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Urban Flair, Rural Flavour Your guide to Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services About Strathcona County 2 Getting Here 3 PSTS 4 The Regional Economy 5 Strathcona County 6 Growth & Advantages 8 www.strathcona.ca/edt Revised March, 2012 THE WEST REFINED. Strathcona County is a thriving community – for business, for life. facebook.com/ strathcona.edt As a specialized municipality, Strathcona County includes the urban centre of Sherwood Park, eight @StrathcoCounty smaller hamlets, and numerous rural communities. strathcona.ca/enews With 92,000 residents, Strathcona County is the second-largest municipality in Alberta’s Capital Region, youtube.com/ strathconacounty situated immediately to the east of Edmonton. We take pride in our way of life – offering a balanced lifestyle for residents and an entrepreneurial environment for business. Discover all that we have to offer. A vibrant community, a strong economy, Visit us online: Strathcona County offers you the best of both. www.strathcona.ca/edt Redwater, Cold Lake, 38 Fort McMurray Getting Here 830 STURGEON 221 Road Range LAMONT COUNTY COUNTY CITY OF FORT 830 SASKATCHEWAN ? JOSEPHBURG Warren Township Road 550 Joseph Aerodrome (Josehburg Airport) Manning Drive 21 CITY OF Township Road 540 830 Highway 212 Road Range EDMONTON Elk Island Groat Road National Park 216 16 Trans-Canada (Yellowhead) Highway 16 SHERWOOD ARDROSSAN PARK 101 Ave Baseline Road Township Road 530 Strathcona Wilderness Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Wye Road Wye Road (Highway 630) Centre Grazing, Wildlife, and 82 (Whyte) Avenue 630 Provincial Recreation Area ANTLER LAKE Whitemud Drive 630 HALF Highway 21 Highway MOON NORTH COOKING Anthony Henday Drive Henday Anthony LAKE 75 Street 75 23 Ave Township Road 520 LAKE 629 Highway 629 14 Anthony Henday Drive COLLINGWOOD 630 216 COVE City of Edmonton SOUTH COOKING University of Alberta Township Road 514 LAKE Edmonton International Airport HASTINGS LAKE Highway 14 14 Range Road 221 Road Range Township Road 510 204 Road Range Ministik Lake BEAVER LEDUC COUNTY Game Bird Sanctuary COUNTY Strathcona County is located minutes away from Edmonton, Airport Highways Alberta’s capital city. The urban area of Sherwood Park is less than • Edmonton International • Trans-Canada Yellowhead 30 minutes from the Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Airport (YEG) Highway (Highway 16) • Anthony Henday Drive Charter flights and private (Highway 216) We are accessible via the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway aircrafts • Wye Road (Highway 630) (Highway 16 ) and Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216). • Cooking Lake Airport • Baseline Road Other major arteries include the recently expanded Wye Road • Warren Thomas Aerodrome • Highway 21 (Highway 630), Baseline Road and Highways 14 and 21. (Josephburg) • Highway 14 Rail Strathcona County provides extensive public transit system for • Canadian National (CN) both local trips and commuter trips to Edmonton. • Canadian Pacific (CP) 3 | Guide to Strathcona County > Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services www.strathcona.ca/edt Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (PSTS) Professional, Scientific & Technical Services is the largest sector in Strathcona County. The professional, scientific and Establishments classified under this sector are often technical services sector focuses dependent on the knowledge and skillsets of their employees. The type of business conducted by these primarily on activities where human industries is often on an assignment basis and its production capital is the major input. process is almost entirely dependent on the expertise and training of its workers. Source: Canadian Industry Statistics, Industry Canada, http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca, 2006 The professional, scientific and technical services sector includes a broad base of professional and business service providers, often defined as the ‘knowledge’ industries. An increasingly complex and competitive business environment coupled with advances in internet and other technological advancements ensure that specialized expertise will continue to be in high demand in the future. These industries include: • legal services industries • accounting and related services industries • architectural, engineering and related services industries • surveying and mapping services industries For more information about the PSTS sector: • design services industries • management, scientific and technical consulting services industries • scientific research and development services industries • advertising services and industries Source: Strathcona County Strategic Plan 2011-2014 Alberta Government Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Industry Profile July 2011 http://www.employment.alberta.ca/BI/2652.htm 4 | Guide to Strathcona County > Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services www.strathcona.ca/edt Regional Economy Alberta’s Capital Region is made up of 25 municipalities in the Edmonton metro area with a total population of 1.3 million. The Alberta Economy Alberta’s Capital Region (ACR) Alberta leads the country in employment, exports and Alberta’s Capital Region encompasses 25 municipalities investment. There are currently $208 billion in projects with a total population of 1.16 million in the metro scheduled for completion within the next 3-5 years. Edmonton area. The region is the closest major service and Alberta’s real GDP advanced 3.3% up from a 4.5% manufacturing provider for the Alberta Oil Sands. When it decrease recorded in 2009. Alberta’s population is comes to the Capital Region, Strathcona County is a major 3.78 million, representing a growth of 1.7% from last player. Many companies operating in Strathcona County year. A diverse economy in agriculture, energy, forestry, are providing manufacturing, engineering, technical, and construction, finance and services positions Alberta to research services to the energy sector. There are currently continue to be leaders in the nation. over 66 projects at a value of $134 billion currently under construction in the Oil Sands.1 Naturally, opportunities for Albertans pay the lowest personal income taxes and no businesses supporting this sector are plentiful. provincial sales tax. As well, businesses have the lowest 1 corporate taxes in the country with no general payroll or www.albertacanada.com/documents/SP-MajorAlbertaProjects.pdf capital taxes. With a work force of 2.18 million, Alberta has the highest labour force participation rate and highest employment rate among the provinces. Source: Government of Alberta Finance. Alberta Economy Indicators at a Glance (February 17, 2012). Alberta’s Capital Region is home to award-winning research facilities in science, technology and medicine. Pictured above (from left to right): Alberta Research Council, Advanced Technology Centre and the University of Alberta. Images: Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) 5 | Guide to Strathcona County > Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services www.strathcona.ca/edt Strathcona County Strathcona County is strategically located for industry, agriculture and technical services. Location. Location. Location. Strathcona County is strategically located to take advantage of service and manufacturing needs regionally and provincially. Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, North America’s largest hydrocarbon processing complex, spans parts of Strathcona County as well as four other member municipalities. Agriculture is a large industry in the County. With 772 farms and over 85,000 hectares of agricultural land, the area is positioned for agri- food processing and agri-tourism opportunities. As of December 2011, there were a total of 7,905 business establishments in Strathcona County. The professional, scientific and technical services sector is the largest sector comprising 18.2 per cent of the total.2 2 Business Register Division, Statistics Canada 2011 Business Patterns Data. Some newcomers Recognize these businesses? The following are just a few To search for more businesses, or to add companies in the professional, scientific and technical services your company to our online business sector that have recently relocated to Strathcona County. directory, visit www.strathcona.ca/edt 6 | Guide to Strathcona County > Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services www.strathcona.ca/edt Professional Scientific and Technical Services in Strathcona County Business Type Profiles - Strathcona County (Statistics Canada, 2011) Retail Trade (459) Real estate, rental Transportation and warehousing (420) and leasing (723) 6% % Financial and insurance (393) 9% 5 5% Management of companies and enterprises (371) 5% Other (1,213) Health care and social assistance (352) 15% 4% 4% Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (280) 3% Wholesale trade (258) 3% Manufacturing (209) % 2% 17 2% Accommodation and food services (179) Construction (1,324) 1% 1% 18% Mining, quarrying, oil & gas extraction (129) Arts, entertainment, and recreation (89) Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (1,447) Information (49) (Total businesses: 7,905) PSTS Breakdowns Number of NAICS* Descriptor companies 5413 Architectural / Engineering / Related Services 278 As of Dec. 2011, there were 541611 Management consulting services 222 1,447 businesses that 5415 Computer systems, design, and related services 198 provided professional, scientific, and technical 541690 Other scientific and technical consulting services 159 services in Strathcona 5412 Accounting / Tax preparationg / Bookkeeping / Payroll services 162 County.