Community Benefits

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COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR ALL

Northcrest is working with the City of Toronto, partners, and the local community on its Community Benefits Plan to provide tangible benefits to the surrounding community and ensure equitable access to employment and procurement opportunities for Indigenous, Black, and equity-deserving communities, prioritizing those living in the Downsview area. In order to ensure its success, we need your help!

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Job Seekers

Over the next 30 years, the development in YZD will create thousands of opportunities in future jobs and opportunities in construction. Through our hiring goals under Workforce Development, a portion of the jobs on the project will be dedicated to people who self-identify as: Indigenous or Black living in Ontario; or equity-deserving living within 10 km of the site.

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Diverse and Local Businesses

As part of our development, we would like to ensure that local and diverse companies have access to tenders and opportunities during this multi-billion, 30-year redevelopment. Through our Social Procurement goals, priority will be given to: diverse suppliers (businesses that are at least 51% owned, managed, and/or controlled by Indigenous, Black, equity-deserving groups); businesses withing 10km of the site; and social enterprises. Fill out the form below to add your company information to our directory and to learn more.

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Non-Profits and Service Providers

A successful Community Benefits Plan will require the support of local non-profit organizations and workforce service providers. If you’re interested in being part of the process, click below to get in touch.

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Since 2020, we have...

Reinvested into community partnerships, scholarships, and sponsorships

$500K

Engaged with people and organizations through outreach and communication

80K+

Invested to grow local capacity, expand social procurement opportunities, and develop the supporting tools that underpin our Community Benefits Plan

$350K

Hired local and diverse residents through the Rogers Stadium job fair

1,200

Making an Impact

Meet the people, partnerships, and ideas helping shape YZD's impact today – and for the future.

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Building Indigenous Partnership from the Ground Up

Placemaking with Purpose: Designing for the Future, Now

Alana Mercury

Making Space: A Mural Rooted in Accessibility

Building Place Through Creativity and Play

Derek Goring

Where People Shape Place: A Look at the YZD Scholarship Program

Creating Space to Connect, Play, and Imagine at YZD

Asha Deboran-Hotrum

More than a Market – Finding Community through Food

Designing a Living City at YZD: Infrastructure, City Nature and a Sense of Place

Jesse Zuker

Investing in the Next Generation

The YZD Scholarship Fund is opening doors for local students – creating pathways into post-secondary education, trades, and the industries that will shape this city's future.

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Let's Shape Something Together

YZD is built on collaboration – if you're an organization, business, or institution looking to be part of something meaningful, we'd love to connect.

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