About Us
Innovative, productive, export-oriented!
Atlantic Canada offers the most competitive business cost environment among the G8 countries.
That's the word in the 2004 edition of Competitive Alternatives: The CEO's Guide to International Business Costs produced by KMPG. In fact, four of our major cities rank in the Top 10 cities in the world in which to do business.
Atlantic Canada is within a day's drive of half of the entire North American population — connected by a four-lane highway that includes the Trans-Canada Highway and the northern terminus of U.S. Interstate 95.
When it comes to shipping by sea, Atlantic Canada has got the rest of North America beat. We have year-round deepwater ports two days closer to Europe than any other ports on the eastern seaboard, whether it's Montreal, Boston or New York.
Atlantic Canada's four international airports offer dozens of daily flights to major destinations, while our air cargo-shipping infrastructure involves big names like FedEx, DHL, Emery Worldwide, Purolator and Kuehne & Nagel.
The Atlantic Canadian Provinces
Gateway to NAFTA
- Easy access to major North American markets
- Two shipping days closer to Europe than any U.S. port
- Excellent labour force
- Canadian telecommunications leader
- Low business costs
- Abundant energy from diverse sources
- Great lifestyle
The Atlantic Canada Export Edge
- Atlantic Canada exported over $2.6 billion of seafood products in 2007.
- More than 60% of exports go to the United States.
- Other major export markets include the China, Japan, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Russia, South Korea, Germany and Belgium.
- More than 95% of the region's billion-dollar software support and customer contact centre industry services go to outside markets.