– Alberta Relations

PROFILE DID YOU KNOW?  Caterpillar is located in Peoria, Illinois. Caterpillar is a machinery Capital: Springfield  President Barack Obama was an Illinois provider for Alberta oil and gas State Senator and U.S. Senator before and construction companies. Population: 12,910,409 (2010 est.) becoming President.  Alberta has imported an average Language: English rd  is the 3 most populated city in of CDN $ 260 million per year of th Government: Bicameral state the U.S. and 26 largest metropolitan machinery from Illinois over the government in the world. last five years. Head of Government:  The corporate headquarters for ENERGY McDonalds and Kraft Foods are based Governor (D) Term in Illinois.  Estimated recoverable coal expires: 2013 reserves in Illinois account for RELATIONSHIP OVERVIEW almost one-eighth of total U.S. Currency: $1 CDN = $1.0290 U.S. coal reserves. Illinois supports (May 2011)  Illinois’ well developed infrastructure and central location make it a key clean coal technology with the Gross State Product (GSP): $634 transportation hub for Alberta crude oil largest state-sponsored coal billion and natural gas moving throughout research program in the . Per Capita Income: $41, 986 North America. (2010)  Alberta’s oil sands make a significant  Natural Gas from Alberta and western Canada is piped to major Unemployment: 8.8% contribution to the U.S. and Illinois economies. hubs in Illinois, the Chicago Hub (March 2011) and the ANR Joliet Hub. From this  6 of 11 pipeline additions and upgrades location it is shipped to Key Industry Sectors: Food, involve pipelines in Illinois. consumption markets in Northeast chemicals, machinery, fabricated and Midwest U.S. metals, computers/electronic, plastics  2 refinery expansions to process the oil and rubber, and transportation sands resource, worth over $7.5 billion,  The Lakehead and Express/Platte equipment. are in Illinois. Pipeline systems from Alberta terminate at refineries in Illinois. Main Cities: TRADE AND INVESTMENT  Alberta exports of crude from the  Chicago : 9,793,036  As the location of major natural gas and oil sands have increased so much oil pipeline hubs, 24% of Alberta’s that some pipelines have reversed  Lake County: 876,918 worldwide exports go to Illinois, with their flow to serve Gulf Coast energy (natural gas, oil and propane) markets.  Gary: 702,458 accounting for 95% of exports.  Illinois has an abundance of Peoria-Canton: 409,206   From 2006 to 2010, Alberta’s exports to electrical capacity. (45, 000 Illinois averaged $18.3 billion. The Davenport-Maline: 377,626 megawatts)  value of Alberta’s exports to Illinois has  Champaign: 224,191 more than doubled in the last ten years.

Input was provided from the departments of: Advanced Education & Technology, Agriculture & Rural Development, Education and Energy

May 2011

 47% of Illinois’ electricity is  In 2007, Illinois set a goal to slash  The Port of Chicago offers terminals generated from coal-fired facilities. the production of heat-trapping that can handle ocean and lake greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by vessels, as well as barges.  Illinois is one of the top producers 2020 and 60 percent below 1990 of ethanol in the U.S.  The port is served by levels by 2050. four railroads and has access to  The Illinois nuclear power industry  Chicago is one of the world’s Interstates 90 and 94. helps make the State one of the top greenest cities. Chicago boasts over electricity-generating States in the  2,164 miles of Interstate highway 7 million sq. ft. of green rooftops, serve Illinois (3 rd in nation). Over a Nation and a leading net exporter of an extensive public transit system, electricity to other States. dozen Illinois communities are home and 165 miles of pathway. In 2008, to major east-west/north-south  Nuclear power typically accounts for Chicago launched the Chicago Interstate interchanges. nearly one-half of Illinois electricity Climate Action Plan. EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES generation and more than one-tenth EDUCATION of all the nuclear power generated  As a result of the Alberta oil sands in the United States.  Alberta College of Art and Design there is a great opportunity for AGRICULTURE (ACAD) attend an art event and the investment from Illinois firms and NACAC conferences in Chicago. business.  Cash receipts for Illinois' agricultural  University of Calgary is part of the commodities generate more than RECENT VISITS National Student Exchange with $8.3 billion U.S. annually. Corn over 100 U.S. partner institutions.  September 2010: MLA Len Mitzel accounts for nearly 40% of that Illinois is home to a few of these represented Alberta at the Ports to total. Marketing of soybeans institutions: Northeastern Illinois Plains Trade Corridor Annual Meeting contributes nearly one-third, with University; Illinois State University; in Rapid City. the combined marketing of and Eastern Illinois University. livestock, dairy and poultry generating about 22%.  Illinois is home to multiple state and DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION private post secondary institutions.  Food processing is the state's Some notable institutions include: number-one manufacturing activity,  The Canadian Consulate responsible University of Chicago; Northwestern adding almost $14 billion annually for Illinois is located in Chicago, University; University of Illinois; and to the value of Illinois' raw Illinois. Georges Rioux is the Consul Southern Illinois University. agricultural commodities. General. ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORTATION  David Jacobson is the U.S. Ambassador in Ottawa.  The Illinois state park system has  Chicago’s O’Hare airport is one of over 60 parks and about the same the busiest airports in the U.S.  The Canadian Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is Gary Doer. number of recreational and wildlife  Chicago is the largest rail gateway areas. Ten National Wildlife Refuges in the U.S.  The U.S. Consul General in Calgary is in Illinois total more than 124,000 Laura Lochman. acres  Illinois has 1,118 miles of navigable waterways linking to the Atlantic  Illinois has an average of 35 Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. tornadoes annually.

 Four major rivers flow through Illinois: , Ohio River, Illinois River, and Wabash River.

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Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations Tel: (780) 427-6543 Fax: (780) 427-0699 E-mail: [email protected]