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SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE
WHEATLAND COUNTY
SOUTHERN ALBERTA’S INDUSTRIAL HEART
Only minutes from the City of Calgary, our vast landscape provides space for you to grow
aviation fuels, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and synthetic fuels). With approximately 8,000 oil and gas wells, we have abundant feedstock for downstream activities.
ACCESS TO LABOUR
With Wheatland’s location and convenient highway linkages you have access to a regional labour pool of over 800,000!
ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER
Wheatland is experiencing an industrial revolution! Find out why companies like Nutrien, Orica, Stella Jones, CGC Inc., and De Havilland Canada call us home.
EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENTS
• CGCInc.isintheprocess of constructing a wallboard manufacturing plant.
• De Havilland Canada
is in the process of constructing an aircraft manufacturing centre called “De Havilland Field”.
• RockyMountainClean Fuels constructed a GTL plant with a capacity of 20 million liters/year of synthetic diesel fuel.
• ExpanderEnergyhas announced a biomass gasifier facility that will convert construction wood waste into 8 million liters/ year of renewable syngas.
CONVENIENT LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
Within commuting distance from the City of Calgary and the Calgary International Airport, Wheatland County offers direct highway and rail access.
LOW LAND COSTS
With two established industrial areas, Wheatland has abundant room for you to grow!
Wheatland County has some of the lowest industrial land costs in the Calgary area. There are two industrial areas:
• Origin Business Park is located on Highway
1, only 13-minutes from the City of Calgary.
• The Goldfinch industrial area (heavy
industrial) is located off Highway 24. A CP Rail line runs through Goldfinch providing continent-wide shipping.
LOW TAX RATE AND GENEROUS INCENTIVES
With a generous municipal incentive and one of the lowest tax rates in Alberta, Wheatland is the ideal place to grow your business!
We offer a municipal tax incentive, with a 40% reduction in municipal non-residential tax for eligible investors.
STRONG GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT
Our council welcomes investment! A
key pillar of our strategic plan is attracting development that contributes to our tax base, creates high-value jobs, and diversifies the local economy.
AGRIBUSINESS
Home to over 800 farms, Wheatland County has the feedstock to accommodate value-added processors. We also have a well-developed value chain and companies such as Cargill, Nutrien, Richardson Pioneer, Paterson Grain, Viterra, and Canada Malting are represented.
UTILITIES
We have abundant natural gas, electrical grid capacity, broadband connectivity (some of the fastest speeds in Canada coming in 2024!) and access to water.
THRIVING ENERGY INDUSTRY
Our vision is to become the new energy and petrochemical hub for the Calgary region! We are a major natural gas producer and are diversifying into new energy (sustainable
“Start growing your business!”
Learn more:
investwc.ca
ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITIES
• Manufacturing
• Aerospace
• Energyandpetrochemicals • Foodprocessing
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