Jackie  St.  Pierre  Executive  Director  

 

over  two  million  people    more  than  200  communities  

WHAT  DO  WE  DO?  We promote Eastern Ontario as a centre for investment.

We provide a one-stop shop - where investors and their representatives can find information they need to make

educated, business decisions.

Through shared resources and working collaboratively, we promote the region highlighting the advantages of Eastern Ontario.

MARKET  ACCESS  

within 800km of 50 million people overnight surface delivery to 62%

of all Canadians

largest markets

QUALITY  OF  LIFE  

urban, small town, rural or lakeshore the choice is yours! four seasons of activities

inexpensive real estate and utilities

 

WORLD  CLASS  RESEARCH   world-class academic institutions with vibrant research

centres partnering with industry R+D tax credit programs innovation-focused incentive programs support to assist industry in finding funding and

industry/academic institution research partnerships  

INFRASTRUCTURE  

port access (three locations on Lake Ontario) three, under-utilized USA bridge crossings superior rail service four-lane highways shovel-ready land and business parks

 

COST  COMPETIVITNESS  

advantages

labour, land, taxes, utilities  

SKILLED  WORKFORCE   highly-skilled workforce strong partnerships with universities and colleges

supplying labour force loyal, motivated workers just-in-time training available

 

SECTORS  OF  ENGAGEMENT  

SECTOR TEAMS LEVERAGING YOUR MARKETING DOLLARS  pay  to  play  members  leverage  their  marketing  dollars    develop  a  team  strategic  plan,  annually    host  events  for  retention      database  our  assets    develop  research  projects    attend  national  and  international  tradeshows    

 

FOOD  PROCESSING  -largest food processing cluster

in the province, Ontario East has the highest ratio of large-to-medium companies

Source: Ontario East Food Study, 2011

FOOD PROCESSING

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CREATIVE  ECONOMY  

LOGISTICS  Ontario East hosts more than 30 ++ million sq ft

of warehouse/ distribution, third-party logistics, including: NEW Target and Walmart 1.3 million sq ft warehouse

Lyreco National Grocers

SCM Sears National Canada Distribution Centre

Shoppers Drug Mart

Sysco Serca Foods

LOGISTICS DIRECTORY

INVESTMENT  TOURISM   investment attraction programs work with communities to ensure

they are investment ready strong partnership with Ministry of

Tourism Investment Division and Ministry of Economic Development Business Immigration

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN EASTERN ONTARIO

BUSINESS  IMMIGRATION  

Ontario East works with Provincial and Federal government and our municipal partners to host events to showcase investment opportunities in Eastern Ontario.

ADVANCED  MANUFACTURING  

manufacturing and fabricating, with new opportunities in:

solar wind

nuclear waste water

bio-energy - forestry aviation/aerospace

NEW  OPPORTUNITIES  Ontario East market-driven research; strengths in life sciences/bio-

med (NEW strategy underway) redefining our role in the auto

sector

MANUFACTURING  -­  AEROSPACE    

-­  fifth  largest  in  the  world      Access  to  key  US  Markets  -­    within  500  miles  of  several  key  US  clusters  (New  York  City,  Philadelphia,  Boston,  Washington  DC)    

are  in  close  proximity    in  Ontario  East,  other  parts  of  Ontario  and  in  neighbouring  Quebec  with  a  highly-­skilled  labour  force  of  3,000  workers  (estimate)    Specialist  education  programming  in  aerospace  and  materials  science    Research  excellence  in  aerospace,  space,  materials  science  and  future  advanced  manufacturing  technologies  

MANUFACTURING  -­  CLEANTECH   Eastern Ontario continues to; develop strategies to attract and retain industry in the green

technologies work with colleges and universities to create leading-edge

training programs to ensure we meet industry labour needs and, we excel in academic and industry R+D

ACTIVE  IN  LEAD  GENERATION    ACTIVITES  AND  RESEARCH    

   we  develop  sector-­based  strategic  plans  based  on  research    lead  generation  and  business  development  activities      OE  expertise    research  and  marketing    

ACTIVE  IN  HOSTING    FAM  TOURS  FOR  INVESTORS    Ontario  East  hosts  tours  for  investors  to  showcase  the  region    participating  in  in-­bound  and  out-­bound  events  

ORGANIZATIONAL  GOALS    to  develop  partnerships  to  collaborate  on  projects  focused  on  economic  development      continue  to  grow  membership    continue  to  grow  sector  teams    

20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

2013 Ontario  East  

celebrates  25  years!  

Jackie  St.  Pierre  Executive  Director  

Innovation  Park  945  Princess  Street  

Kingston,  ON  K7L  3N6