< Previous56 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION engines and alternative fuels and will generate 160 highly skilled jobs at the company by 2030. Calgary is no stranger to innovation: In early 2025, the Calgary Region Hydrogen Hub, managed by The Transition Accelerator, came online and will initially deliver power to airports, industrial and municipal fl eets, trains, combined heat and power systems and hydrogen corridors. Edmonton Global Edmonton, Alberta Malcolm Bruce, CEO edmontonglobal.ca Recent Projects: Crust Craft ($36 million), Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc. ($198 million), Airtex Manufacturing Partnership ($12 million) Edmonton Global’s 2024 Annual Report highlighted over $2.25 billion in new capital and operational investment and over 1,000 new jobs across 14 municipalities that make up the Edmonton metro area and network of regional stakeholders in one of the fastest growing regions in Canada. “The results in this report aren’t just numbers — they represent meaningful outcomes for communities across the Edmonton Metropolitan Region,” said Enzo J. Barichello, K.C., chair of Edmonton Global’s Board of Directors. “They show what’s possible when we align our vision and our eff orts in order to think beyond municipal boundaries for the benefi t of the entire region.” Local high-capacity bakery and food production company Crust Craft, known for its artisanal baked goods since 1989, announced its intent to build a bigger plant in Edmonton with an investment of $51 million. According to Edmonton Global, the plant is expected to break ground in fall 2025, yield an economic impact of $70 million and contribute approximately $29 million to the regional GDP. The plant will receive $2 million from the Investment and Growth Fund, an incentive from the Government of Alberta. BRITISH COLUMBIA Invest Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia Jacquie Griffi ths, President investvancouver.ca Recent Projects: Stemcell Technologies Canada ($222 million), HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation ($347 million), Boeing Canada Operations ($35 million,) The Vancouver Sun noted in a SITE SELECTION SEPTEMBER 2025 57 March 2025 article that “the key to implementing a longer-term plan to secure investment and capitalize on British Columbia’s resource advantage, according to economists and policy experts, is realizing where British Columbia’s competitive advantages lie — in the natural resource sectors that have long been the bedrock of the provincial economy, as well as in Metro Vancouver’s future-focused, knowledge-based sectors such as technology, life sciences and green energy — and reducing barriers to growth.” One life science company looking to build in the western Canadian city is Vancouver-based Stemcell Technologies, which will invest $222 million in new biomanufacturing facilities for producing the inputs for stem cell therapies and research. “This funding by the federal government addresses a gap in the raw materials required for large-scale manufacturing of vaccines, therapies and diagnostics, creating signifi cant spillover eff ects across British Columbia and Canada,” said Stemcell founder and CEO Allen Eaves. The project is expected to generate 460 new jobs and 900 student positions. MANITOBA Economic Development Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba Ryan Kuff ner, President & CEO www.economicdevelopmentwinnipeg.com Recent Projects: Cereals Canada ($100 million), Sapphire Springs ($145 million), Magellan Aerospace Corporation ($12 million), New Flyer Industries Canada ($28 million), Smartrend Manufacturing Group ($22 million) Manitoba’s capital and largest city, Winnipeg, makes the list this year with an impressive quiver of projects that add to its long history of a diversifi ed economy. A transportation hub, this “Gateway to the West” is also opening another gate — one that breakfast lovers will love. In April 2025, Cereal Canada announced that it received $13 million from the Manitoba government toward the development of its Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate). A $102 million project with the goal of making Canada a leader in cereal grain innovation and global food security, Gate’s new facility will be constructed in downtown Winnipeg’s Exchange District, with space for specialty milling, a pilot bakery, pasta extrusion and training and offi ce spaces. Another card in 58 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION the agri-food deck for Winnipeg is the company Sapphire Springs, the largest sustainable Artic char supplier in Canada, which is planning to build an Arctic char farm north of Winnipeg. Plans include a recirculating aquaculture system capable of producing 5,000 metric tons of the fi sh annually. The facility, expected to open in 2026, will have a price tag of $145 million and will expand the current global supply of Arctic char by 50%. NOVA SCOTIA Halifax Partnership Halifax, Nova Scotia Wendy Luther, President & CEO halifaxpartnership.com Recent Projects: 3DBioFibR Inc. ($3 million), Screen Nova Scotia Motion Picture Industry Association ($7 million), Mass Timber Company ($215 million) According to an AltusGroup report on Canadian CRE investment trends, Halifax emerged alongside Vancouver and Toronto in Q2 of 2025 as one of the top three markets for attracting investor interest across all asset classes, indicating perceived stability and long-term growth potential. The Halifax metro is poised for a strong economic surge in investment opportunity and the Halifax Partnership noted in their 2025 Index that following market conditions that allowed the Bank of Canada to start lowering interest rates last year, residents and business of the city experienced greater purchasing power. SASKATCHEWAN Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Erin Lawson, CEO https://sreda.com Recent Projects: NRGene Canada Inc, Drake Meat Processors Inc, Hinge Designs Inc. Saskatoon has been buzzing with economic growth and projects all year, particularly in the manufacturing and agri-food industries. In SREDA’s Q3 Economic Update, the Saskatoon economy strengthened with an estimated GDP growth of 3.1%, surpassing the national average. The momentum can be attributed to growth in the primary industries (particularly agriculture, mining and quarrying), solid housing demand and aff ordability and strong population increases with employment gains in key sectors, more full-time jobs and high participation rates. A new meat processing facility by Saskatchewan meat company Drake Meats Processors has already broken ground, with expectations to open in September 2026. A family-owned company going back four generations that specializes in Canadian pork and beef, the 53,000-sq.-ft. plant is expected to create 200 jobs when fully operational and triple its current annual production capacity. SITE SELECTION SEPTEMBER 2025 59 ALBERTA Invest Alberta Suite 701, 10250-101 St. Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 Rick Christiaanse, CEO info@investalberta.ca 403-200-7190 https://investalberta.ca City of Beaumont 5600 49 Street Beaumont, AB T4X 1A1 Wendy Jones, Mgr. Invest- ment Attraction 780-242-8786 investinbeaumont@beau- mont.ab.ca https://www.beaumont. ab.ca/business-economy/ economic-development CALGARY Calgary Economic Development 500 Centre Street S, 32nd Flr Calgary, AB T2G1A6 Brad Perry, CEO 403-2217831 https://www.calgaryeco- nomicdevelopment.com CAMROSE City of Camrose 5204 - 50 Avenue Camrose, AB T4V 0S8 Patricia MacQuarrie General Manager of Community Development econdev@camrose.ca https://www.camrose.ca/en/ business-and-development/ invest.aspx CLAIRMONT County of Grande Prairie Administration Building 10001 – 84 Avenue Clairmont, AB T8X 5B2 Jordan Tidey, Dir. Econ. Dev ecdev@countygp.ab.ca 780-532-9722 https://www.countygp.ab.ca EDMONTON Edmonton Global Suite 100, 10020 100 St NW Edmonton, AB T5J 0N5 Alcom Bruce, CEO 800-264-4952 https://edmontonglobal.ca/ LEDUC City of Leduc #1 Alexandra Park Leduc, AB T9E 4C4 Tara De Munnik Manager Economic Dev. tdemunnik@leduc.ca 780-980-7177 https://www.leduc.ca LLOYDMINISTER Lloydminster Economic Development Corporation 4420-50 Avenue Lloydminster, AB/SK T9V 0W2 Katlin Ducherer Econ. Development Offi cer 780-871-8330 https://www.lloydminster.ca RESOURCE GUIDE This resource guide presents contact and Web information for Canadian economic development agencies and utilities associated with provinces and selected municipalities. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE GUIDE60 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION NISKU Leduc County Economic Development 606 18 Ave. Nisku, AB T9E 7V8 Trevor Anderson Econ. Development Offi cer ecdev@leduc-county.com 780-955-3555 https://www.leduccounty- business.com https://www.leduc-county. com/en/index.aspx BRITISH COLUMBIA Trade and Invest BC Suite 730, 999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1 604-775-2100 international@gov.bc.ca https://www.britishcolumbia.ca BURNABY Invest Vancouver 4515 Central Blvd Burnaby, BC V5H 0C6 604-432-6200 https://investvancouver.ca MANITOBA WINNIPEG Economic Development Winnipeg One Lombard Place, Ste 810 Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3 Ryan Kuff ner, Pres./CEO 204-954-1970 https://www.economicdevel- opmentwinnipeg.com CentrePort Canada Rail Park LP 200 Portage Ave #100 Winnipeg, MB R3C 3X2 Sonya Muraro 204-806-0036 https://centreportcanadara- ilpark.com NOVA SCOTIA HALIFAX Halifax Partnership 1675 Grafton St. Suite 701, North Tower Halifax, NS B3J 0E9 Wendy Luther, Pres./CEO wluther@halifaxpartnership. com 902-490-6000 https://halifaxpartnership.com ONTARIO Invest Ontario 251 Yonge St. 35th Floor Toronto, ON M5B2L7 Khawar Nasim, CEO info@InvestOntario.ca http://www.investontario.ca BRAMPTON City of Brampton EDC 2 Wellington Street West Brampton, ON L6Y 4R2 Denise McClure Interim Director of Economic Development denise.mcclure@brampton.ca 905-874-2667 https://www.brampton.ca/ EN/pages/Welcome.aspx BRANTFORD City of Brantford Economic Development 58 Dalhousie Street Brantford, ON N3T 2J2 Kevin Dekok Econ. Development Offi cer kdekok@brantford.ca 519-759-4150 https://www.advantage brantford.ca/en/index.aspx BURLINGTON Burlington Economic Development and Tourism 414 Locust St., Ste. 203 Burlington, ON L7S 1T7 Invest@burlington.ca 905-332-9415 https://investburlington.ca HAMILTON Invest in Hamilton 71 Main St West, 7th Floor Hamilton, ON L8P 1L4 Norm Schleehahn, Dir. Econ. Dev. 905-546-4222 https://investinhamilton.ca INNISFIL Town of Innisfi l Economic Development 2101 Innisfi l Beach Rd Innisfi l, ON L9S 1A1 business@innisfi l.ca 888-436-3710 https://innisfi l.ca/en/index.aspx MISSISSAUGA City of Mississauga Econ Dev Offi ce 300 City Centre Dr. 3rd Flr. Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1 Christina Kakafl ikas Director Econ. Development Christina.kakafl ikas@ mississauga.ca https://www.invest mississauga.ca NEWMARKET York Region Economic Development 17250 Yonge Street Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1 Robert Unterman Manager, Investment & Attraction 877-464-9675 https://www.yorklink.ca OAKVILLE Invest Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 Natalie Pagnotta Econ. Dev. & Research Offi cer 905-85-6601 https://invest.oakville.ca SITE SELECTION SEPTEMBER 2025 61 OSHAWA City of Oshawa 1st Floor, West Wing, City Hall 50 Centre St. S. Oshawa, ON L1H 3Z7 Brett Murphy Sr Mgr, Economic Development and Investment Attraction BMurphy@oshawa.ca 905-436-3311 https://www.oshawa.ca OTTAWA Why Ottawa 7 Bayview Station Rd. Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5 613-828-6274 clientservices@istottawa.ca https://www.investottawa.ca SARNIA-LAMBTON Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership 1086 Modeland Road, Building 1050, Suite 100 Sarnia-Lambton, ON N7S 6L2 Matthew Slotwinski, CEO 519 332 1820 https://www.sarnialambton. on.ca THOROLD Niagara Economic Development 1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way Thorold, ON L2T 4E6 905-980-6000 https://niagaracanada.com TORONTO Toronto Global 225 King Street West, Ste 901 Toronto, ON M5V 3M2 416-981-3888 info@torontoglobal.ca https://torontoglobal.ca VAUGHAN City of Vaughan 2141 Major Mackenzie Dr Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1 Raphael Costa Director, Econ. Development 905-832-8526 https://vaughanbusiness.ca WINDSOR Invest WindsorEssex 119 Chatham St. West, Unit 100 Windsor, ON N9A 5M7 info@investwindsoressex.com 519-255-9200 https://www.invest windsoressex.com QUEBEC MONTREAL Montreal International 380 Rue Saint-Antoine O Offi ce 6000 Montreal, QC H2Y 3X7 Stephane Pauet, Pres./CEO 514-987-8191 https://www.montreal international.com QUEBEC Quebec International 1035, avenue Wilfrid-Pelletier Offi ce 400 Quebec, QC G1W 0C5 Carl Viel, Chairman/CEO 418-681-9700 info@quebecinternational.ca https://www.quebec international.ca TROIS-RIVIERES IDE Trois Rivieres 370 Rue des Forges bureau 100 Trois-Rivieres, QC G9A 2H1 819-374-4061 https://www.idetr.com SASKATCHEWAN Government of Saskatchewan Scott Moe, Premier Warren Kaeding, Minister Trade & Export Development Room 346, 2405 Legislative Dr, Regina, SK, S4S 0B3 306-787-8687 https://InvestSK.ca LLOYDMINISTER Lloydminster Economic Development Corporation 4420-50 Avenue Lloydminster, AB/SK T9V 0W2 Katlin Ducherer Econ. Development Offi cer 780-871-8330 https://www.lloydminster.ca REGINA Global Transportation Hub 1855 Victoria Ave #720 Regina, SK S4P 3T2 Dustin Zmetana, Exec. Dir., Bus. Dev. dustin.zmetana@thegth.com 306-731-8213 https://thegth.com SASKATOON Saskatoon Regional Econ. Dev. Auth. 216 1st Avenue South Saskatoon, SK S7K 0K1 Erin Lawson, CEO elawson@sreda.com 306-664-0274 https://sreda.comT he Leduc/Nisku Region in Alberta is one of those peripheral communities with enough momentum they don’t feel so peripheral anymore. e region includes Leduc County with the City of Leduc and the Edmonton International Airport within those boundaries. Situated immediately south of the City of Edmonton, the region is known best as the site of Leduc No. , the oil well that changed the course of Alberta history. But it’s QEII, the north-south provincial highway connecting to the U.S. and Mexico and named for Queen Elizabeth II, that plays a major role in the region’s current and future economy. e region is also home to Leduc Nisku Business Park, the second largest manufacturing industrial park in North America and the largest in Canada. In a world where time is money, the Leduc Region also is helped by a location much closer than Edmonton proper on the three-hour drive to Alberta’s other major city. “A lot of groups prefer to be in Nisku because it’s minutes closer to Calgary,” says Andrew Rudzitis, director of customer solutions for York Realty, the largest privately held industrial real estate landlord in Alberta. “ at’s quite a big diff erence compared to northwest Edmonton.” Cyril Harry, manager of real estate development for Edmonton International Airport (YEG), says the airport’s ,- acre Airport City Sustainability Campus has attracted C$. billion in investment over the past decade. YEG is the largest airport by land mass in all of Canada and the fi fth busiest by passenger count (. million in ), with an overall economic output (including their general aviation airport in Villeneuve, northwest of Edmonton) of $. billion. at fi gure will only climb with the advent of the International Cargo Hub (ICH). Phase of ICH is a $ million project with $ million grant funding from the Canadian government to begin the development of , acres of land that Harry says “will serve as a vital trade corridor for Canada and position our country’s leadership in global supply chains by helping capitalize on the rapid global growth of e-commerce and import/ export fulfi llment.” e advantages of doing business at YEG begin with the fact that both Leduc County and the City of Leduc have competitive non-residential tax rates. After that, ease of doing business kicks in. “With us you can look into long-term leases,” Harry says. “Instead of a high up-front capital cost, you can acquire the land, construct your building and we can work with you on what the structure of those long-term leases looks like. ere is fl exibility in lot sizes too. We have an internal permitting process for development and construction permits, working closely with our host municipality Leduc County to expedite approvals. As an example we have had large-scale developments permitting in days, allowing developers to deploy capital very quickly.” One other competitive advantage? It’s a / airport with no curfew. “Cargo fl ights can land at night,” Harry says, and soon will be able to fuel up more quickly thanks to a hydrant fueling project. YEG, thanks to a partnership with Leduc County and the City of Leduc, is the fi rst airport in Canada to launch INVESTMENT PROFILE: LEDUC/NISKU, ALBERTA Leduc Keeps Things Moving by ADAM BRUNS adam.bruns@siteselection.com 62 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION 62 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION “Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still,” a mosaic by artist Erin Pankratz, greets passengers at YEG.commercial drone cargo delivery trials, with landing locations in the city and the county. is pilot project has implications for the medical industry and cargo delivery to remote communities. Meanwhile, the airport is inextricably tied to its surrounding road system and its ties to that CANAMEX highway. “ e QEII and th Avenue Interchange project is a joint eff ort between the City of Leduc, Alberta Transportation and the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority,” says Tara de Munnik, manager of economic development for the City of Leduc. She says the $ million interchange, funded by the province and the City of Leduc, is expected to open later this year, on schedule and on budget. “It will support tremendous growth and development in the City of Leduc, Edmonton Metro Region, as well as provincially and nationally.” e city saw its population grow by .% between and . Among other benefi ts, Harry says, the project will allow for separation of currently mixed logistics and passenger traffi c, something sure to please the plethora of operators at YEG that include DHL, Purolator, CargoJet, FedEx, Rosenau Transport and BBE. e interchange also will herald the creation of Leduc Landing Business Park, which will feature a mix of commercial, aero-employment and light industrial lands, as well as an accompanying residential growth zone. Growth Comes Natural in Agri-Food Capital e region has historically been rich not only in oil and gas but also food and agriculture. One homegrown success story is Little Potato Company, which York Realty just helped move into a larger facility at north Nisku Business Park. Sprouting up near Little Potato Company’s facility, says Bryanna Kumpula-Yung, economic development coordinator for Leduc County, is an entire cluster of food companies in northern Nisku that are taking advantage of the area’s logistics prowess as much as its fi elds and factories. ey also like being close to the Alberta Food Processing Development Centre, a provincial development center in the City of Leduc that has been helping the value- added food processing industry bring ideas to market for more than years, including recent expansions by Siwin Foods and Groundswell Food Group Why have so many of them invested on the south side of st Avenue, the boundary line where Leduc County begins? Lower taxes. But then there’s the energy that comes from a cluster itself. “Where we try and bridge the gap is we have small startups getting into the food business looking to scale up,” says the county’s Kumpula-Yung. “We can further support by helping them fi nd space, connect them to the larger food processors and get them out to a larger market.” York Realty’s Andrew Rudzitis sees the region’s strong mix of manufacturing and logistics uses refl ected in the real estate, with a rise in multi-tenant facilities. “You might have a logistics company adjacent to a welding company,” he says. Proximity to the QEII and YEG is a driving factor, he says, but the biggest of all is property taxes, which are the lowest in Greater Edmonton. at fact, plus lower basic rents and land prices, is pulling occupiers into the county, among them Quest Ceiling Solutions, which just moved into York’s nearly fully leased Pioneer Skies Business Park. Other counties in the region do well, Rudzitis says, but none have built up to the same scale as Leduc thanks to low taxes, geography, the airport and one other thing: “ ey’ve never wavered on getting permits through the door fast.” Indeed, the City of Leduc zeroes in on effi ciency, off ering permit turnaround times that averaged . days in . “Leduc has always been a forward- thinking, business-centered community that fosters entrepreneurship. is attitude has not changed, but what has changed is the way we support our business community,” says de Munnik. Why stop there? An in-depth review of the city’s land use bylaw is currently underway and “will consider zoning changes to better allow us to meet our housing needs, develop parking and transportation strategies,” de Munnik says, “and make it easier to locate and build in Leduc.” e City of Leduc’s new economic development strategy leverages Leduc’s strengths and identifi es six priority sectors for growth: energy, advanced manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, hydrogen, value-added agriculture, and tourism. “ e feedback we received helped shape a strategy that truly refl ects our community’s vision,” said Mayor Bob Young in the city’s annual report. “By focusing on high-potential sectors and ensuring we have the right infrastructure, workforce and business supports in place, we are setting Leduc up for long-term success.” SITE SELECTION SEPTEMBER 2025 63 SITE SELECTION SEPTEMBER 2025 63 This Investment Profile has been produced under the auspices of Leduc County (leduccountybusiness.com), the City of Leduc (landinleduc.ca) and Edmonton International Airport (flyeia.com). Among its other attributes, Edmonton International Airport is the largest airport by land mass in Canada with 7,000 acres on its Airport City Sustainability Campus. Photos courtesy of YEG64 SEPTEMBER 2025 SITE SELECTION Global Transformation A new report from Cushman & Wakefi eld outlines shifting supply chains. We speak to one of its co-authors about the implications. T he movement of goods has always been complex, and today’s intricate supply chains make it even more so. With production often far from consumption, goods must traverse long distances to arrive where and when they’re needed. Shifts in consumer behavior have further complicated product handling and last-mile delivery strategies. Despite these challenges, one constant remains: e production and movement of goods depend on real estate. e right real estate varies by business, but understanding market conditions is crucial for negotiating transactions. Market Drivers Trade and consumption are the fundamental drivers of demand for logistics and industrial real estate. While structural drivers — such as the shift to sustainable buildings to meet ESG objectives and improve operational and cost effi ciency — also infl uence the types of properties users seek, trade and consumption remain the bedrock of demand for this sector. Over the past years, global trade has surged, driven by advancements in logistics such as containerization and information and communication technology (ICT) networks, which reduced transaction costs and strengthened international trade links. Businesses expanded geographically, reorganizing their global value chains to capitalize on lower production and labor costs in regions like APAC (particularly India, Malaysia, Vietnam and on the Chinese mainland), Latin America (especially Mexico and Costa Rica), and manufacturing hubs in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and Southern LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION DHL will invest €2 billion over the next fi ve years in DHL Health Logistics. Cushman & Wakefi eld research fi nds pharmaceuticals, health care and other cold storage needs are among the top three sectors driving logistics demand in EMEA and the Americas over the next three years. Photo courtesy of DHL In May, Cushman & Wakefi eld released “Waypoint ,” the inaugural edition of a global logistics and industrial outlook report that draws on insights from more than markets worldwide. Here we showcase adapted excerpts of the report’s fi ndings and speak with two of the fi rm’s global logistics leaders. — Ed.Next >