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Business market

Alberta

• Home to over 3.4 million people
• Fastest growing economy in Canada for the past 10 years (average 4%/year)
• Employment gain of 82,500 people in 2007
• Unemployment rate in 3.2% lowest in Canada (December 2007)
• Located centrally in a growing western Canadian market - 10 million people
• Only western province offering less that 24-hour delivery to Western Canada and US Pacific Northwest - more than 50 million consumers

Alberta Employment, Immigration & Industry Facts on Alberta

Edmonton metropolitan region

• Entire market area for the metro-Edmonton region is 1,050,000 (Dec. 2006)
• Alberta's second largest collected population and the sixth largest populated area in Canada
• 635,000 people employed throughout the region (December 2007)
• One of the lowest unemployment ratios
• Home to over 80,000 business establishments

Metro-Edmonton demographics Business Establishments Statistics

Strathcona County

• Median family income over $79,000 per year
  • Median Income 2001 Source: Federal Census
• Second highest average income of any Alberta municipality with a population over 50,000 people (2001 Statistics Canada)
• Approximately 32,159 dwelling units in 2007(Corporate Planning & Intergovernmental Affairs)
• Alberta's fourth largest municipality with a population of approximately 85,935 (Corporate Planning & Intergovernmental Affairs)
• Market drawing area includes 600,000 people within a 20-minute radius of Sherwood Park
  • Market Area Map
• Accessible to a large customer base, industrial suppliers, and international markets
• Home to 7,165 businesses, organizations, clubs and societies in 2006(Alberta Business Monitor 2006)
• For complete demographic information visit our Business Statistics page

A sample of our major companies and their products and services:

Visit the Strathcona County Business Directory for information on more than 1700 businesses in Strathcona County.