MAPEI Canada carries the proud legacy of the MAPEI Group globally, in supporting local sport and culture through the organizations below.
Founded in 1882, with headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Cycling Canada is one of Canada’s oldest National Sport Organizations. Its one simple purpose: to inspire Canadians to cycle. The Canadian Cycling Association (branded as Cycling Canada) has received a Certificate of Continuance from Industry Canada and is in compliance with the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. Cycling Canada also manages the Canadian National Cycling Team, comprised of athletes from all disciplines that represent Canada at international competitions, World Championships and Major Games.
Since 1973, the Gatineau Olympiques have played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), whose mission is to develop hockey by supporting its elite male players between the ages of 16 and 21, both academically and athletically within a safe and enriching environment to prepare them for their adult life. With its storied history, including a Memorial Cup win in 2008, the Olympiques have cultivated notable National Hockey League (NHL) players such as José Théodore, Luc Robitaille, Claude Giroux, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Paul Byron.
The Rangers have represented the three cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge in southern Ontario since 1963. The not-for-profit organization is the property of its season ticket holders, who attend Rangers home games at the nearly 8,000-capacity Auditorium, owned by the city of Kitchener, and known locally as “The Aud.” In its storied 62-year history, the organization has been a beacon of excellence, winning four Ontario Hockey League (OHL) titles and two Memorial Cup Championships (2003 and 1982). In addition, five of their alumni have gone on to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.
The Rockets have represented Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, since 1995. The team competes in the Western Hockey League (WHL), which enables top young prospects in Western Canada and the U.S. the opportunity to reach their full potential both on and off the ice. The league provides an ideal environment for players to develop hockey skills while not compromising their academic goals. The Rockets have 17 banners hanging in their home arena, Prospera Place, including a Memorial Cup win in 2004 and four WHL championships. The family-run team has developed some notable stars in the National Hockey League (NHL) in recent years, including Jamie Benn, Leon Draisaitl, Sheldon Souray, Kyle McLaren, and Shea Weber.
Marco Andretti, a seasoned driver and member of the iconic Andretti racing dynasty and grandson of Mario Andretti, commands the No. 98 MAPEI / CURB Honda for Andretti Global at the NTT IndyCar Series in 2024 and 2025, including the Indianapolis 500. Simultaneously, Kyle Kirkwood, a rising star in the racing world, showcases MAPEI’s colors on the No. 27 AutoNation Honda throughout the 2024 season. In total, the legendary Andretti team has won the Indianapolis 500 six times, in 1995, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017, the CART championship in 1995 and the IndyCar Series championship four times (2004, 2005, 2007, 2012).
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From 1993 to 2002, MAPEI was sponsoring a professional cycling team which reached the top of all international rankings and maintained this position for many years, tallying over 650 wins, including four Road World Race Championships and four individual World Championships. Since 2008, MAPEI has been a Main Sponsor of the UCI Road World Championships, a flagship event on the international cycling calendar broadcasted by major TV stations all around the world. The 2026 UCI Road World Championships will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF)
The ICFF based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was established in 2012 as a non-profit festival. Today, the ICFF has grown into a nine-day annual celebration of cinematic excellence, becoming the largest Italian film festival outside of Italy. The Festival presents numerous films and special events featuring the incredible work of Italian-Canadians, as well as collaborations between the two great nations, and international films with Italian content; continually striving to bridge the path between Europe and North America.
From 2022 we have been sailing the high seas alongside the ocean sailor Ambrogio Beccaria and his cutting-edge modern ocean sailing project Alla Grande as its Global Sponsor. We embarked with Ambrogio on this brave new venture on board ‘Alla Grande Pirelli’, a latest-generation Class40 yacht designed by three very young Italian engineers, an innovative vessel that aims to revolutionise the world of Italian sailing.
For us, sailing with Ambrogio is both a sporting and technological challenge.
It epitomises our desire to tackle new routes with our distinctive passion and determination and showcases our commitment to the environment through the innovations on board aimed at reducing the yacht's environmental impact.
Ambrogio has successfully taken part in some of the most important international regattas, always being one of the top finishers.
Among his most notable results have been his second-place solo finish in the 2022 Route du Rhum, two-man victories in the 2023 Normandy Channel Race and Transat Jacques Vabre were unforgettable performances, as was his extraordinary first place sailing solo in the 2024 Transat CIC.
The Mapei Sport Research Centre also provides Ambrogio with targeted fitness training and sports medicine/nutritional assistance.
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Our main investment in sport is U.S. Sassuolo Calcio football club men's and women's football teams at all levels.
Initially envisaged as a way of supporting a ceramics district with which we are closely connected, our involvement in U.S. Sassuolo Calcio has grown deeper over the years since we share numerous important values and ideals: hard work, teamwork and, last but not least, the determination to take on new challenges.
Owned by Mapei since 2003, the men's first team has been promoted from Serie C2 to Serie A since we have been involved. It has now been playing in Italy’s top division for over ten years and even qualified for the Europa League in 2016. The 2024/2025 season will see the team playing in the Italian second division as it strives to get promoted back into the top flight once again.
In 2019 the Generazione S project was launched: a social responsibility project run by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio focused on young players, whose football careers and personal lives are developed with the aim of spreading the game of football as a tool for training, education and aggregation.
VISIT THE OFFICIAL U.S. SASSUOLO CALCIO WEBSITE
Research also plays a key role for us in the field of sport. That is why we set up Mapei Sport in
1996, a service centre created to support the riders in the Mapei professional cycling team based on scientific rationality and a proper approach to ethics in sport.
The Research Center is now a technical-scientific facility of the highest order providing
assistance to athletes of all levels, not only professionals but also amateurs, so they can improve their performance through training programmes and multi-sector support.
The athletes carefully monitored by the Research Center include the teams
and athletes sponsored by Mapei.
Ontario Mosaic Artists and the Mosaic Artists of Canada purposes are to host exhibitions of the artwork done by mosaic artists to promote it as a contemporary art form and to showcase the array of materials, styles, techniques. MAPEI Canada is a proud supplier of grout and exhibition sponsor for the upcoming annual exhibit in Toronto (Keraply + Adesilex P10 Mosaic & Glass Tile).
As the leading Private Scholarship Fund in Canada, the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association (CIBPA) Foundation invests in students from the Italian Canadian community giving them an opportunity to reach their fullest potential through monetary assistance.
MAPEI Canada has donated to have its own scholarship to a student. The prize-fund is physically handed by MAPEI representative every year.
Other Culture: Support of the Fondation Communautaire Canadienne-Italienne, Fondation Santa Cabrini, Member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce West/Canada/Ontario, publications in support of Italian journals (Panoram, Il Citadino Canadese, Corriere Italiano), and local festivals (ItalfestMTL, Italian Week Ottawa, Taste of Little Italy Toronto, Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF), Italian Day on The Drive).
The HopOn national grassroots program aims to make cycling accessible to all Canadians. HopOn is overseen by Cycling Canada and delivered locally through partnerships with provincial and territorial cycling associations.
The “Build to Give” bike day was organized at the headquarters and plant of MAPEI Canada in Laval, Quebec, where volunteers from MAPEI Canada, Cycling Canada, and the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes (FQSC) gathered to assemble bicycles purchased through the charity organization MyFirstBicycle. Once assembled, the bikes were transported to Bon-Pasteur Park in Laval, where they were distributed to low-income families. A free cycling lesson was offered on-site by certified instructors from the Embarquez Canada program, with the support of the leadership team from the Espoirs Laval cycling club. Selected low-income families with children registered for the “Build to Give” initiative through the local non-profit organizations Relais Famille, Maison de la Famille de St-François, and Maison des enfants le Dauphin.
MAPEI Canada is proud to have risen to the challenge early, helping to plant dozens of trees and shrubs as a small contribution to our global commitment to building a more sustainable future.
A spirited group of 20 MAPEI Canada employees left their desks and headed to the grounds of École Demers, a local elementary school, to lend a helping hand. They literally got their hands dirty—digging, lifting, raking, and planting young trees!
In total, 17 trees from seven different species and 43 shrubs from eight different species were carefully planted on the front and side grounds of the three-storey school.
The effort was coordinated by Tree Canada, a non-profit charity dedicated to the promotion of tree planting and care in urban and rural areas across the country. For the 2024–2025 period, MAPEI has become an official sponsor of Tree Canada and its nationwide initiatives.
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