YVR YYZ YUL YYC WELCOMES CANADIAN COMPANIES

DFW DALLAS - FORT WORTH

ACCESS The DFW Region has easy access to 182 nonstop domestic QUALITY OF LIFE destinations and 62 nonstop international destinations. • No state, personal, or corporate income tax SAMPLE OF DIRECT FLIGHTS TO SELECT MAJOR WORLD CITIES • Dallas International School offers English-French education Home to American Airlines and Southwest Airlines Amsterdam Dubai Honolulu Munich Seoul • The Dallas Arts District is nearly 70 acres — the largest Beijing Dublin London Paris Shanghai contiguous arts district in the country Bogotá Frankfurt Madrid Quito Sydney Buenos Aires Hong Kong Mexico City Rome Tokyo • Dallas has more than 230 sunny days a year

94 Weekly Direct Flights to Canada • Highway infrastructure conducive to an easy commute, Air Canada, 38x | Weekly direct service to YUL, YYZ, and YVR with a $2.2 billion year-over-year investment in American Airlines, 56x | Weekly direct service to YYC, YUL, YYZ, and YVR transportation infrastructure • Home to the and Jamie Benn, , Texas Central is developing the first high-speed rail line in the United States, and Jason Spezza connecting Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, the fourth and fifth largest U.S. metros, in 90 minutes (a 4-hour drive by car).

AFFORDABILITY The DFW Region is one of the most aordable large metros in the country for businesses and individuals. 97.2 DFW DFW $410,456 102.6 Chicago Chicago $624,952 109.6 Seattle Boston $773,245 Typical Middle Los Angeles Seattle Management Home Cost of doing 112.6 $830,179 223 square meters business index 130.1 Boston Washington D.C. $1,122,794 4 bedroom 131.9 San Diego Los Angeles $1, 195,617 2 bath 138.8 San Francisco San Francisco $1,562,379 163.6 New York New York $2,370,050 *Currency listed in CAD.

TALENT The DFW Region has an abundant pipeline of talent for existing and new employers.

POPULATION LABOR FORCE & GROWTH MAGNET FOR TALENT

385,000+ students enrolled in higher education at major 3.6 MILLION universities and community colleges in DFW. regional labor force

47,141 272,745 Current 396 Projected DFW leads Texas in # of Bachelors, # of graduates DFW Region RESIDENTS regional Masters and PhD in 2015 from the added daily or population by year-over-year job growth population 1 person 2030 is degrees awarded in 100+ colleges and 7.4 MILLION per 4 minutes 10 MILLION 2015 by DFW-area universities within Texas colleges and universities. and adjacent states. BUSINESS CLIMATE Dallas-Fort Worth is the largest U.S. metropolitan area with a low-cost, low-tax, business-friendly climate and numerous incentives that encourage continued growth and investment in the region. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN CANADIAN DOLLARS PARTNERS DFW & CANADA TRADE: $5.47B

Canadian Consulate General DFW TEXAS in Dallas $5.26B 3.84% $705.6 BILLION $2.2 TRILLION Canada-Texas Chamber 96.16% exports from imports from DFW DFW to CAN of Commerce CAN to DFW Singapore $427.2 Billion Mexico $1.9 Trillion $210.01M Government UAE $504.6 Billion Russia $2.1 Trillion O ice in Houston Trade with Canada accounts for 5.26% of DFW’s total international trade. Currency listed in CAD.

DIVERSE INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Key sectors of strength: advanced services and corporate DFW has one of four regional U.S. patent and trademark oces headquarters, logistics and trade, and technology. (USPTO) due to the growing output of high-tech innovations. MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN DFW FORTUNE 500 = 22, FORTUNE 1,000 = 43

2 Exxon Mobil 505 Michaels Stores, Inc. 9 AT&T 525 Commercial Metals Company 64 Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 548 Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. Inc. 71 American Airlines 591 Torchmark Corporation 142 Southwest Airlines Co. 611 Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. 147 Tenet Healthcare Corporation 620 Lennox International Inc. 153 Fluor Corporation 633 Trinity Industries 163 Kimberly-Clark Corporation 634 Darling Ingredients 192 Texas Instruments Incorporated 635 Flowserve Corporation 206 HollyFrontier Corporation 647 Sabre Corporation 211 D.R. Horton, Inc. 702 Comerica Incorporated 235 J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 714 Brinker International, Inc. 724 297 Jacobs Engineering Atmos Energy Dallas Startup Hub 322 GameStop Corp. 736 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 362 Dean Foods Company 775 Fossil Group, Inc. 365 Alliance Data Systems Corporation 793 Rent-A-Center, Inc. 397 Yum China Holdings 806 Range Resources + 400 Builders FirstSource 848 Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 61 36 20 418 Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 853 Primoris Services Corporation 455 Celanese Corporation 897 Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Co-working Accelerators Corporate Innovation 497 Pioneer Natural Resources 959 Valhi, Inc. Spaces & Incubators Centers 499 Vistra Energy The DFW Region will soon welcome (6) McKesson Corporation and (247) Core-Mark to the region.

CANADIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY 154 Canadian-owned companies operate U.S. or North American headquarters and other facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region.

CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS The Dallas-Fort Worth Region welcomes the relocation or expansion of companies across a variety of industries. Since 2010, more than 130 new headquarters have been added to the DFW Region. Below is a sample of recent headquarters relocations, oce establishments, and industrial facility openings in the region.

HEADQUARTERS MOVE NEW SIGNIFICANT OFFICE LOCATION NEW INDUSTRIAL FACILITY

Dallas Regional Chamber | Sarah Carabias-Rush | [email protected] | (214) 746-6750 | www.dallaschamber.org