Amazon to Hire 3,500 Workers in BC and Ontario, Expand Their Office Footprint

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a new Amazon Vancouver headquarters to bring 3,000 jobs during a press conference April 30, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images

Amazon.com Inc. will hire 3,500 Canadians to work in spaces it is opening and expanding in British Columbia and Ontario.

The e-commerce giant revealed Monday that 3,000 of the jobs will be in Vancouver, where it is growing its footprint, and another 500 will be in Toronto, home of a new Amazon workspace.