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Coldwell Banker Canada recognizes Steve Dube for decades of volunteerism, fundraising, and leadership across the Niagara region.
WELLAND, ONT. – May 2026 – For more than 30 years, Steve Dube has built his career around the Niagara region community he calls home. An agent with Coldwell Banker Advantage Real Estate Brokerage Inc., Steve has spent more than two decades with the Coldwell Banker brand, building a reputation grounded in service, leadership, real estate, and long-standing community involvement.
This month, Coldwell Banker Canada is proud to recognize Steve as the May 2026 recipient of the Extraordinary Impact Award, a national recognition created to celebrate agents whose contribution to their communities reaches beyond the transaction. The award reflects a belief that has long been part of the Coldwell Banker Canada network. Strong communities are built by people who continue to show up for them, support them, and invest in them.
In Steve’s case, that commitment can be seen across decades of volunteerism and local involvement.
Before and alongside his work in real estate, Steve spent 20 years as a volunteer firefighter. Over the years, he has also served on the hospital board of directors, led children’s ministry programming, directed camps, and now serves as President of the Fonthill Lions Club. Community involvement has remained a consistent part of his life and work, shaped by a belief that business leaders should play an active role in supporting the people and places around them.
That approach continues through several local initiatives he helps lead throughout the year.
One of the most recognized is the community Easter Egg Hunt, an event Steve has helped run for 28 years. After the pandemic forced the event to relocate and rebuild, Steve helped bring it back as a free event for local families. Over the past three years, attendance has grown to between 4,000 and 10,000 people annually, with more than 2,000 children participating each year. Families return year after year, sharing how much the event means to them and how excited their children are to come back.
Steve’s community work has also expanded through his support of Adaptive Trails, a local non-profit organization providing programming for individuals with developmental disabilities. In 2025, he helped launch a fundraising golf tournament for the organization after recognizing the need for additional community support. The first tournament raised $6,000, helping support the organization’s sustainability, and a second tournament is now scheduled for August 29, 2026.
Through the Fonthill Lions Club, Steve also volunteers hundreds of hours each year helping organize BBQs, pasta nights, car shows, and community fundraising events supporting food banks, therapy dog programs, housing initiatives, cancer support centres, mental health organizations, children’s helplines, and other local causes.
He also owns a trailer full of carnival games that he lends out free of charge to schools, churches, fundraisers, and local organizations throughout the year. This summer, those games will appear at school fun fairs, Town of Pelham Canada Day celebrations, farmers’ market nights, and additional community events across the region, helping organizations create experiences for families while raising funds for their own initiatives.
When asked what role real estate professionals should play within their communities, Steve’s answer reflects the philosophy that has guided much of his career.
“Real estate agents should be at the forefront of building up their communities,” Steve believes. “We are community experts, and with that comes a responsibility to lead, support, and give back.”
That perspective is closely aligned with the thinking behind the Extraordinary Impact Award itself. While real estate professionals are often recognized for production and sales achievements, this award was created to recognize the broader role agents play within the communities they serve through leadership, generosity, volunteerism, and long-term local involvement.
As part of this recognition, Coldwell Banker Canada will make a $1,000 donation in Steve’s name to Adaptive Trails, supporting programming for individuals with developmental disabilities in the Niagara region.
Steve Dube’s work reflects the kind of community leadership the Extraordinary Impact Award was created to celebrate and the values that continue to shape the Coldwell Banker Canada network from coast to coast.
