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The City of Airdrie is proactive about our business growth. To ensure economic sustainability and long-term employment for our residents, we're targeting multiple industry sectors.
Alberta enjoys manufacturing productivity that is the highest in the country and has one of the lowest unionization rates in Canada. Highlights include:
Alberta's thriving energy-related development plus municipal and provincial infrastructure projects and private sector expansion continue to drive demand for professionals with expertise in architecture, engineering, information technology and management, management consulting, health care, government services and accounting.
The City of Airdrie and the Calgary region have seen a significant increase in the number of professional service firms due to Calgary's emergence as Western Canada's business centre and highlights include:
Affordable and strategically located, Airdrie is well-suited to distributing and redistributing a range of agricultural, industrial and manufactured goods to anywhere in Western Canada, as well as other Canadian, US and global markets.
Airdrie has seen tremendous growth in the transportation and logistics sector. Costco Wholesale was welcomed to our city when the company opened a 260,000 square foot Western Canada distribution depot on 46 acres in Airdrie's northeast business park. It joined a number of companies with distribution centres, including Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart and Canadian Tire, who service areas throughout Western Canada.
Transportation and logistic highlights include:
We believe the time is now to build environmentally-responsible and environmentally-focused businesses. With several local businesses having gained national and international recognition for their success, Airdrie is well-poised to take advantage of the movement to develop new technologies, products and services.
Driven by the need to reduce pollution, develop cleaner production processes and ensure the long-term preservation of our environment, environmental highlights include: