Amazon in Ontario
Amazon has eight warehouses in Ontario, Canada.
Offices
As of 2018, the company had offices in Kanata, working on Alexa.[1]
As of 2018, the company had a team in Ottawa, to market Amazon Web Services to the federal government.[1]
Warehouses
Ottawa (YOW1)
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| General information | |
| Type | warehouse |
| Address | Boundary Road |
| Town or city | Ottawa |
| Groundbreaking | August 20, 2018[2] |
| Opened | 2019[3] |
| Landlord | Broccolini[2] |
The building is the largest industrial structure in the area.[3] It was Amazon's first facility in Ontario, outside of the Greater Toronto Area.[2] As of 2018, the intent was to focus the facility on larger items. The Ottawa Citizen noted this included "household decor, sporting equipment and gardening gear."[2]
The first known case of COVID-19 during the pandemic was identified on March 19, 2020. Employees were notified of the positive test on April 4, over two weeks after the employee's last shift. The company claims it only learned of the positive test on April 3.[3]
Mississauga (YYZ1)
Milton (YYZ2)
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| General information | |
| Type | warehouse |
| Address | 2750 Peddie Road |
| Town or city | Milton |
Brampton (YYZ3)
Brampton (YYZ4)
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| Alternative names | Amazon Heritage |
| General information | |
| Type | warehouse |
| Address | 8050 Heritage Road[5] |
| Town or city | Brampton |
The facility offers Fulfillment Centre Tours.
COVID response
Between October 2020 and mid-March 2021, 617 workers tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. Some 240 of those cases arose in the latter weeks, and 10 were known to be more contagious variants.[6] In addition, nine bus operators on the 511 Züm Steeles route of Brampton Transit tested positive, leading to that route being shut down.[5]
On March 12, 2021, Peel Public Health issued a Section 22 order, under the Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Act. This requires all employees of the facility to self-quarantine until March 27.
The public health unit noted that it had been working with the company to try and control the outbreak, prior to the order. The closure would also allow "additional operational changes recommended by Peel Public Health that may help prevent outbreaks in the future."[7]
Amazon, Peel Public Health, and the province all had refused to disclose case counts related to Amazon, to that point.[6]
Amazon dismissed the Region's findings, and noted it would appeal.[6]
Caledon (YYZ7)
Located on Coleraine Drive, in south Bolton, Caledon, the facility was nearing completion as of August 2019.[9]
As of August 2019, the inventory tower was considered the largest in North America, with four floors, each roughly 500,000 square feet.[9] It was expected to employ 800 people.[9]
Scarborough (YYZ9)
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| General information | |
| Type | warehouse |
| Address | 900 Passmore Avenue |
| Town or city | Toronto |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Broccolini |
Upcoming
Hamilton
Ajax
Ottawa (YOW3)
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| General information | |
| Type | warehouse |
| Town or city | Ottawa |
| Opening | est. 2021 |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Broccolini |
Planned
Pickering
Amazon plans to build a warehouse in Pickering, Ontario. It is considering multiple sites.[12] One of the sites it considered is owned by Pickering Developments Inc. The property was a provincially significant wetland, located on Lower Duffins Creek.[13][12]
Pickering city council requested that the province issue a municipal zoning order, in October 2020. The move was meant to prevent appeals or public consultation.[12] One was issued by Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark. Such orders are meant as a "fast track" in the planning process.[13] Until December 2020, conservation authorities had the ability to block development on wetlands. That power was removed by the provincial government under Premier Doug Ford.[13]
The Ontario government ordered the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to issue a permit to the developer, no later than March 12. TRCA publicly noted their "duress" in the situation.[13]
Amazon removed the site from its shortlist, at an undisclosed date. Their disinterest was made public on March 12.[13] Environmental impacts were said to be one factor.[12] The developer voluntarily rescinded the provincially demanded permit.[13]
Historic
Mississauga
When Amazon.ca launched in 2002, it used the Mississauga-based warehouse of Assured Logistics, part of the Canada Post-owned Progistix Solutions.[14] The company solicited the fulfillment business of other e-commerce companies in Canada.[14]
Controversy
Throughout most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon refused to disclose case count information to the public.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bagnall, James (10 July 2018). "Bagnall: What Amazon's expansion really means for the capital region". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa ON: PostMedia. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Laucius, Joanne (21 August 2018). "Amazon breaks ground on huge east-end warehouse; 1,500 trades workers will contribute to building of new 'fulfilment' centre". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa ON. p. A2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Yogaretnam, Shaamini (7 April 2020). "Amazon Ottawa worker tests positive for COVID-19". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa ON: Postmedia. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ "Amazon building second distribution centre in Ottawa". CTV News. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Herhalt, Chris (12 March 2021). "Major Amazon warehouse ordered closed in Brampton, Ont. due to COVID-19 outbreak inside". CTV News Toronto. Toronto ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Tavia Grant; Stefanie Marotta (12 March 2021). "Peel Public Health order shutters Amazon Canada's Brampton warehouse over COVID-19 outbreaks". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ Hawkins, Ashleigh (12 March 2021). "Peel Public Health orders Amazon Canada to close all shifts at Brampton facility and have workers self-isolate for 14 days". Region of Peel. Brampton ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ Chhabra, Sameer (July 25, 2018). "Amazon announces plans to open fulfillment centre in Caledon". MobileSyrup. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Strader, Matthew (13 August 2019). "VIDEO: A behind the scenes tour of Caledon's new Amazon warehouse". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ cbc.ca. September 9, 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/amazon-mount-hope-stoney-creek-1.5716997. Retrieved December 23, 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ thestar.ca. September 9, 2020 https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/09/09/amazon-creating-1000-new-jobs-in-ajax.html. Retrieved December 23, 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Frazer Snowdon; Nick Westoll; Gabby Rodrigues (12 March 2021). "Amazon confirms it won't be going to controversial Pickering wetlands development". Global News. Toronto ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "Property developer vows to protect Pickering wetland after Amazon cancels warehouse plans". CBC Toronto. Toronto ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sutton, Neil (25 June 2002). "Amazon outsources for Canadian expansion". Toronto ON. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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