Amazon first announced its plans to build facilities in Quebec in 2019, and the first facility officially opened in 2020. As of 2021, the province had a population of 8.5 million people, per ...

An employee walks past trucks at Amazon's DXT4 warehouse in Laval, Que., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Amazon Canada says it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec.

Delivery trucks are parked outside Amazon's DXT4 warehouse in Laval, Que., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Amazon Canada says it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec.

Amazon has underscored one of the biggest challenges facing organized labor in both Canada and the U.S.: the imbalance of power between workers and multibillion-dollar corporations.

The warehouses also employ 250 temporary employees. Amazon said it would enlist local, third-party companies to deliver packages, reverting to a business model it used in Quebec before 2020.

Amazon’s DXT4 warehouse is seen in Laval, Quebec, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP) The Associated Press Posted: Jan 22, 2025 / 03:52 PM CST Updated: Jan 22 ...