invest heavily
across Canada. With this expansion in
Toronto, Amazon has this year alone
announced plans to create more than
6,000 new jobs in Canada, across
new corporate offices in Vancouver
and Toronto and four new customer
fulfillment centers in Ottawa, Cale-
don, Tsawwassen First Nation, and
Edmonton. These new job opportuni-
ties are for candidates with all types
of experience, education, and skill
levels—from engineers and cloud
computing specialists to those seek-
ing entry-level positions and on-the-
job training. Amazon now has more
than 10,000 employees in Canada,
across its Toronto and Vancouver Tech
Hubs, the AWS infrastructure region
in the Montreal area, and customer
fulfillment facilities in Alberta, British
Columbia, and Ontario. Since 2011,
Amazon has invested more than $3
billion in Canada, including customer
fulfillment and cloud infrastructure,
research facilities, and compensation
to our employees.
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