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More and more, corporations are realizing the value of investing in the communities where their employees live and work. It boosts their morale, inspires them to work harder, and helps the charities that their employees care about. Over 500 companies in Canada will match donations made by their employees to charitable organizations like the YMCA. Some match 1:1, others 2:1, some even 3:1 or more. Matching gifts are an easy way for an employee to make a donation that will have a more significant financial impact.

To find out whether your company has a matching gift program, please check the list below. Even if your company is not listed here, you should ask your human resources, personnel or community relations office for more information and matching gift forms.

How to have your employeer match your gift

  1. You get a matching gift form from your employer, usually from the human resource department.
  2. After completing the form, send the form along with the gift to the Financial Development Office at the YMCA of Oakville.
  3. The Financial Development office will certify on the form that it has received the gift and will return the form to the company.
  4. The company verifies the eligibility of the employee and sends a cheque to the YMCA.
  5. You will be mailed an official tax receipt for your gift and once we receive your employer’s matching gift, they will receive a receipt for their gift.

Employers with Matching Donation Programs include:

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
Aetna Life Insurance Company of Canada
Agrium Inc.
Alberta Power Ltd.
Alberta Energy Company Ltd.
Alcan Aluminum Limited
Alliance Forest Products Inc.
Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada
American Express Canada Inc.
Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd.
Anderson Exploration Ltd.
Astral Communications Inc.
AT&T Canada
Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc.
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
BC Telecom Inc.
BCE Inc.
Beamscope Canada Inc.
Bell Canada
BFC Construction Corporation
BM Canada Ltd.
BMW Canada Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
Bonar Inc.
Boreal Insurance Inc.
British Columbia Buildings Corp.
Budd Canada Inc.
Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc.
Campbell Soup Company Ltd.
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited
Canadian Accident Group Ltd.
Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.
Canadian National Railway Company
Canadian Marconi Company
Canadian Ultramar Ltd.
Canadian Western Natural Gas Company Limited
CanUtilities Holdings Ltd.
Cargill Limited
Celanese Canada Inc.
CGC Inc.
Champion Road Machinery Limited
Chevron Canada Limited
Chrysler Canada Ltd.
Co-op Atlantic Marketing Communications
Comcheq Services Ltd.
Compaq Canada Inc.
Corby Distilleries Ltd.
Corporate Foods Limited
Cosmair Canada Inc.
Credit Union Central of Ontario
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
Crown Life Insurance Company
Delta Hotels Ltd.
Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.
Domtar Inc.
Dow Chemical Canada Inc.
DuPont Canada Inc.
Economical Mutual Insurance Company
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Enerflex Systems Ltd.
Extendicare Inc.
Falconbridge Limited
Farm Credit Corporation
Fednav Ltd.
Finning Ltd.
Fishery Products International Ltd.
Fluor Daniel Canada Inc.
Ford Electronics Manufacturing Corp.
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
Four Seasons Hotels Inc.
Fulcrum Technologies Inc.
Future Shop Ltd.
Gaz Metropolitain and Company, Limited Partnership
General Mills Canada, Inc.
General Electric Canada Inc.
Gentra Inc.
Gilbey Canada Inc.
Gillette Canada Inc.
Glentel Inc.
Guardian Insurance Company of Canada
Gulf Canada Resources Limited
H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd.
Hershey Canada Inc.
Hewlett Packard (Canada) Ltd.
Hoechst Canada (1996) Inc.
Honeywell Ltd.
Husky Oil Ltd.
Hyal Pharmaceutical Corp.
Hyundai Auto Canada Inc.
Imax Corp.
Imperial Oil Limited
Imperial Metals Corp.
Ingersoll-Rand Canada Inc.
Investors Group Inc.
Ivest Corporation
Janssen-Ortho Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
Johnson Controls Ltd.
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Kmart Canada Limited
Kodak Canada Inc.
Kraft General Foods Canada Inc.

Labatt Breweries of Canada
Lafarge Canada Inc.
M Canada Inc.
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Magellan Aerospace Corporation
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Ltd.
Mark’s Work Wearhouse Ltd.
McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd.
McDonnell Douglas Canada Ltd.
Medtronic Inc.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada
Microsoft Canada
Mitel Corporation
Monsanto Canada Inc.
MRM Steel Ltd.
Murphy Oil Co. Ltd.
Nabisco Brands Ltd.
National Bank of Canada
NCR Canada Ltd.
Newcourt Credit Group Inc.
Noranda Inc.
Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.
Northern Telecom Limited
Northwestern Utilities Ltd.
NOVA Corporation
Novartis Canada Ltd.
Numac Energy Inc.
Owens Corning Canada Inc.
Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
PCL Construction Group Inc.
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Pharmacia and Upjohn Canada
Pillsbury Canada Ltd.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Primex Forest Products Ltd.
Procter & Gamble Canada
Prudential Steel Ltd.
Ralston Purina Canada Inc.
Ranger Oil Ltd.
Raytheon Canada Ltd.
Reckitt & Colman Canada Inc.
Redpath Industries Limited
Renaissance Energy Ltd.
Reynolds Aluminum Company of Canada
Rigel Energy Corporation
Rio Algom Limited
Robin Hood Multifoods Inc.
Rolls-Royce Canada Ltd.
Rothmans Inc.
Royal Insurance Company of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
SaskTel
Schering Canada Inc.
Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)
Scott Paper Limited
Sears Canada Inc.
Shell Canada Ltd.
SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare
Sony of Canada Ltd.
Southland Canada Inc.
Spar Aerospace Limited
State Farm Group
Stelco Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Suncor Inc.
Surrey Metro Savings Credit Union
Talisman Energy Inc.
Teck Corporation
TELUS Corporation
Tembec Inc.
The Mutual Group
The Enerplus Group
The Standard Life Assurance Company
The Maritime Life Assurance Company
The Jean Coutu Group Inc.
The Goldfarb Corp.
The Body Shop
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited
The Seagram Company Ltd.
The Great-West Life Assurance Company
The Empire Life Insurance Company
The Molson Companies Limited
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Torstar Corporation
Transamerica Life Insurance Company of Canada
TransCanada PipeLines Limited
Trojan Technologies Inc.
Van Waters & Rogers Ltd.
Wal-Mart Canada Inc.
Warner-Lambert Canada Inc.
Wascana Energy Inc.
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Wescast Industries Inc.
Western Cooperative Fertilizers Ltd.
Western Star Trucks Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc.
Xerox Canada Inc.
Zurich Canada