InvestSturgeon.ca
Sturgeon County has launched an investor-focused website, InvestSturgeon.ca, to make it easier for investors and local businesses to find the information they need to make business decisions in the County.
Invest Sturgeon features:
- Sector pages that highlight opportunities, infrastructure, workforce, and key advantages in Sturgeon County.
- Investor tools including calls-to-action to contact the Economic Innovation & Growth team, interactive site selection maps, book site tours, or access more detailed data.
- A business support section where local businesses can learn about programs, incentives, events, and advisory services.
To support the launch, Sturgeon County developed a companion video campaign – Investing in Sturgeon: Sector Stories – which gives investors an inside look at a key industry sectors, showcasing the opportunities, infrastructure and innovation in Sturgeon County and featuring industry leaders who already do business here.
Investors, business owners and community partners are invited to visit InvestSturgeon.ca to explore sector information, watch the “Investing in Sturgeon: Sector Stories” videos, and connect with the County’s Economic Innovation & Growth team.
About the County
- 2,100 square kilometres; we are the northern Edmonton Metropolitan Region
- 21,000 residents
- Major development areas: Sturgeon Valley, Sturgeon Industrial Park (SIP), Villeneuve Airport, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland
- Key memberships: Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), Edmonton Global and Protein Industries Canada (PIC)
- 2,535 Sturgeon County businesses (2016)
- Competitive non-residential tax rate of 1.09%
About the Edmonton Metropolitan Region
- Regional population of 1.5 million people
- Annual GDP of $110 billion
- The second fastest growing region in Canada with a highly skilled, mobile labour force of 837,000 people
- Robust innovation ecosystem with strengths in artifical intelligence, machine learning and nanotechnology
- Alberta post-secondary institutions are the fourth largest supplier of STEM graduates in the country