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Brochures

Canada’s Investor Value Propositions

    • Aerospace
    • Biotechnology
    • Business services
    • Environmental technologies
    • Machinery manufacturing
    • Wireless and multimedia

The six sector profiles above provide a short and concise demonstration of Canada’s competitive advantages in today’s extremely dynamic global business environment. Key cluster locations for each sector are identified and highlighted across the country. These documents showcase specific capabilities in each Canadian cluster as well as other important decision making variables unique to each sector. The sector profiles presented here exhibit Canada’s value offering to companies operating in the sectors above.


  • Canada A Strategic Choice

Explore what Canada business opportunities have to offer you as a strategic business partner.


  • Atlantic Canada Is a Good Location for Your Nearshore Outsourcing Operation

It has all of the benefits that led one of the world’s leading outsourcing consulting firms to name Canada as the top location for nearshore information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) activities.


  • National Research Council

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

  • SR&ED; Tax Benefits

Do Your Research and Development in Canada... IT PAYS OFF! (92 KB)


  • Canada at a Glance

Canada at a Glance is a fact sheet which provides information on population, geographic features, economic activity, and much more. (3.16MB)


  • Summary of R&D; Tax Incentives in Canada

The Advantages of Doing Research in Canada. (512 KB)


  • KPMG 2006 study - Canada's Overall Results Booklet

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)


  • KPMG 2006 study -North American Results Snapshot

A one-page document that provides a comparative overview of key Canadian cities in relation to the greater North American marketplace. (92K)


  • Canada's Economic News

Canada's Economic News is a bi-weekly report compiled by the Strategy & Analysis Division (IPS) of the Invest in Canada Bureau (IIP). (114K)

KPMG 2006 study - Canadian Cities Snapshots

  • Charlottetown
  • Chilliwack
  • Edmonton
  • Moncton
  • Montreal
  • Quebec City
  • Saskatoon
  • Sherbrooke
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver

KPMG 2006 study - Sector-specific Fact Sheets

Available in Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.

    • Aerospace.
    • Agri-food.
    • Automotive.
    • Biotechnology and clinical trials.
    • Chemicals.
    • Corporate Services Centres.
    • Medical Devices.
    • Pharmaceuticals.
    • Plastics.
    • Telecommunications.
    • Software design, web and multimedia.

Information and Communications Technologies Sector

  • ICT
  • ICT Security
  • E-Health Technologies
  • Multimedia and Digital Entertainment
  • Wireless

Presentations

Think Canada: August 2007

    • PowerPoint (74 pages, 4MB)
    • PDF (74 pages, 4MB)
    • Portuguese (75 pages, 4.29MB)
    • Spanish (75 pages, 3.9MB) July 2006
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

  • You're Welcome

This video showcases Canada as an innovative, technology advanced country.
Length: 1:30 min (18MB)