m k 0 0 3 404 LAKE HURON 400 m k 0 CANADA 0 Oshawa 2 km 0 0 401 QEW 1 Waterloo LAKE ONTARIO

Hamilton 75 COUNTY OF BRANT Niagara Falls MICHIGAN 403 Fort Erie 90 Sarnia 24 402 Buffalo 69 London 90 94 NEW YORK 75 94 401 86 Detroit LAKE ERIE Erie 75 Windsor 90 PENNSYLVANIA U.S.A. 79 75 Toledo 80 90 GROWING Cleveland Pittsburgh OHIO 77 DRIVING 5 International Airports 40 minutes Business Highway 401 30 minutes GO Transit Bus Terminal 5 minutes 50 minutes deep water port BUILDING Access highways 403, 24, 53 5 minutes 19 Universities/Colleges located within 140km (1.5 hours) TALKING DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME More than 30% 38,626 2018 have incomes Brant Ontario Canada 36,707 2016 greater than 35,628 2011 $90,226 $81,480 $80,940 $100,000 34,415 2006 51% 49%

AGE PROFILE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE County of Brant $453,021 17% 64% 19% 2018 average residential sale price Economic Development & Tourism (Source: -Brant Regional Real Estate Association Inc.) 0 - 14 15 - 64 65+

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STRONG AND STABLE RECORD YEAR COUNTY OF BRANT VISIT, STAY AND PLAY 71% of visitors were from outside the 1,342 businesses IN GROWTH WELCOMED OVER County of Brant. Reasons for visiting: 16,166 local jobs (Source: McSweeney & Associates) 895 building permits issued valued at 337,400 VISITORS IN roughly $173 million. This was the highest Employment rate 1.6% below year-end construction value the County 2018 WITH A VISITOR provincial average of Brant has ever experienced SPENDING IMPACT OF 467% total growth in permits issued for commercial, $25,428,417 21% visiting 18% outdoor 17% dining industrial and residential from 2017 to 2018 friends and recreation REACHING OUT relatives 9 companies expanded their businesses for a total FOR BUSINESS expansion of over 156,000 sq. ft. resulting in 40 new full-time jobs VISITOR SPENDING The new investinbrant.ca Over $350,000 of conference website was launched to revenue from over 20 businesses Outdoor tourism Group tours share key information Did you know? $5,217,351 $254,150 Commercial building permit values Visitors came from: 60+ business consultations grew by 248% from 2017 to 2018! 248% 32% Greater Toronto Hamilton Area Sports 18% Brantford (non tournament) #BrantWorks was created to 17% Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo connect people to local jobs $166,587 Special events 13% Other (Canada) 250 business community leaders attended the and festivals 3% London, Ontario YEAR OVER YEAR Arts and Culture 1% Niagara Salute to Brant Business SOLD OUT event $19,743,073 $47,256 BUILDING PERMIT VALUES 403 Business Park was SOLD OUT in 2018! (Source: Ontario Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model, OTREIM) Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels were created to connect and engage the $43,698,000 business community, resulting Residential READY, SET, ACTION 2018! in over 850 followers $130,135,000 $9,223,000 Farm 38 days of filming 2 feature films $6,373,000 505 total cast and crew welcomed 5 TV episodes ECONOMIC IMPACT: $15,318,000 10 seat applications submitted different County of Brant locations The new Economic Development Strategy and Industrial 7 $76,018 Action Plan will direct future economic $18,493,000 development to support the County of Brant’s current economic base and enable new $881,000 opportunities for growth. The four prominent Commercial $3,067,000 pillars of the strategy include: WE’RE ENGAGED! SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS $792,000 How visitors heard about us: a more diversified local economy Facebook: 2,347 up 72% over 2017 GROWING Institutional $1,420,000 5% newspaper ads and visitor centres Instagram: 1,144 up 259.7% over 2017 investment to the County DRIVING $10,824,000 14% paper brochures and visitor guides Other* Twitter: 1,299 up 22.4% over 2017 23% tourism websites / online event calendars BUILDING Brant’s downtowns $11,262,000 Visitor Blog: 965 views (up 129.8%) 58% social media 716 visitors (up 192.2%) renewed focus on communications TALKING *includes small projects such as garages, small 2017 2018 and engagement sheds, renovations not considered residential Economic Development Tourism

STRONG AND STABLE RECORD YEAR COUNTY OF BRANT VISIT, STAY AND PLAY 71% of visitors were from outside the 1,342 businesses IN GROWTH WELCOMED OVER County of Brant. Reasons for visiting: 16,166 local jobs (Source: McSweeney & Associates) 895 building permits issued valued at 337,400 VISITORS IN roughly $173 million. This was the highest Employment rate 1.6% below year-end construction value the County 2018 WITH A VISITOR provincial average of Brant has ever experienced SPENDING IMPACT OF 467% total growth in permits issued for commercial, $25,428,417 21% visiting 18% outdoor 17% dining industrial and residential from 2017 to 2018 friends and recreation REACHING OUT relatives 9 companies expanded their businesses for a total FOR BUSINESS expansion of over 156,000 sq. ft. resulting in 40 new full-time jobs VISITOR SPENDING The new investinbrant.ca Over $350,000 of conference website was launched to revenue from over 20 businesses Outdoor tourism Group tours share key information Did you know? $5,217,351 $254,150 Commercial building permit values Visitors came from: 60+ business consultations grew by 248% from 2017 to 2018! 248% 32% Greater Toronto Hamilton Area Sports 18% Brantford (non tournament) #BrantWorks was created to 17% Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo connect people to local jobs $166,587 Special events 13% Other (Canada) 250 business community leaders attended the and festivals 3% London, Ontario YEAR OVER YEAR Arts and Culture 1% Niagara Salute to Brant Business SOLD OUT event $19,743,073 $47,256 BUILDING PERMIT VALUES 403 Business Park was SOLD OUT in 2018! (Source: Ontario Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model, OTREIM) Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels were created to connect and engage the $43,698,000 business community, resulting Residential READY, SET, ACTION 2018! in over 850 followers $130,135,000 $9,223,000 Farm 38 days of filming 2 feature films $6,373,000 505 total cast and crew welcomed 5 TV episodes ECONOMIC IMPACT: $15,318,000 10 seat applications submitted different County of Brant locations The new Economic Development Strategy and Industrial 7 $76,018 Action Plan will direct future economic $18,493,000 development to support the County of Brant’s current economic base and enable new $881,000 opportunities for growth. The four prominent Commercial $3,067,000 pillars of the strategy include: WE’RE ENGAGED! SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS $792,000 How visitors heard about us: a more diversified local economy Facebook: 2,347 up 72% over 2017 GROWING Institutional $1,420,000 5% newspaper ads and visitor centres Instagram: 1,144 up 259.7% over 2017 investment to the County DRIVING $10,824,000 14% paper brochures and visitor guides Other* Twitter: 1,299 up 22.4% over 2017 23% tourism websites / online event calendars BUILDING Brant’s downtowns $11,262,000 Visitor Blog: 965 views (up 129.8%) 58% social media 716 visitors (up 192.2%) renewed focus on communications TALKING *includes small projects such as garages, small 2017 2018 and engagement sheds, renovations not considered residential m k 0 0 3 404 LAKE HURON 400 m k 0 CANADA 0 Oshawa 2 ONTARIO Toronto km 0 0 401 QEW 1 Waterloo LAKE ONTARIO

Hamilton 75 COUNTY OF BRANT Niagara Falls MICHIGAN 403 Fort Erie 90 Sarnia 24 402 Buffalo 69 London 90 94 NEW YORK 75 94 401 86 Detroit LAKE ERIE Erie 75 Windsor 90 PENNSYLVANIA U.S.A. 79 75 Toledo 80 90 GROWING Cleveland Pittsburgh OHIO 77 DRIVING 5 International Airports 40 minutes Business Highway 401 30 minutes GO Transit Bus Terminal 5 minutes 50 minutes deep water port BUILDING Access highways 403, 24, 53 5 minutes 19 Universities/Colleges located within 140km (1.5 hours) TALKING DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME More than 30% 38,626 2018 have incomes Brant Ontario Canada 36,707 2016 greater than 35,628 2011 $90,226 $81,480 $80,940 $100,000 34,415 2006 51% 49%

AGE PROFILE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE County of Brant $453,021 17% 64% 19% 2018 average residential sale price Economic Development & Tourism (Source: Brantford-Brant Regional Real Estate Association Inc.) 0 - 14 15 - 64 65+

County of Brant Economic Development & Tourism 519.442.6324 | investinbrant.ca @investinBrant Brantecdev1

Where both businesses and people flourish.