United Way is an international, not-for-profit organization and has more than 90 local United Ways across Canada. United Way is known as Centraide in Quebec, Ottawa and other French speaking communities in Canada.\nEach United Way-Centraide raises money and allocates funds locally to support its community. Each United Way-Centraide is governed by an autonomous, local, volunteer Board of Directors that, with other volunteers and staff, helps build caring, vibrant communities and responds to a broad range of human needs.\n\nUnited Way of the Alberta Capital Region serves the Edmonton Census Metropolitan area including Edmonton, the City of Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, the City of St. Albert, the City of Leduc, the County of Leduc, the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and the County of Parkland.