Amazon to Open Fulfilment Centres in Hamilton and Ajax, Promise to Create 2,500 Jobs

eCommerce soars amid pandemic as consumers compelled to stay home and make purchases online

An Amazon worker packs items for the annual Black Friday Sale at the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, east England on Nov. 27, 2019. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

Amazon says it will open two new fulfilment centres in southern Ontario and create more than 2,500 jobs by 2021.

The Seattle e-commerce giant announced on Wednesday it plans to open one fulfilment centre in Hamilton, Ont. and another centre in Ajax, Ont by 2021, and promises good prospects to job seekers.