Business Sectors
Working in Alberta’s International Region offers a unique collaboration of businesses and communities working cooperatively to build a strong, diversified and sustainable region.
Nisku Business Park situated in the heart of the region, has grown from 2,200 acres to over 6,000 acres in the last 5 years. The Business Park currently:
- Accommodates over 500 companies employing 14,000 highly skilled trades and professional workers, with 65% of its businesses working internationally.
- Recognized for its expertise in the energy sector, the region is also a centre of excellence for Canada’s environmental, agricultural and technology sectors.
- Adjacent to Edmonton’s International Airport and includes two of Alberta’s major highways as transportation routes. As well, a busy rail connects Nisku Business Park with the rest of Alberta, Canada and North America.
Alberta is an attractive place for businesses and a great place to start a career. Thanks to Alberta's abundance of natural resources, like low sulfur coal and natural gas, Alberta maintains competitive pricing and services for the business community. Alberta's Oil Sands operation in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray) is in the heart of the world's biggest single oil deposit - the Athabasca Oil Sands. Several other distinct advantages place Alberta before other regions when considering where to set up a business. Advantages such as no provincial sales tax, a low overall tax regime, streamlined regulations, an ultra-modern infrastructure, a highly skilled and productive workforce, a legally-mandated balanced provincial budget and one of the highest R&D spending per capita regions in all of Canada.
Should you require Immigration or Work Visas, please visit the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website, which contains all of the information and steps for applying to work in Canada.
Please visit the Regional Glance Workforce page for more information on regional labour force statistics.