Community investment and partnerships
Together, we’re building stronger, more resilient communities
Investing in communities is a foundational part of our identity at Meridian. We believe that by using our financial expertise in combination with community-focused partnerships, we can effect meaningful change and help communities build financial resilience.
As a credit union, we don’t have public shareholders — our Members are our owners. That means more of our profits are used to help support the communities of the Members we serve.
Ukrainian Refugee donation drive: August 31-September 30
Join our donation drive to support displaced Ukrainians seeking refuge in Niagara, Hamilton, Ottawa, GTA, and surrounding areas. Between August 31 and September 30, we’ll be accepting donated items at select branch locations.
Accepted donations
Accepted donations include new or gently used children’s toys and kitchen items, as well as new bed linens, pillows, towels, socks, underwear, and cleaning supplies.
To make a cash donation, please visit www.ucc.ca.
- St. Catharines - Grantham Plaza
- Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Niagara Falls - Kalar & McLeod
- Vineland
- Port Colborne
- Stoney Creek
- Ancaster
- Hamilton - Rymal Road
- Hamilton - Centre on Barton
- Toronto - Bloor & Islington
- Pickering
- Scarborough - Kennedy Commons
- Richmond Hill
- Toronto - Leaside
- Toronto - Danforth & Logan
- Bank Street
- Kanata
- Barrhaven
Key partnerships that are making a difference

Fintech Cadence
Fintech Cadence is an entrepreneurial hub that strives to solve the most pressing challenges facing the Canadian financial system, including housing affordability, financial literacy, and equity.
By supporting this type of thought leadership, we’re helping shape the next generation of Canadian changemakers, including Fintech Cadence's IFH Lab and the Fintech Hub programs.

Evergreen
Evergreen is focused on developing solutions for a variety of issues that cities will face in the coming decades. It’s an organization that seeks to answer the question "What don't we know about the future needs of Canadian residents?"
By supporting Evergreen’s My Future Home Forum, we’re helping to future-proof our communities against issues like housing affordability, now and in the future.

Feed Ontario
Feed Ontario aims to address one of the main symptoms of high-cost housing – community hunger – while funding housing affordability research and recommending innovative solutions to partners like Meridian.
We’re proud to support Feed Ontario; an organization with an innovative approach to addressing community needs associated with access to affordable housing.