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While the study highlighted the challenges LGBTQ Canadians face in the workplace, it also uncovered how supporting the LGBTQ community positively impacts Canadians' perceptions of a company, both within the LGBTQ community and across the Canadian population as a whole:

68 per cent of Canadians (88 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians) think that businesses that support the LGBTQ community are better corporate citizens.
59 per cent of Canadians (81 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians) think that businesses that support LGBTQ businesses are more innovative.
64 per cent of Canadians (86 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians) think that businesses that support the LGBTQ community better understand the needs of their customers.
56 per cent of Canadians (86 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians) are more likely to consider working for businesses that support the LGBTQ community.
49 per cent of Canadians (83 per cent of LGBTQ Canadians) are more likely to purchase products and services from companies that support the LGBTQ community.

TELUS' longstanding support for its LGBTQ team members dates back to 1992 when the company introduced same-sex benefits, well before it was standard practice in Canada. Since 2000, the company has contributed more than $3.5 million and TELUS team members have volunteered thousands of hours of service to LGBTQ organizations. Today, Spectrum – one of six diversity-focused team member resource groups at TELUS – includes more than 1,100 TELUS team members and the company will take part in 13 Pride celebrations across Canada this year.

To learn more about TELUS' commitment to diversity, please visit telus.com/diversity.

^{1. The study was conducted by MARU/VR&C (formerly the Research & Consulting Division of Vision Critical) and surveyed 814 Canadians (half LGBTQ-identified) in July 2016.}

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU) is Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.6 billion of annual revenue and 12.4 million subscriber connections, including 8.4 million wireless subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines, 1.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers and 1.0 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video, and is Canada's largest healthcare IT provider.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $440 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 6.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS' 11 Canadian community boards and 4 International boards have led the Company's support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $54 million in support of over 4,900 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.