SECTOR PROFILE HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS 100 WITHIN A 30 MINUTE DRIVE
HIGHLY SKILLED TALENT: ACCESS TO 4.3 MILLION LABOUR POOL ACROSS THE GREATER TORONTO AREA
LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF CANADA’S INNOVATION ND We are very excited to CORRIDOR, ACCESS TO occupy this leading-edge OVER 20K TECH COMPANIES campus in Brampton. It’s an AND 30% OF CANADA’S 2FASTEST UNIVERSITY GRADUATES GROWING CITY investment for our IN CANADA WITH Canadian employees, 14,000 our customers and TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAYS NEW RESIDENTS the infrastructure ACCESSING 158M CONSUMERS PER YEAR equired for our rapid growth in Canada. We are very happy to have found such LEADING EDGE OF CYBERSECURITY, a great location. HOME TO THE ROGERS CYBERSECURE CATALYST Neil Fraser President Medtronic of Canada Ltd.
YOUNG, DIVERSE 9TH LARGEST CITY ADJACENT TO WORKFORCE WITH IN CANADA WITH A CANADA’S LARGEST 234 CULTURES SPEAKING POPULATION CLOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 115 LANGUAGES TO 700,000 TORONTO PEARSON
MARTIN BOHL Sector Manager, Health & Life Sciences 905.874.5936 | [email protected] BRAMPTON, Part of the Greater Toronto Area SECTOR PROFILE HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
Brampton is Located in North America’s 3rd Largest Biotechnology Cluster
TOP LOCATION 40% OF CANADA’S LIFE FOR PHARMA SCIENCES COMPANIES PRODUCTION AND ARE LOCATED IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY GREATER TORONTO AREA AND R&D
• 22,500 people working in the Life Sciences sector in Ontario at more than 1,300 companies that collectively earn $12.2 billion in revenues annually, with exports totalling $1.45 billion. Talent • Brampton is part of this Ontario ecosystem and offers access to a community research • Education in life science-related hospital, clinical trials with a diverse population, a supportive local government, and programs has tripled since 2006 within access to youth and talent. commuting distance of Brampton • Home to Sheridan College of Applied Health and Life Sciences is Thriving in Brampton Health & Community Studies • People who now study life sciences and 6% 50% technologies with 24,000+ students in 2,300 health and related fields COMPANIES EMPLOYING OVER AVERAGE 6% GROWTH GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES 13,000 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS PER YEAR IN THE HEALTH AND LIFE 21 WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES SCIENCES SECTOR SINCE 2005 LIFE SCIENCES-RELATED Emerging Health and Life Health Cluster Advantages 300+ PROGRAMS Sciences Cluster • 2,300 health sector businesses and • New $500 million world-class Peel agencies already in Brampton, from PRIVATE CAREER Memorial Centre for Integrated Health doctors’ offices to global players in 25 COLLEGES and Wellness (PMC) has spurred the medical research and devices including development of a new Health and Life Medtronic (HQ), Taro Pharamaceuticals Sciences cluster in the downtown centre (HQ), Dynacare, Canadian Blood Services Brampton is on the leading edge of cybersecurity • Unique health cluster centralized around • Home to three leading health care and home to the Rogers preventive care facilities: William Osler Health System (Peel Memorial, Brampton Civic) Cybersecure Catalyst, • Targeting businesses involved with big and ErinoakKids a national centre for innovation data, health applications, population-based and collaboration in cybersecurity, research and personalized medicine • Located in the middle of Canada’s The Catalyst provides training and Innovation Corridor certification, commercial acceleration • Access to 21 Universities and colleges and support for cyber scale-ups, applied research, development and • Our diverse population enables a public education. greater diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trial for enhanced drug development outcomes.
MARTIN BOHL Sector Manager, Health & Life Sciences 905.874.5936 | [email protected] BRAMPTON, Part of the Greater Toronto Area