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Did You Know? Albertans enjoy access to airplane parts, metal furniture, and disinfectants thanks to the Mountain State! Our trade partnership benefits us both. On any given day, West Virginians are purchasing liquid pumps, turbo-jets, and bulldozer parts from Alberta. West Virginia’s top exports to Alberta ($USD) General manufacturing: $130 million Oil, gas, and mining: $110 million Chemical manufacturing: $35 million Metal and machinery manufacturing: $20 million Professional services: $10 million West Virginia – Alberta trade ($USD) Bilateral trade: $490 million West Virginia exports to Alberta: $325 million West Virginia imports from Alberta: $165 million 6,150 West Virginia jobs are supported by trade with Alberta. 40,400 West Virginia jobs are supported by trade with Canada overall. Alberta is West Virginia’s second largest export market in Canada. West Virginia exports more goods to Canada than its next two foreign export markets combined. Distribution of West Virginia Exports to Alberta Metal and machinery manufacturing 6% Professional services 3% General manufacturing 40% Chemical manufacturing 11% Other 6% Oil, gas and mining 34% West Virginia and Alberta: Strong Partners, Trusted Neighbours Source: Trade Data Online (Statistics Canada), adjusted for port of entry (Government of Alberta), 2011-2014 average. Valid as of Fall 2018

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Page 1: West Virginia and Alberta: Strong Partners, Trusted Neighbours · Metal and machinery manufacturing 6% Professional services 3% General manufacturing 40% Chemical manufacturing 11%

Did You Know?

Albertans enjoy access to airplane parts, metal furniture, and disinfectants thanks to the Mountain State!

Our trade partnership benefits us both. On any given day, West Virginians are purchasing liquid pumps, turbo-jets, and bulldozer parts from Alberta.

West Virginia’s top exports to Alberta ($USD)

General manufacturing: $130 million

Oil, gas, and mining: $110 million

Chemical manufacturing: $35 million

Metal and machinery manufacturing:

$20 million

Professional services: $10 million

West Virginia – Alberta trade ($USD)

Bilateral trade: $490 million

West Virginia exports to Alberta:

$325 million

West Virginia imports from Alberta:

$165 million

6,150 West Virginia jobs are supported by trade with Alberta.

∙ 40,400 West Virginia jobs are supported by trade with Canada overall.

Alberta is West Virginia’s second largest export market in Canada.

West Virginia exports more goods to Canada than its next two foreign

export markets combined.

Distribution of West Virginia Exports to Alberta

Metal and machinery

manufacturing 6%

Professional services

3%

Generalmanufacturing

40%

Chemicalmanufacturing

11%

Other

6%

Oil, gasand mining

34%

West Virginia and Alberta:Strong Partners, Trusted Neighbours

Source: Trade Data Online (Statistics Canada), adjusted for port of entry (Government of Alberta), 2011-2014 average.

Valid as of Fall 2018

Page 2: West Virginia and Alberta: Strong Partners, Trusted Neighbours · Metal and machinery manufacturing 6% Professional services 3% General manufacturing 40% Chemical manufacturing 11%

Alberta Company Snapshot: Stantec

Stantec is an engineering design and delivery firm headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta that maintains

more than 400 offices worldwide, including two in West Virginia. From these offices, Stantec

specializes in 21 different markets, from residential to retail and from water to oil and gas.

The company’s main objective is to balance innovation, creativity, and community to advance the

quality of life in locations across the globe. The teams in the West Virginia offices support clients with

a variety of services, including design, construction, surveying, and materials testing. Their projects

focus on addressing and evaluating aging transportation infrastructure and improving parks and water

systems. Regardless of the project, Stantec’s teams strive to improve the lives of their communities

and deliver exceptional service to their clients.

952,820 U.S. jobs are supported by trade with Alberta.

For more information contact The Alberta Office in Washington D.C.

Phone: 202-448-6475

Website: www.investalberta.ca/washington-dc

@ABintheUSA

6,150 jobs are supported by trade with Alberta

Source: Alberta REMI Model – Government of Albertause of model supplied by Regional Economic Models, Inc.