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The entire world is just minutes away from Central Alberta; you have access to an immediate trade area of 310,000 people and a distribution capability of almost 2.5 million people within a two-hour drive. With a hot business climate, pro-business policies and enticing incentives, Central Alberta is your land of opportunity.
Alberta has profited from its strengths in agriculture, energy and industrial products to develop a vigorous and diversified economy consisting of a dynamic and innovative business climate shown by continual growth in the number of small businesses.
Alberta’s wage and salary rates are competitive with the rest of Canada and with the United States. Alberta provides even more of a cost advantage compared to the U.S. when comparing total compensation rates, largely because of publicly funded healthcare.
Want to grow your business? Exporting is key, and in Central Alberta, it’s easy to get your products to market. Alberta is the only western province that offers overnight or less than 24-hour delivery service to all of Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest – a market of more than 15 million consumers.
An international network for market-driven industrial Research and Development, EUREKA includes over 40 economies from the EU, Europe, Israel, South Korea, and Canada. Through Canada’s associate membership in EUREKA, Canadian trendsetters have a new advantage in gaining access to technology, expertise, and markets in Europe and beyond. The National Research Council (NRC) is the contact point for EUREKA; take advantage of our NRC connections.
Central Alberta offers some of the lowest tax rates in the country. Cash in on our low property taxes, low corporate and personal income taxes and the lowest gasoline taxes in Canada. There are no business taxes in most Central Alberta municipalities.
Central Alberta offers competitively low natural gas and electricity rates. To find a list of all energy companies in Alberta and current and historic rates, visit the Alberta Government’s Utilities Consumer Advocate website.
Universal healthcare guarantees medical care for all Albertans and reduces the cost to private businesses. Administering medical services through a publically funded system reduces the cost of private insurance for businesses. More on Alberta’s Health Care Insurance Plan.
Central Alberta is at the crossroads of major air, rail and ground transportation routes making it easy to ship goods and purchase supplies.
The Queen Elizabeth II Highway is a four-lane divided commercial highway that runs between Edmonton and Calgary and links the Alaska Dempster Highway to U.S. Interstate I-15.
The CANAMEX corridor is a seamless transportation route between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Quick access to the TransCanada Highway links Canada port-to-port from Vancouver on the west coast to Halifax on the east.
Two national rail services provide Central Alberta with transcontinental freight service, with two intermodal facilities in Calgary and Edmonton.
Central Alberta is served by the Red Deer Airport (YQF), one of the busiest regional airports in Canada. Edmonton and Calgary’s international airports are located along the Queen Elizabeth II highway which runs through the region.
Access Prosperity has relationships with the over 40 municipalities in Central Alberta, many of which have progressive Investment Readiness Strategies that include incentives and programs for new businesses.
Access Prosperity is your link to programs offered by the federal and provincial governments; contact us to make meaningful connections with the appropriate officials.
They’re here, they’re trained, they’re capable and ready to work. Central Alberta has two major colleges, Red Deer Polytechnic and Olds College, which provide skilled employees. Close to one-third of the population has obtained a post-secondary qualification. In 2014 there were over 10,000 Central Alberta students enrolled in a post-secondary institution; almost 6,000 of those participants were registered in a designated apprenticeship training program. There are over 800 certified apprentices in the region.
The region’s educational facilities offer targeted programs for the major sectors of Central Alberta’s economy; below are just a few examples.
Red Deer Polytechnic’s Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing trains technical specialists in the design and development of prototypes, technology commercialization and lean manufacturing. This unique facility allows industry, faculty and students to mentor and inspire each other. Red Deer Polytechnic also works with industry to develop customized trades apprenticeship and training programs.
Central Alberta is also home to the Field Crop Development Centre and the Lacombe Research Centre, two pioneering research facilities that develop and commercialize products and processes for the Central Alberta agricultural sector.
Olds College Centre for Innovation is a state-of-the-art research facility for research, commercialization and innovation in sustainable agriculture and the environment. The school’s Biofuel Technology Centre and Bioindustry Resources Centre bring together students and researchers from institutions across Canada and around the world.
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