Sturgeon County Information
- 2,100 Square Kilometres, the Northern portion of the Edmonton Metro Region
- 21,000 residents (2018), with Population Growth of 4.7% from 2011-2016
- Major Development Areas: Sturgeon Valley, Sturgeon Industrial Park (SIP), Villeneuve Airport (ZVL), Alberta's Industrial Heartland
- Key Memberships: Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), Edmonton Global, Protein Industries Canada (PIC), Plant Protein Alliance of Alberta (PPAA)
Business & Industry Information
- 2,535 Sturgeon County Businesses (2016)
- Competitive Industrial Tax (Mill) Rate of 10.49%
- Competitive, Low Off-Site Levies in Pre-Zoned Industrial Areas
- Major Industries: Petrochemicals, Agriculture, Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics
The Edmonton Metro Region
- Regional population of 1.3 Million people with Annual GDP of $105 Billion
- The Second Fastest Growing Region in Canada with a Highly-Skilled, Mobile Labour Force of 837,000 people
- Robust Innovation Ecosystem with strengths in Artifical Intelligence, Machine Learning and Nanotechnology
- Alberta post secondary institutions are the fourth largest supplier of STEM graduates in the country