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2009 Community Profile Welcome to Norfolk County Located on Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada, Norfolk County is On behalf of Norfolk County Council close to many major metropolitan centres. Our largest towns and our 63,000+ residents, I include Simcoe (population 14,522), Port Dover (5,949), Delhi encourage and invite you to explore what Norfolk can offer. Our excep - (4,070), Waterford (2,931), Courtland (1,017) and Port tional quality of life, our health, Rowan (1,139). The primary economic base of Norfolk County education and recreational facilities, relies on agriculture, manufacturing and tourism... our willingness to work with you and the strong work ethic of our cit - izens are sure to impress you. We 640 km are a community willing to work Dennis Travale hard and smart to ensure a prosper - Mayor, Norfolk County 480 km ous future for all. Before you look 320 km anywhere else, give us a call today. 160 km Labour Force: More than 62% of the labour force of Norfolk County has some post secondary education, which is above the provincial average. With more than 150,000 workers within a Milwaukee 30-minute commute, there is ample labour force available for Boston 100 MILES all needs. An additional 700,000 workers live within one hour’s Chicago Pittsburgh New York Cincinnati drive of Norfolk County. A strong work ethic prevails as a direct 200 MILES Philadelphia result of the agricultural experience in the community. Washington 300 MILES Media: Norfolk County is served by CD98.9 FM radio, the daily 400 MILES Simcoe Reformer newspaper, and other regional media outlets. Cable television is available in all urban areas. Eastlink Communications and Nor-Del broadcast locally on Cable 5 TV. Airports: From downtown Simcoe, to Hamilton International Proximity to Markets: More than 130 million consumers live Airport: 56 km (35 miles), London International Airport: 98 km within a one-day trip by transport truck. Norfolk County is (60 miles), Toronto’s Pearson International Airport: 135 km located 90 minutes from the U.S. border and the Greater (85 miles), Buffalo International Airport: 208 km (130 miles), Toronto area. Detroit Metropolitan Airport 327 km (203 miles). Quality of Life: Norfolk County is located in a natural, rural Education: The Grand Erie District School Board and the environment including several picturesque urban areas. With Brant-Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board provide numerous golf courses, marinas, hiking trails, conservation elementary and secondary education. Fanshawe College and areas, museums, libraries and other amenities, Norfolk County the University of Guelph have campuses in Norfolk County. offers an exceptional quality of life and a welcoming attitude. Health Care: The municipality is served by Norfolk General Telecommunications: Norfolk County is served by high- Hospital, a progressive accredited 121-bed acute-care full- speed fibre and wireless broadband infrastructure. Telephone service hospital. NGH offers emergency, obstetrical, operating companies offer extensive mobile coverage. Blackberries and room, intensive care and diagnostic imaging services. Norfolk other PDAs work well here. County also boasts numerous community health centres, clin - ics, and health care professionals. Transportation: Norfolk is served by Highways 3, 6, 24 and 59, and is just 35 kilometres south of Highway 403 and 401. Housing: The average price of detached bungalow in Norfolk Courier, passenger and cargo facilities are available at the County is $165,000, among the lowest in Ontario. nearby Hamilton International Airport. Rail service is available in the industrial areas of Courtland and Delhi. Incentives: Norfolk County offers among the lowest property tax rates in the province of Ontario, as well as exemptions on Utilities: Norfolk Power provides electricity for urban areas, development charges for industrial, farm business develop - and Hydro One provides power for rural areas. Norfolk County ment, roofed accommodation, central business districts, provides water and sewer service. Union Gas supplies natural brownfield remediation and other developments. Industrial gas. building permit fees are capped at CDN$25,000. We also have a façade improvement program for commercial Wage Rates: Average hourly wages for workers in Norfolk properties in downtown areas and a Rehabilitation Tax County are $15 for general production labourers, $21 for Incentment Grant Program for brownfield sites. welders, $17 for production machine operators, $27 for tool and die makers, $15 for data entry operators, and $15 for Industrial Land: CDN$6,000 unserviced to $26,500 fully administrative assistants. serviced per acre. Norfolk County Economic Development 1-866-834-1726 www.norfolkbusiness.ca Our cooperative spirit is our BEST ASSET Norfolk County, like many other communities around the Our Tourism & Economic Development staff work with a world, has experienced its share of challenges in the recent cooperative team of 250-plus private-sector partners in the economic downturn. In these tough times, we are lucky to agriculture, industry and tourism sectors to help promote what have one of the most cooperative teams in place to respond to Norfolk County and Ontario’s South Coast have to offer. your business needs. Our staff works closely with colleagues in other municipal - Whether you are looking for a building permit, have ques - ities, and with agencies at the provincial and federal level, to tions about a zoning change, or want some advice, Norfolk build upon the relationships we need regionally to help busi - County Council and staff will always be responsive, helpful and ness prosper and to strengthen our communities. cooperative. Let’s cooperate together and move forward on a progres - We wish we could work magic and alleviate red tape at sive community. other levels of government, but you will find those challenges in any community anywhere in the world. All of Norfolk County’s departments involved in develop - Clark Hoskin ment process meet on a regular basis to find ways for projects Manager, Tourism & Economic Development to get the green light. Norfolk County • HOME • AUTO • COMMERCIAL • LIFE • FARM • MARINE KNOWLEDGE & SERVICE YOU CAN COUNT ON! SIMCOE TILLSONBURG DELHI 40 YOUNG ST 16 BROCK W 167 MAIN ST 519-426-4606 519-842-8465 519-582-8466 1-888-426-4606 1-888-842-8465 1-888-343-0135 3 Norfolk’s well-trained Labourforce Available labour force Education Level Norfolk Norfolk & Regional Vicinity Total High School Grad 13,845 95,940 451,215 A Community that works Trade Certificate 5,787 34,467 141,317 College Diploma 10,000 67670 323,565 University Degree 5,465 39,530 312,820 ToTAL LAboUR FoRCE 35,097 237,637 1,228,917 SoURCE: Statistics Canada Norfolk County boasts a well-educated labour force that is Brant, Elgin and Oxford) offer more than 235,000 workers who ready and willing to respond to the needs of industry and have a high school diploma or better, 60% completed post- other business sectors. New employers can easily draw upon secondary programs. a total labour force of 700,000 workers within commuting dis - Regionally, more than 1.2 million additional well trained tance, most of whom are aged 20 to 44. workers live within commuting distance of Norfolk County – With more than 35,000 local workers who have, at a min - from the urban centres Hamilton, London and Kitchener- imum, completed their secondary school diploma, Norfolk Waterloo. About 63% of this workforce has received a trade County’s labour force is plentiful. About two-thirds of the local certificate, college diploma or university degree. If a business educated labour force has a trade certificate, college diploma needs a specific training program coordinated for new employ - or university degree, according to Statistics Canada. ees, local educational institutions such as Fanshawe College or Norfolk County and its immediate neighbours (Haldimand, others in nearby cities can respond quickly and effectively. Major Private Sector Employers in Norfolk County Norfolk County's Major Employees Product Industry Employers (full-time) Good Humor - Breyers 400 Ice cream, frozen desserts, novelties Scotlynn Commodities 325 Transportation Toyotetsu Canada, Inc. 250 Auto Parts Manufacturing Lower Lakes Towing 230 Bulk freight shipping services Delhi Industries Inc. 160 Air moving products, gas manifolds, antennas and towers Superior Essex, Essex Group Canada Inc. 150 Magnetic wire Titan Trailers Inc. 130 Transportation: highway trailers, dumps, flatbed, hoppers Townsend Lumber Inc. 115 Lumber: sawmill and dry kilns facility Fernlea Flowers Limited 115 Plants, bedding and other, flowering plants Annex Publishing & Printing Ltd. 96 Printing – magazines, commercial; publishing – trade Rassaun Steel 95 Custom fabrication The Norfolk Fruit Growers Association 76 Storage and packing of apples Trackless Vehicles Ltd. 70 Utility tractors Ranpro Inc. 70 Extreme condition protective apparel VandenBussche Irrigation & Equipment Ltd. 65 Irrigation system Erie Beach Hotel 65 Restaurant and accommodation DEB Canada, A Div. of DEB Canadian Hygiene Inc. 63 Skin hygiene products and dispensing systems Lake Erie Farms Inc. / Norfolk Greenhouses Inc. 54 Farms, greenhouses BorgWarner Canada Inc. 50 Automotive parts: timing and transmission chains Forest Care Corp. 50 Tree seedlings Delhi-Solac Inc. and towers 50 Steel tubing; consumer, commercial, military antennas Dura-Loc Roofing Systems 50 Ceramic coloured stone metal roofing Reid & De Leye Contractors Ltd. 43 Commercial and institutional building construction
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