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Canada has a large cadre of highly skilled software development professionals with a broad range of expertise and experience. Operating costs for high value-added activities in Canada are particularly advantageous when compared with other G7 countries. Canada is also the lowest cost G7 country in the software industry for R&D. These advantages, combined with Canada’s […]

With the world’s fifth-largest capacity for renewable energy at 89 GW and renewable sources generating 64 percent of its total electricity, Canada offers foreign investors numerous opportunities across the entire value chain, from technology development and fuel supply to generation, storage and distribution. Some of the largest global wind-energy companies are present in Canada, as […]

Canada has the world’s 3rd largest proven crude oil reserves and 18th largest proven natural gas reserves.Footnote 1 Canada offers foreign investors in this sector strong production economics, excellent proximity to markets (both North American and Asian), an established production and transportation infrastructure with 19 refineries and 825,000 kilometers oil pipeline system, and access to […]

Canada is one of the world’s most open countries in terms of trade and investment in mining. Canada remained the world’s top destination for non-ferrous mineral exploration investment in 2015, attracting 13.5 percent of global exploration budgets, while Canadian-based companies accounted for 31.8 percent of global exploration budgets. Access to a reliable supplies and service […]

Canada offers a highly diversified, R&D intensive, technology based and export oriented medical device sector, with about 1,500 firms employing 35,000 peopleFootnote 1 and exporting $1.9 billion worth of medical devices in 2013.Footnote 2 Demographic trends, developments in science and engineering, and changes in care delivery are expected to contribute to the sector’s future growth. […]

Canada ranks among the world’s top machinery-manufacturing countries. Foreign investors in the machinery manufacturing sector can expect to become part of a deep value chain with strengths in a diverse range of verticals including automotive and aerospace metalworking, extractive field machinery, construction machinery, agribusiness machinery and equipment and environmental systems. Canada offers one of the […]

Canada has one of the strongest financial services sectors in the world, comprised of banks, trust and loan companies, insurance companies, credit unions, securities dealers, finance and leasing companies, pension fund managers, mutual-fund companies and independent insurance agents and brokers. Foreign direct investment in Canada’s financial and insurance industries reached an accumulated $121.5 billion in […]

Canada is home to a thriving digital media industry, recognized as a world leader in video game development, animation and visual effects. The breadth of Canada’s expertise in the digital media sector also encompasses areas such as web design, social networking, education, healthcare and advertising. According to the Canada Media Fund, digital media is a […]

Canada offers investors unique advantages in several data and communications verticals, including Cloud computing and data centres, Internet of Things enabled products, wearable tech, Big Data and Analytics, and telecommunications services and equipment. A highly educated and experienced workforce, competitive labour costs, world-class R&D, favourable tax rates and accelerator programs that invest in world-class ideas […]

Canada’s growing chemicals and plastics sector is supported by secure access, low priced raw material and infrastructure. Chemicals and plastic production is among the world’s top for manufacturing; in Canada it is valued at more than $73 billionFootnote 1 with exports totaling near $40 billion in 2013.Footnote 2 It is poised for continued growth – […]