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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 – […]

Canada is a global leader in a variety of business-service verticals, including the management of human resources and customer relations, as well as knowledge-process outsourcing, logistics, data mining, application development, project management, business continuity, advertising, engineering consulting, legal and accounting services, and disaster-planning support. The business-services sector is a large part of the Canadian economy. […]

Canada is recognized as a global leader in the development of a bio-based economy, providing foreign investors with unique competitive advantages over other international destinations. Because it has one of the world’s largest available bio-feedstocks and world-class research institutions, many global companies such as Archer Daniels Midland and ARLANXEO have established operations in Canada. The […]

Canada offers a dynamic and innovative environment for pharmaceutical companies, with first-rate academic institutions, wide-reaching and innovative research networks, a highly-skilled workforce and numerous partnership opportunities. The world’s ten largest pharmaceutical companies are present in Canada, most with R&D and manufacturing operations. Canada’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector spans the industry’s spectrum, operating at all levels […]

For foreign investors in the automotive sector, Canada offers a strategic location in the heart of one of the world’s largest and most lucrative automotive markets. Cutting-edge R&D, unparalleled market access and seamless integration into the Great Lakes automotive supercluster make Canada the ideal choice to drive automotive innovation into the future. Canada’s automotive manufacturing […]

Canada ranks third globally in terms of civil-aircraft production—a remarkable achievement given the country’s relatively small population. With some 700 companies, Canada’s aerospace manufacturing and maintenance, repair, and overhaul industries generated direct annual revenues of close to $29 billion in 2017, a nearly 27 percent increase from 2012. The sector directly employs over 85,000 people […]