Transportation & Logistics

Airdrie has seen tremendous growth in the transportation and logistics sector. We welcomed Costco Wholesale to our city in 2008. The company opened a 260,000 square foot Western Canada distribution depot on 46 acres in Airdrie's northeast business park.

Costco joins a number of companies with distribution centers in the region. Wal-Mart, Rona, Shoppers Drug Mart and Canadian Tire have distribution facilities in the Calgary Region with service areas throughout Western Canada and beyond.

Why T&L Businesses Should Choose Airdrie

Excellent transportation connections

Airdrie's business parks have direct access to the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Calgary-Edmonton Corridor / CANAMEX Highway)
Easy access to the TransCanada highway, linking traffic across Canada and to west coast ports.
15 minutes to Calgary International Airport – one of Canada's busiest airports
Close proximity to the 24 hour border crossing at Coutts/Sweetgrass (340 km)
24-hour delivery time to major world markets
35 km to intermodal auto and trainload facilities in Calgary

Competitive land and lease costs, no local business tax and low property taxes
The lowest overall provincial taxes in Canada, including no sales tax, general capital or payroll taxes
A critical mass of transportation and logistics companies located in the Calgary Region that provide supply chain and transportation management services

Airdrie's Transporation and Warehousing Industries

Source: Canadian Business Patterns Data, 2007

Note: Chart does not include the Costco distribution centre that opened in Airdrie in 2008.