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

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