Local Community Support

We define our local communities as the places where we have major facilities and many of our employees live and work: Mississauga, Ontario and St. Laurent, Quebec. These places are special to us because we make our homes here and we have neighbours we care about.

For this reason, we devote a portion of our community investment to initiatives that make our communities better places to raise our families, connect with our friends and work with our colleagues.

Our local community support is focused on three areas:

1. Our annual United Way/Centraide campaigns
2. Local health-related initiatives
3. Other innovative programs that contribute to improving our communities

Click here to see examples of our community involvement.

AstraZeneca and United Way/Centraide

Local United Way/Centraide organizations provide vital funds to grassroots organizations that help address the needs of vulnerable segments of our society. We are proud to be among the leading corporate supporters of the United Way of Peel Region. In 2001, we donated $120,000, while our Mississauga employees generously gave more than $46,000. In Montreal, AstraZeneca provided $20,000 to the Centraide campaign and our Montréal employees raised more than $19,000. All of these funds help United Way/Centraide strengthen the fabric of our local communities.

Other Local Community Organizations

If your organization is based in Mississauga or St. Laurent and is seeking support for a project or program that fits into our focus areas, please visit our How to Apply page.

AstraZeneca Canada is an Imagine Caring Company