
Use our new interactive tools to learn about communities that match your business needs. Or call Jackie St. Pierre at (613) 634-8569 or email, to receive more information on how we can help you prosper in Ontario East. There are many good reasons high-tech businesses flourish in Ontario East. Among them are its:
- Workforce, with a strong work ethic and sense of loyalty that boost productivity and cut turnover, high skill and education levels, and costs, which are lower than those of other parts of Ontario, and the Canadian and U.S. averages (Ottawa ranks second to San Jose, CA, in the share of local employees who work in science and engineering (11.5%).)
- Research & Development climate—more than 2,500 high-tech companies generated more than $12.5 billion in annual revenue and in 2005 garnered, in Ottawa alone, $120 million in venture capital investment (Ottawa receives more than 50% of the foreign venture capital invested in Canada.)
- Infrastructure, including 100% digital and fibre optic long-distance lines, world-leading microwave transmission networks, satellite communication services and data distribution networks, and lower-priced long-distance and Internet access charges
- Low taxes and generous tax credits that cut to $42 the cost of $100 of R&D
- Available property at low average office lease rates and occasionally available fast-track development approvals
For details please call Jackie St. Pierre at (613) 634-8569 or email.
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