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Top reasons Brampton has
everything you need for your
business to succeed
NEW YORK
• Easy access to major markets and more than 450 million North
American consumers.
• Brampton is at the hub of North America’s transportation network
with the added plus of being the continent’s largest inland port.
Its location makes delivering products from factory to market
remarkably quick and convenient.
• Brampton is young, educated and highly skilled. A motivated and
growing labour force at your fingertips.
• Brampton is a proven success story. It’s already home to multiple
thriving industry leaders and there’s room for many more.
• Brampton has been included in the Top 10 Mid-Sized American
Cities of the Future 2015/2016 – Overall winner for FDI strategy
AMERICAN CITIES
OF THE FUTURE
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and included in the Top 10 in Mid-Sized American Cities for
BEST BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS
BEST CONNECTIVITY
Connectivity and Business Friendliness.
BEST FDI STRATEGY
2015/16
MID-SIZED
CITIES
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BRAMPTON
• Brampton has a strong economy and is well-positioned for
business investment. Its stable marketplace offers competitive
energy prices, streamlined regulations and a low-risk investment
climate. AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor’s for nine
consecutive years.
• First city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and one of only 10 in
North America to be designated an International Safe Community
by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Brampton
overview
Almag Aluminum
Brampton: 2nd fastest
growing city in Canada
BRAMPTON SECTOR
DIVERSITY BY EMPLOYMENT
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EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
EMPLOYMENT
Retail administration and logistics
35,800
Advanced manufacturing*
26,500
Business services
10,500
Information and communication technology
7,800
Food and beverage
7,500
Life sciences
6,700
SECTOR SPECIFIC TOTAL
(direct employment only)
TOTAL WORKFORCE
94,800
155,000
*excl. ICT, Food and Beverage and Life Sciences
Source: 2013 Brampton
Employment Survey
With a population approaching 600,000, Brampton is the ninth largest
city in Canada and the third largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Averaging 18,000 new residents per year, it is also the second fastest
growing city among the largest 50 cities in Canada.
If location is everything, then Brampton has got it all. It is conveniently
adjacent to Canada’s largest airport, Toronto Pearson International,
and home to CN, the largest intermodal railway terminal in Canada.
And Brampton has immediate access to an extensive network of
transcontinental highways.
Brampton is also at the centre of Canada’s major transportation corridors
and close to the U.S. border. That means it is within a day’s drive of
158 million consumers. And that’s also why it’s the ideal place to locate
North American operations.
Brampton’s incredibly diverse economic base is already comprised of
over 8,500 businesses fuelled by a young, multicultural workforce
speaking 89 different languages and including 209 distinct
ethnic backgrounds.
Brampton is a youthful city with an average age of 34.7. That’s the lowest
median age amongst Canada’s largest cities.
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Canadian facts by the numbers
The advanced manufacturing sector continues to be an
important driver of the Canadian economy and is comprised
of companies using advanced technology to increase the
productivity at each step of the manufacturing process.
In 2012, 78,036 manufacturing establishments contributed
$169.3 billion to the national GDP and employed over
1.5 million individuals. Labour productivity in the manufacturing
sector saw a modest increase of 1.1 per cent per year on
average between 2002 and 2011.
In 2013, manufacturing sales totalled $591 billion, making
it the most important industry for foreign direct investment
(FDI) in Canada. The automotive industry is one of Canada’s
largest manufacturing sectors, accounting for 16 per cent of
North American vehicle production.
Ontario facts by the numbers
In 2013, there were 31,158 manufacturing establishments in Ontario
that employed over 750,000 individuals and contributed $76 billion
to the national GDP. Ontario’s manufacturing businesses shipped
goods worth more than $272 billion and boasts the third largest
number of manufacturing employees in North America, after
California and Texas.
Ontario’s automotive industry is home to 11 vehicle assembly plants
operated by five of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers. The
industry supports over 300 major suppliers and over 87,000 employees.
Eighty-eight1 per cent of the vehicles that Ontario makes are exported
out of the province, almost all of them destined for the United States.
Ontario’s aerospace industry has approximately $6.5 billion in annual
sales with nearly 80 per cent in exports to customers and project
partners around the world.
Lower corporate tax rates than the average of G8 and G20 countries
make Ontario an attractive destination for manufacturing investment.
In Ontario, a $100 R&D expenditure can be reduced to an after-tax
cost of about $57 (or as low as $39 for small businesses).
Ontario: 3rd largest number
of manufacturing employees
in North America
Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
The GTA is recognized as a leading research location in
the manufacturing sector, with a highly diverse labour force
of almost 300,000.
Automotive sector
The GTA is ranked fourth in North America for new fuel technologies
publications – a major new auto innovation – and has a strong supplier
base of more than 280 major companies. It is home to dozens of plants
producing diversified automotive parts. Three major auto manufacturers – General
Motors, Ford and Change to: FCA Canada Inc. – collectively operate six assembly
plants and chose the GTA for their Canadian headquarters.
Aerospace sector
The GTA ranks among the top choice for trade and investments in the aerospace sector. GTA firms
are world leaders supplying diverse aircraft such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner,
and the U.S.-led Joint Strike Fighter (F-35). Bombardier Aerospace produces state-of-the-art
aircraft like the Q-400 turboprop regional airplane and the Global Express business jets here.
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2012 Statistics Canada
2011 NHS – Toronto CMA
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Brampton is home to some
of Canada’s leading
manufacturing companies
Advanced manufacturing continues to be one of the largest
industries, and accounts for 23 per cent of Brampton’s
total labour force. Manufacturing, transportation and
warehousing, and retail trade continue to be the three largest
industries accounting for 4 per cent of total labour force.
Brampton’s manufacturing labour force represents:
48 per cent of the Peel Region
15 per cent of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
6 per cent of Ontario
3 per cent of Canada
Research facilities/university and college programs
Manufacturers have access to graduates from numerous
first-rate post-secondary educational institutions, including
Sheridan’s Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design
Technologies (CAMDT) and Magna’s Technical Training
Centre (MTTC), both located in Brampton.
Aerospace Manufacturing
Brampton is home to major aerospace manufacturing facilities,
including MDA Space Missions, Aircraft Appliances and Brican
Automated Systems. With over 1,000 employees in the aerospace
industry, Brampton accounts for over five per cent of Ontario’s
total aerospace employment. Brampton’s aerospace industry is
delivering innovative and groundbreaking solutions from
lightweight materials to advanced communication systems.
Manufacturing Employment
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Fabricated metal product manufacturing in Brampton is the
third-largest manufacturing sub-sector after automotive and
food and beverage, employing close to 4,500 people in over
200 businesses. It’s estimated that Brampton accounted for
$360 million of the national GDP in this subgroup in 2011.
(by sub-sector)
Automotive manufacturing
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
Plastics manufacturing
Chemical manufacturing
Aerospace manufacturing
Manufacturing sub-sectors
not listed above
Plastics Manufacturing
Brampton’s plastics manufacturing sector is the fourth-largest
manufacturing sub-sector after automotive, food and beverage
and fabricated metal products, employing over 3,500 people,
and accounts for over four per cent of national employment,
adding an estimated $331 million to the national GDP in 2011.
22%
3%
46%
12%
10 %
7
%
Source: 2013 Brampton
Employment Survey
Automotive Manufacturing
The City of Brampton has a robust automotive sector producing
over 23 per cent of all passenger cars in Canada annually and
employing over 8,000 people. Much of the employment is
at Chrysler Canada’s manufacturing plant, which also supports
another 17,000 indirect industry jobs in the GTA.
Chemical Manufacturing
Brampton’s chemical manufacturing represents seven per cent
of Brampton’s overall manufacturing sector and provided an
estimated $387 million to the national GDP in 2011.
Manufacturing sub-sectors not listed above
The remaining 46 per cent of the total of Brampton’s manufacturing
employment is made up of 15 other sub-sectors including
machinery, furniture, paper, primary metal, non-metallic mineral
products, electrical equipment, printing, wood products, computer
and electronic products, textile, textile products, clothing,
petroleum and coal products, leather and allied products and
miscellaneous manufacturing.
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Total direct and indirect employment
in advanced manufacturing
With a total of 1,300 companies employing over 51,500* workers
in advanced manufacturing and support industries, Brampton’s
manufacturing sector is strong, and getting even stronger.
10% 10%
23%
* includes food and beverage, ICT, and life sciences manufacturing
Advanced manufacturing | 35,000 employees
Support industries | Over 16,500 employees
Advanced manufacturing companies | 1,300 companies
Chrysler Canada Brampton Assembly Plant
LEADING ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
COMPANIES
• MDA
• Atlas
• FCA
Space Missions
Canada Inc. Brampton
Assembly Plant
• Massiv Die-Form
• ABB Inc.
• Atlas Fluid Systems
• Matcor Automotive Inc.
• Benteler Automotive
Canada Corporation
• Aircraft Appliances and Equipment
• Ben Machine Products
• Ceel Limited & Advanced
Processing Inc.
• Brican Automated Systems Inc.
• Butcher Engineering Enterprises Ltd.
• A.B.M. Tool & Die Co. Ltd.
• Industrial
Bearings Corporation
Thermo
Polymers Ltd.
• BMP Metals Inc.
• Jones Contract Packaging Inc.
• Amcor Rigid Plastics
• Shepherd Thermoforming
& Packaging
• Bramalea Bottle Inc.
• Par-Pak Ltd.
• Sun Chemical Ltd.
• Canada Colors and
Chemicals Ltd.
• Clorox Canada
• NCH Canada Inc.
• Greenfield Ethanol Inc.
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Brampton: employs over
51,500 skilled workers in the
advanced manufacturing sector
Leading companies* that call
Brampton home
FCA Canada Inc. Brampton Assembly Plant produces
approximately 37 per cent of Chrysler’s North American passenger
cars, including the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger
and Lancia Thema.
MDA Space Missions built the two-armed robot named Dextre
in Brampton (also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous
Manipulator) which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on
the International Space Station, as well as the world-renowned
Canadarm and Canadarm2.
ABB Inc. is a leader in power and automation technologies that
enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance
while lowering environmental impact. ABB employs over 250 people
in their Brampton facility.
BMP Metals Inc. is a fully integrated custom precision sheet
metal fabricator with additional specialized services in design,
CNC machining, milling and turning, electromechanical assembly,
paint coatings and plastic injection moulding.
“MDA, a global leader in space and
communications technology, is making
a name for Brampton in space. The
Canadarm used by NASA is a real Canadian
success story made right here in Brampton.”
~ Craig Thornton, General Manager, Robotics and Automation, MDA
MDA Space Missions
Industrial Thermo Polymers Ltd. (ITP) is a leading manufacturer
of extruded polyethylene foam products in North America produced
under the name brand “TUNDRA”. Inventor and manufacturer
of the pool noodle.
Almag Aluminum Inc., a family-owned and operated manufacturer
of custom aluminum extrusions, extrusion fabrication and finishing
services since 1953, employs over 250 people.
Brannon Steel has supplied quality carbon steel parts since 1968
to original equipment manufacturers in off-road construction,
railroad locomotive and freight cars, agricultural, materials handling
industries, as well as large and small custom fabricators in Canada
and the United States.
Gray Tools Canada Inc. is a 100-year-old, privately owned
manufacturer and distributor of industrial-quality hand tools.
* Brampton Outstanding Business Achievement Award participants
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
BRAMPTON INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
• Downtown Sign Permit Fee Subsidy Program
• Downtown Façade Improvement Program
• Development Charges Redevelopment Credit
• Downtown Building Improvement Program
• Development Charges Expansion Credit
• Downtown Development Charges Program
• Dedicated Project Management Team
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City of Brampton Economic Development Office
2 Wellington Street West, Brampton, ON, Canada L6Y 4R2
T: 905.874.2650 TF: 1.888.381.BRAM E: [email protected]
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