LAC LA BICHE COUNTY MUNICIPAL PROFILE 4th Edition Volume 2, February 15, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION 7 KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS 7 Economic Indicators 7 Building Permits 7 DEMOGRAPHICS 7 Population 7 Age Characteristics 8 Catchment Area Map 9 Income Composition 9 Total Income 10 Employment and Family Income 11 Educational Achievements 11 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 11 Lac La Biche County Major Projects 12 Catchment Area SAGD Thermal Projects Map 13 TAXATION 13 Personal Income Tax Rate Comparison 13 COST OF BUSINESS 13 Occupancy Costs 14 Labour Costs 14 Business Location Count 15 Utilities 15 Telecommunications 15 MARKET ACCESS 15 Distance to Major Cities 16 Traffic Counts Map 17 QUALITY OF LIFE 17 Living in Lac La Biche County 17 Health Care 18 Education 19 Lakes, Campgrounds and Fishing 20 Provincial Parks 21 Events, Culture, Sports and Leisure 25 Climate 26 Sources GENERAL LOCATION MAPS Cover: 27 Hamlet of Plamondon Top left: View of Lac La Biche lake. Hamlet of Lac La Biche Top right: Combine. 28 Bottom left: Cenovus workers. Photo courtesy of Cenovus. Inside cover: Top left: Canada day fireworks. Bottom left: Local fisher with a Walleye. Top right: Cenovus workers performing water tests. Photo courtesy of Cenovus. LAC LA BICHE COUNTY Welcoming By Nature; Your Playground Of Opportunity A little over 200 years ago, Lac La Biche and the Lac La Biche County is committed to responsible and surrounding area was known as a vital link on the sustainable growth, and has identified four main goals to voyageur fur trade route to the Athabasca River and on to help accomplish this: Hudson Bay. Fast forward to present day, and we find that Lac La Biche County is the only direct link to the South - Building relationships with oil and gas-based industries Athabasca Oil Sands SAGD developments and an - Supporting and recruiting commercial-based businesses alternative route on to Fort McMurray. Lac La Biche - Increasing the availability of affordable housing County is an important geographic hub for Northeastern - Expanding our tourism opportunities and services Alberta. With three major arterial roads (HWY’s 36, 55 & 881) all converging at the Hamlet of Lac La Biche, For information on Lac La Biche County, please visit our plus an airport and a rail line the County, offers amazing website at www.laclabichecounty.com and see why we potential to all who see the opportunity. are “Welcoming by Nature”. POPULATION6 12,220 TOP INDUSTRIES SOUTH ATHABASCA OIL Oil & Gas SIZE SANDS Lac La Biche has a direct 16 300 sq km Construction route to the South 23 SAGD Agricultural Athabasca Oil Sands HIGHWAYS Production projects within (SAGD developments) 3 major roads Lac La Biche County Transportation & Warehousing (HWY 36, 55, 881) Bottom left: Aerial view of Lac La Biche. Photo courtesy of the Lac La Biche Post. 5 WEBSITE www.laclabichecounty.com EMAIL [email protected] MAYOR Mayor Omer Moghrabi COUNCILLORS Wanda Austin David Phillips Tim Thompson John Nowak Richard Olson Robert Richard Hajar (Jerry) Haymour Mary Jane (MJ) Siebold CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Interim CAO Shadia Amblie MLA & CONSTITUENCY Election called at time of printing MP & CONSTITUENCY David Yurdiga, Fort McMurray - Athabasca INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Karen Gingras ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Mayor Omer Moghrabi (Chair) John Nowak (Vice Chair) Peter Mahowich (Crude Energy) Diane Scoville (Metis Nation Region 1) Northern Lights School Division (vacant) Doug Stewart (Lac La Biche Regional Community Development Corporation) Al Harpe (Lac La Biche & District Chamber of Commerce) Lise Warawa (Cenovus Energy Inc.) Brian Stratichuk (Lac La Biche Building Products) Plamondon District Community Development Society (vacant) Dr. Frederik Steyn (Lac La Biche Associated Medical Clinic) Top right: Alberta’s only David Thompson statue. 6 Middle right: Local Wildlife. Bottom right: Wakeboarder on Beaver Lake, Lac La Biche. KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS LAC LA BICHE COUNTY’S KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS Indicator 2015 Unemployment Rate1 4.5% Average Residential Selling Price2 $396,227 Total Development Permits (YTD)3 $5,437,500 Major Projects (billions) Lac La Biche4 $11.5 Workers at Cenovus project. Photo courtesy of Cenovus. DEVELOPMENT PERMIT STATISTICS Summary of Lac La Biche County Annual Development Permits5 Permit Category 2011 2012 2013 2014 Residential 67 83 94 74 Commercial/Industrial/Institutional 78 126 136 53 Total 145 209 230 127 Value in Dollars Residential $16,623,450 $20,036,335 $25,748,200 $26,063,552 Commercial/Industrial/Institutional $109,611,500 $911,713,062 $836,138,414 $133,497,999 Total $126,234,950 $931,749,397 $861,886,614 $159,561,551 DEMOGRAPHICS In 2011, Statistics Canada estimated Lac La Biche County’s population to be 8,402.5 In 2013, in a municipal census that counted both permanent and temporary residents the population was estimated to be 12,220.6 AGE CHARACTERISTICS Please note: Age characteristics for Lac La Biche County (LLBC) Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of according to 2011 Stats Canda numbers5 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less Category LLBC Male Female than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic Total population 8402 4255 4150 areas above the dissemination block level are derived by 0 - 14 years 1790 920 875 summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. 15 - 19 years 695 345 355 The adjustment of dissemination block counts is 20 - 34 years 1540 785 760 controlled to ensure that the population counts for 35 - 64 years 3345 1695 1650 65+ years 1025 500 520 dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual Median age of population 36.8 36.9 36.8 values. The adjustment has no impact on the % of population 15 and over 78.7 78.4 79 population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions. 7 8 DEMOGRAPHICS INCOME BREAKDOWN Income composition for the population in private households in 20105 Income composition LLBC Alberta Canada Aggregate total income ( million $) 286.0 140,166.8 1,053,582.1 Composition of total income in 2010 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 Market Income 90.6 92.7 87.6 Employment Income 80.7 81.3 74.7 Wages And Salaries 78.1 78.2 70.3 Self-Employment Income 2.4 3.1 4.4 Investment Income 4.4 6.2 4.6 Retirement Pensions, Superannuation And Annuities (%) 4.4 3.7 6.7 Other Money Income 1.2 1.6 1.7 Government Transfer Payments (%) 9.4 7.3 12.4 Canada / Quebec Pension Plan Benefits (%) 2.6 2.1 3.5 Old Age Security Pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement (%) 2.3 1.7 3.1 Employment Insurance Benefits (%) 1.4 1.1 1.8 Child Benefits (%) 1.7 1.2 2.6 Other Income From Government Sources (%) 1.4 1.2 2.6 Income taxes paid - as a % of total income 16.9 17.7 16.4 After-tax income - as a % of total income 83.1 82.3 83.6 In Lac La Biche County, 8.7% percent of the population aged 15 years and over had total income that put them in the top 5.0% nationally and 1.2% of them in the top 1.0%. INCOME Population aged 15 years and over by total income in 2010, Lac La Biche County5 Total income LLBC Alberta Canada Population 15 years and over by total income (count) 6,515 2,88,740 27,259,525 Without income or less than $27,815 (%) 45.9 43.7 50.0 Without income or less than $12,025 (%) 23.9 22.4 25.0 $12,025 to $27,814 (%) 21.9 21.2 25.0 $27,815 and over (%) 54.2 56.3 50.0 $27,815 to $51,304 (%) 21.8 22.9 25.0 $51,305 and over (%) 32.4 33.4 25.0 $80,420 and over (top ten percent) (%) 16.3 16.3 10.0 $102,305 and over (top 5 percent) (%) 8.7 9.2 5.0 $191,150 and over (top 1 percent)(%) 1.2 2.0 1.0 9 DEMOGRAPHICS Hamlet of Lac La BIche EMPLOYMENT INCOME Median earnings in the most common, full-year, full-time occupations in 2010, LLBC5 Population with earnings who worked full- LLBC Alberta Canada year, full-time in 2010 # median earnings ($) median earnings ($) median earnings ($) Transport and heavy equipment operation and 250 59,944 53,964 44,286 related maintenance occupations FAMILY INCOME Median after-tax income in 2010 for economic families and persons not in economic families, LLBC5 Median after-tax income = MATI Economic family LLBC Alberta Canada structure and sex # MATI ($) MATI ($) MATI ($) All economic families 2,335 77,624 80,271 67,044 Couple families 1,985 85,811 85,786 72,356 Lone-parent families 320 36,689 49,270 42,401 Other economic families 35 110,221 65,149 55,484 Persons not in economic families 905 36,848 32,451 25,761 Males 550 43,119 36,646 28,197 Females 355 31,571 28,211 23,917 10 DEMOGRAPHICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Highest Levels of Educational Achievements in 2011, LLBC5 Characteristics Total Share of total Alberta Share of total Total population 15 years and over 6520 100% 2,888,735 100% No certificate, diploma or degree 1890 29% 550,465 19% High school certificate or equivalent 1430 22% 764,390 26% Apprenticeship or trades certificates or diploma 895 14% 318,280 11% College, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma 1335 20% 530,100 18% University certificate or diploma below the bachelor level 175 3% 122,465 4% University certificate, diploma, or degree 805 12% 161,320 6% BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT LLBC MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AS OF FEBRUARY, 20157 Summary Company Projects Estimated Costs (millions) ($) Lac La Biche County Infrastructure 19.2 Highway 63 Upgrades 147.6 Black Pearl Resources Blackrod Phases 1 802.0 CNRL Grouse 1,530.0 Kirby North Ph.