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Brochures
- Canada's Overall Results Booklet
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| Showcases Canada's positive results in the KPMG 2006 study with highlights by sector, city and region and Canada's non-cost location advantages. (154K) |
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- Canadian Outsourcing Report
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| Market Leadership can be an elusive quality to describe to customers. In the outsourcing sector, see how Canada can rightly claim a global leadership position. (593K) |
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- National Research Council
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| NRC is the Go-To source for S&T; and innovation in Canada. And they are looking for partners from all over the world. Find out all the details. (593K) |
Fact Sheets
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| Canada at a Glance is a fact sheet which provides information on population, geographic features, economic activity, and much more. (3.16MB) |
Canadian Cities Snapshots
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| Compared to all U.S. locations in the region, Charlottetown is less expensive across all 17 sectors studied by KPMG. No. 1 rankings by sector include: aerospace, precision manufacturing, electronics, and that’s just the start. (135K) |
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| Chilliwack enjoys the lowest business costs in the Pacific U.S./Canada region in all 17 sectors analyzed by KPMG. Chilliwack’s cost advantages are most significant in knowledge-based research-intensive industries.That’s just the start. (138K) |
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| In the North American Midwest region, Edmonton earns No. 1 low-cost rankings in seven sectors, including agri-food, automotive, medical devices, metal components and that’s just the start. (129K) |
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| In the New England/Atlantic Canada region, Moncton is the No. 1 low-cost location in 11 out of 17 sectors, including agri-food, automotive, chemicals, medical devices and that’s just the start. (133K) |
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| In aerospace, for example, Montreal’s business costs are nearly 7 percentage points below the U.S. average.That’s just the start. (128K) |
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Driven by innovation, Quebec City enjoys a comfortable 16.3 and 25.1 percentage point cost advantage over the U.S. average in biotechnology and clinical trials respectively.
That’s just the start. (142K) |
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| Saskatoon’s G7 low-cost leadership position is advanced by its chemicals and telecommunications sectors in which it has the fifth lowest business costs among 91 G7 cities studied. That’s just the start. (133K) |
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| Sherbrooke is the cost leader in all 17 sectors in its region. No. 1 ratings in research intensive industries, such as clinical trials, biotechnology and product testing, and that’s just the start. (127K) |
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| Toronto is an important Canadian centre for innovation and knowledge-based industries. For sectors such as biotechnology and software design, Toronto wins hands down against larger U.S. clusters. That’s just the start. (127K) |
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| Among larger Pacific U.S. cities, Vancouver underscores its overall regional cost competitiveness with the lowest business costs in all 17 sectors reviewed by KPMG, including research-intensive biotechnology and software design. That’s just the start. (129K) |
Sector-specific Fact Sheets
Available in Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
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- Biotechnology and clinical trials.
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- Corporate Services Centres.
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- Software design, web and multimedia.
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Presentations
Think Canada: September 2006
- PowerPoint (74 pages, 4MB)
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- Portuguese (75 pages, 4.29MB)
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- Spanish (75 pages, 3.9MB) July 2006
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| Think Canada Deck is an elaborate document which provides detailed information on Canada's key investment attributes and it can be used in the development of business cases. |
Video
- Canada Home to Innovation
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This video showcases Canada as an innovative, technology advanced country.
Length: 2:30 min (50MB) |
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