Goodwill

Our History:
Founded in Winnipeg in 1931 to help victims of the Great Depression, the goal was to provide struggling Manitobans with self-respect through the dignity of a job. That simple corporate statement of mission is still faithfully followed today.

It has been a remarkable success story. For nearly a century, Canadian Goodwill has given jobs to men and women, in the process giving them confidence and teaching them job skills. It has paid more than $12 million in wages.

Today Canadian Goodwill Ind., Corp. is run by a volunteer board of directors, who share in this same ideology. The company now employees over 60 men and women at its six outlets. Canadian Goodwill operates three trucks for picking up donated goods from homes and offices.

The main store, “The Goodwill Store,” a five story building at 70 Princess Street in the Exchange District, houses the company’s corporate office, a clothing and furniture outlet, as well as our donation sorting department and our workshop warehouse.