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Consider Canada’s large cities
for global trade and investment

The majority of the trade and investment opportunity flows through the world’s cities. That’s why Canada’s large cities are working together as the Consider Canada City Alliance Inc. to help international companies like yours determine the best synergies for business expansion by building city-to-city linkages around the globe.

Canada is the best country for business in the world, as reported by Forbes Magazine in its October 2011 study of 134 countries. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) states Canada is the best country among the G7 to do business over the next five years.

Canada is an aggressive trading nation. Accumulated Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Canada reached $562 billion in 2010. Canada’s status as a NAFTA member offers businesses assured access to a North American market of over 450 million consumers with a combined GDP of about US$17 trillion. Canada also has stellar economic fundamentals.

Which Canadian city is right for your business? Economic development professionals from Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Québec City, Winnipeg, Waterloo Region and Saskatoon work together every day to direct companies like yours to the city or cities that offer the most strategic fit. Our job is to help you make the best decision for your business. Contact us.

*Economic and trade statistics: UNCTAD, Invest in Canada report 2012, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada investincanada.gc.ca

                 

Tuesday
May292012

Chinese investors: Here come the Canadians

After talking and planning for nearly six months, the first major Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) mission to be undertaken by the Consider Canada City Alliance (CCCA) is underway. 20 people from eight Canadian cities and the Canadian government are gathering in China to begin a three-city onslaught to attract Chinese investment to Canada. The path to China began in 2007 when Bruce Graham, the President of Calgary Economic Development, called together seven of his colleagues in economic development organizations across Canada for a meeting in Calgary, and the “C-8” was born.

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DateTuesday, May 29, 2012 |
Wednesday
Oct262011

Edmonton: an outstanding combination of thriving economy and vibrant quality of life 

A diversified, innovative economy in the heart of Canada’s booming west and gateway to Canada’s north

Greater Edmonton is the largest and closest urban centre to the world’s third-largest oil reserves. Already home to Canadian household corporate names like PCL Constructors Inc., Stantec Inc. and Rexall, many Fortune 500 companies have a substantial presence in Greater Edmonton. In addition to being the hub of the oil sands supply chain, the city boasts two of the world’s largest petrochemical plants and 17 energy-related research and innovation centres —- All of this oil industry activity in a country that’s one of the world’s most politically stable.

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DateWednesday, October 26, 2011 | tagged , |
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