Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a growing network of five interrelated businesses that offer a range of goods and services that meet life’s everyday needs, including general merchandise and clothing, petroleum and financial services.

Canadian Tire’s competitive advantage is created through the power of these five businesses, which exemplify our vision to create sustainable growth by being a national champion and Canada's most trusted company. We will grow from our strengths – leveraging our brands, core capabilities, assets and extraordinary people.

Canadian Tire's future starts with a clear purpose: We are a proud Canadian family of retail, retail-related and financial services businesses that are inter-related and strengthened by the triangle…a great Canadian brand. We exist to create customers for life and shareholder value.

More than 57,000 Canadians work across the Canadian Tire organization from coast-to-coast in the Corporation's retail, financial services, petroleum and apparel businesses.

Canadian Tire’s Corporate Social Responsibility Guiding Statement & Principles

Canadian Tire has been a growing, vibrant business for over 85 years. As one of Canada’s most trusted companies, we integrate economic, social and environmental concerns into our values, operations and business strategy. In this way, we are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen to ensure our successful long-term growth.

The integration of these concerns is guided by these principles, which set out our commitments and provide the framework for our actions to improve our corporate social responsibility performance.

Economic Responsibility

• Corporate Governance and Ethics
  • Operate with ethical business practices
  • Demonstrate sound corporate governance principles
  • Provide clear disclosure of financial results and key non-financial items
• Responsible Operations
  • Comply with laws and regulations
  • Conduct our operations and activities responsibly
  • Procure goods and services responsibly
• Economic Impact
  • Provide strong returns to shareholders
  • Pay fair share of taxes
  • Foster innovation and entrepreneurship

Social Responsibility

• Employment Practices
  • Foster a culture of employee engagement
  • Provide competitive compensation and benefits
  • Provide opportunities for training and development
  • Respect diversity
  • Promote health and well-being of employees
• Ethical Sourcing
  • Source products responsibly
  • Promote decent, legal and humane working conditions at our suppliers’ factories
  • Build active relationships with our suppliers to develop more sustainable supply chains
• Community Involvement
  • Provide contributions with a lasting social impact
  • Canadian Tire Jumpstart as primary community initiative
  • Encourage employee volunteerism and philanthropy

Environmental Responsibility

• Operational Environmental Footprint
  • Incorporate environmental concerns into the planning of our business and projects
  • Pursue pollution prevention, waste minimization and resource conservation
  • Reduce the energy we use in order to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
• Product Stewardship
  • Develop and provide environmentally friendly product options for consumers
  • Work with suppliers to find solutions to environmental issues associated with critical product types
  • Strive to protect and educate consumers about relevant environmental issues

Canadian Tire and Partners in Project Green

Canadian Tire is committed to supporting Partners in Project Green as a Business Ambassador by continuing to improve our environmental performance, encouraging participation in Partners in Project Green, collaborating with others to improve the sustainability of the Pearson Eco-Business Zone as a whole, and developing best practices for the advancement of eco-business activities.