Competitive Tax Environment
Alberta offers one of the most competitive business tax environments in North America – no provincial retail sales tax (PST), provincial capital taxes, payroll taxes or machinery and equipment taxes.
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Commitment to Support Innovation
Alberta Innovates is a system of government agencies run through Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education committed to working with industry to support new technology development, increase commercialization and develop new markets and opportunities.
Alberta’s key advanced technology sectors include:
Life sciences
Advanced materials and nanotechnology
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Aerospace and defence
Market Access
Alberta is strategically located with its central position in the growing western Canadian market of ten million people
Alberta is the only western province that offers overnight, or less than 24-hour delivery service to all of western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest - a market of more than 50 million consumers.
Modern Infrastructure
Alberta’s world-class infrastructure supports business development and growth. Alberta has:
Advanced technology and communications networks
Extensive transportation networks
Quality education and training facilities
Superior research and development
Competitively priced commercial and industrial real estate.
A Diverse, Skilled and Educated Workforce
One in six Albertans was born outside of Canada, making Alberta one of the most multi-national and multi-cultural provinces in the country.
As of July 1st, 2015, Alberta’s population reached 4,196,457 a 1.8% increase from a year earlier.
In 2014, 64.9% of the labour force aged twenty-five years and older reported holding a university degree or post-secondary diploma or certificate.
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