Sturgeon County Information

• 2,100 Square Kilometres, the Northern portion of the Edmonton Metro Region
• 21,000 residents (2018), with Population Growth of 4.7% from 2011-2016
• 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, Protein Industries Canada (PIC), Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta (PPAA)

Business & Industry Information

• 2,535 Sturgeon County Businesses (2016)
• Competitive Non-Residential Tax Rate of 1.028%
• Competitive, Low Offsite Levies in Pre-Zoned Industrial Areas
• Industry Focus: Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defence, Agribusiness, Petrochemicals, Transportation & Logistics 

The Edmonton Metro Region

• Regional population of 1.4 Million people with Annual GDP of $105 Billion
• The Second Fastest Growing Region in Canada with a Highly-Skilled, Mobile Labour Force of 826,000 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