GTHL Welcomes Canadian Tire as a Premier Sponsor
Canadian Tire Logo will be on all GTHL Sweaters.
TORONTO (October 13, 2010) – The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) and Canadian
Tire Corporation Limited announced today that they have signed a 2-year agreement making
Canadian Tire one of the League’s Premier Sponsors.
As part of the deal, 530 teams and a total of 10,000 GTHL players will proudly sport Canadian
Tire’s iconic triangle and the NHL®’s logo. Having recently signed a five-year partnership with
the NHL® and launched the new Canadian Tire Hockey School, the partnership with the GTHL
is an opportunity for Canadian Tire to support the sport in the Toronto region. This is the first
time in the League’s history that a sponsor’s logo will be featured on every sweater. “We are
very excited about our new partnership with Canadian Tire. It is a brand that has been part of
Canadian hockey for generations and we’re proud to be associated with it,” said GTHL
President John Gardner.
“For nearly 90 years, Canadian Tire has equipped millions of hockey players with their first
skates, stick, helmet and pads,” said Duncan Fulton, vice-president, corporate affairs for
Canadian Tire. “We’re happy to continue this tradition and to partner with the GTHL.”
Canadian Tire Stores will also be donating $20,000 per year to help GTHL children who are in
financial need. “Canadian Tire’s passion for helping kids in need is refreshing and admirable,”
said Gardner. “We will continue to look for new opportunities with Canadian Tire Jumpstart to
help as many kids as we can.”
Canadian Tire stores in the GTA that support the program and have donated to it include:
1608 THE QUEENSWAY ETOBICOKE
1530 ALBION ROAD ETOBICOKE
2900 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE MARKHAM
7650 MARKHAM ROAD MARKHAM
1156 DUNDAS ST E. MISSISSAUGA
6670 MEADOWVALE TOWN CENTRE CIRCLE MISSISSAUGA
900 SOUTHDOWN ROAD MISSISSAUGA
3050 MAVIS ROAD AT DUNDAS MISSISSAUGA
5970 MAVIS RD MISSISSAUGA
2510 HYDE PARK GATE. OAKVILLE
2025 KIPLING AVE., REXDALE
1901 EGLINTON AVE EAST. SCARBOROUGH
3553 LAWRENCE AVE. EAST, SCARBOROUGH
2850 KINGSTON RD., SCARBOROUGH
111 RYLANDER BLVD. SCARBOROUGH
8081 DUFFERIN ST THORNHILL
700 LAWRENCE AVE W. TORONTO
6310 YONGE STREET, CENTERPOINT MALL TORONTO
839 YONGE STREET TORONTO
5365 DUNDAS ST. WEST TORONTO
2129 ST. CLAIR AVE W TORONTO
1019 SHEPPARD AVE. EAST, TORONTO
2360 EGLINTON W, WESTSIDE MALL TORONTO
4630 SHEPPARD AVE. EAST TORONTO
2681 DANFORTH AVE., TORONTO
825 EGLINTON AVE. TORONTO
65 DUNDAS STREET WEST TORONTO
1025 LAKESHORE BLVD EAST TORONTO
3200 RUTHERFORD RD. VAUGHAN
2625B WESTON RD WESTON
3850 #7 HIGHWAY WOODBRIDGE
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About the GTHL
Founded in 1911, the Greater Toronto Hockey League is a non-profit organization and is the
largest amateur minor hockey league in the World. There are over 40,000 participants
registered annually in the GTHL. GTHL jurisdiction spans Toronto, North York, Scarborough,
Vaughan, and Markham and includes players ranging from the ages of 4-20.
About Jumpstart
Canadian Tire Jumpstart is a national, charitable program that helps kids aged 4 to 18 with
financial need to participate in organized sports and recreation. The program helps cover the
cost of registration, equipment and/or transportation. Since its launch in February 2005,
Canadian Tire Jumpstart has helped give more than 250,000 Canadian kids the chance to play.
For more information, visit Canadian Tire Jumpstart online at www.canadiantire.com/jumpstart.
About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC), is one of Canada’s most shopped
general retailers with 480 Canadian Tire stores across the country. Our core retail and
automotive operation is strengthened by PartSource, an automotive parts specialty chain;
Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country’s largest independent retailers of gasoline; Mark’s
“Clothes That Work,” a leading retailer of men’s, women’s and work apparel; and Canadian Tire
Financial Services, which has issued over five million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards.
More than 58,000 Canadians work across Canadian Tire’s organization from coast-to-coast in
the enterprise’s retail, financial services and petroleum businesses.
For more information, please contact:
Scott Oakman, Executive Director, soakman@gthlcanada.com
Michelle Ghandour, Manager Communications, Canadian Tire, michelle.ghandour@cantire.com