2026 Canada’s Best Locations
The Canadian provinces, regions and metros that outpaced their competitor locations to attract the most capital investment, facilities and jobs both cumulatively and per capita.
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Planting Seeds Where They’re Wanted
Southwestern Ontario, Greater New Orleans and Michigan deliver what’s on your table.
ATLANTIC CANADA: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Creativity meets precision when it comes to Nova Scotian mass timber.
SHOVEL – READY SITES
While many states, regions, location advisors and companies bemoan a lack of shovel-ready sites for industrial development, a bevy of certification and funding announcements for that exact type of property continues to proliferate.
Project Bulletin, May 26, 2026: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Ontario, Canada; Macon, Georgia
Emirates announces one of the largest MRO campuses in the world in Dubai; A new AI gigafactory heads into Canada; Unified Legacy invests in a new precision metal and manufacturing plant in Georgia
ONTARIO: A Safe Bet
Multiplying projects show Ontario to be stable ground for tech, mining and agrifood.
WESTERN CANADA: A Healthy Industrial Outlook for 2026
Several Canadian industrial markets, particularly in the Western region, show growing demand as projects take off.
QUALITY OF LIFE: Living in the Great Lakes Region: Good to the last Drop
There are few places on earth that can compare to the Great Lakes Basin when it comes to quality living.
LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: INVEST QUEBEC: QUEBEC STAYS Globally Engaged IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
As vice president of foreign direct investment at Investissement Québec International in Montreal, Daniel Silverman has a front-row seat to economic development at the highest levels in this Canadian province just north of New York.
LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: INVEST ONTARIO: ONTARIO: ‘A Beacon of Stability’
When Invest Ontario announced on September 19 that Chapman’s was investing over C$200 million to expand its ice cream production operations in Markdale, it marked the latest victory for Invest Ontario in economic development.
OVERVIEW: POLICY ISSUES How to Build a Sustainable Future In the Great Lakes
Policy issues impacting the region lay the foundation for the formation of the Great Lakes EDC.
LEDUC/NISKU, ALBERTA: Leduc Keeps Things Moving
The Leduc/Nisku Region in Alberta is one of those peripheral communities with enough momentum they don’t feel so peripheral anymore.
2025 Canada’s Best Locations
According to the CBRE 2025 Canada Real Estate Market Outlook, Canada’s longer-term outlook remains solid compared to other G7 nations and favorable for commercial real estate demand despite uncertainty around tariffs and global trade wars.
ATLANTIC CANADA: Prince Edward Island Touts New District Energy System
A new district energy system is underway in Prince Edward Island.
NEW ENGLAND: The Ties That Bind
If you heard Hydro-Quebec is no longer exporting power to New England, listen up: Here are the facts about the region’s present and future power scenario.
QUEBEC: A New Corporate Campus Supports Multibillion-Dollar Satellite Network
Telesat’s new campus in Gatineau, part of the nation’s capital region, will have a national impact.
EDITOR’S VIEW: ‘Elbows Up’
Exactly 10 years ago, on May 14, 2015, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Governor of Michigan announced that a new, publicly owned bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, funded completely by Canada, would be named the Gordie Howe International Bridge after the Canadian hockey legend who led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cup victories.
Project Bulletin, Apr. 7, 2025: Ontario, Canada; Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom; Lviv, Ukraine
Siemens Canada pursues new R&D campus in Ontario; Vishay Intertechnology increases production capacity in Wales; Kingspan Group gains project approval in Ukraine.
ONTARIO: Life Sciences Giants Expand R&D, Informatics
Roche Canada and OmniaBio join AstraZeneca in a life sciences surge.
DATA CENTERS: Stars Align In Wonder Valley
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary bets $70 billion on a new AI park in Alberta.
Project Bulletin, Jan. 27, 2025: Muscat, Muhafazat Masqat, Oman; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Northern District, Israel
DHL Express gets moving in Oman; AstraZeneca enhances R&D operations from Ontario; Technology giant Nvidia expands in Israel.
WESTERN CANADA: Technology Grows Here Too
A senior manager at Siemens in Saskatoon is among those who see a horizon full of promise on Canada’s western tech frontier.
Canada’s Best Locations 2024
Based on corporate facility project investment data, Ontario secures the Canadian Competitiveness Award among provinces and 20 regions distinguish themselves as Canada’s Best Locations.
Atlantic Canada: Got Hydrogen? Canada Does.
One province hopes to come out on top in the Canadian push to advance green hydrogen production.