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North Bay – The Perfect Balance

With a 15-minute work-to-home commute, affordable living, and natural beauty, including vast lakes, trail networks, and ski hill in the middle of the city, North Bay’s quality of life is matched by its vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Located just a three-hour drive north of the GTA, the City of North Bay’s connected network of business supports come together to help foster economic growth and diversification. North Bay is a diverse community that offers a perfect blend of opportunity and easy living. With a population of approximately 52,662 and a trading area of 112,000, North Bay offers many economic advantages for both residents and businesses. The city boasts convenient and affordable housing options with the amenities of larger urban centres, including a regional health centre and specialized care, innovative post-secondary institutions, countless outdoor experiences and a thriving creative sector.

#1 place in Ontario to buy real estate

Source: Where to Buy Real Estate in Canada 2022: National ranking - MoneySense

(https://www.moneysense.ca/spend/real-estate/where-to-buy-real-estate-in-canada/)

Top 20 best investment locations in Canada

Source: Canada's Best Locations: Infrastructure for Innovation, Talent for Tomorrow | Site Selection Magazine

(https://siteselection.com/issues/2020/sep/canadas-best-locations-infrastructure-for-innovation-talent-for-tomorrow.cfm#gsc.tab=0)

One of the most livable places in Canada

Source: Canada's 2021 Livability Rankings | RATESDOTCA - RATESDOTCA

(https://rates.ca/guides/mortgage/canadas-most-livable-cities#full)

Skilled, loyal, educated, and creative people.

North Bay is home to educational institutions and training facilities that support our local workforce. With a wide spectrum of customized training opportunities, programs are designed and tailored to meet the changing needs of industry.
Over 83% of North Bay’s population, 15 years of age and over, achieved high school diplomas and 56% have graduated from a trade school, technical college or university.
North Bay has a strong bilingual workforce and is culturally diverse with more than 90 languages spoken in the area.
To assist with labour attraction and retention efforts, the City of North Bay developed the North Bay Works Human Resource Support Program. This program is designed to provide eligible businesses with professional customized HR expertise.
North Bay is one of the eleven Canadian communities participating in the Rural Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) program. This federal program is a tool designed to assist our employers looking tohire an immigrant, temporary resident or overseas candidate that wants to become a permanent resident.

Join a vibrant, diverse and welcoming community.

Listed as the most affordable real estate region in Ontario, the community offers a variety of ownership and rental opportunities. With a mix of heritage homes, modern lofts and condos by the lake, North Bay boasts convenient and affordable housing options to suit any lifestyle.
Situated between Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake, North Bay’s average commute time of 15 minutes allows residents more time to enjoy leisure activities and the natural beauty of the area.
North Bay has a distinct four-season climate that provides outdoor enthusiasts or want-to-be outdoor enthusiasts with an abundance of activities. With 43 public beach access areas, 100s of kilometers of trails, and 73 parks and green spaces – there is something for everyone.
Arts, culture, and heritage are deeply rooted in North Bay. With a selection of galleries, museums, historical buildings and a well-known 1,000 seat performance theatre, the creative sector is thriving throughout the community.
The newly transformed community arena is home to our OHL team, the North Bay Battalion. The multi-use facility is used year-round and hosts a variety of national sporting events, concerts, and tradeshows.

Explore bilingual, lifelong learning opportunities.

North Bay is home to Nipissing University, Canadore College, several private colleges, training institutions, vocational schools, and four school boards. With a wide range of educational institutions and programs, students can begin learning in junior kindergarten and complete their studies with a master’s degree, without ever leaving the city.
Company-led research facilities are thriving at Canadore College and include the Innovation Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping (iCAMP), the Advanced Composite Fabrication Repair and Test Centre and a Post-Production Centre.
Nipissing University is involved in a wide range of research including Indigenous, Environmental and Natural Resources, Human Sciences, Conflict Resolution, Inequality, Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences with an international recognized cluster for topology research.
North Bay has a variety of bilingual childcare services including after-school and youth programs.
The community has several organizations that provide English as a Second Language (ESL) training to newcomers.

Expand into a thriving economy.

North Bay helps companies leverage their investments through fully serviced municipal industrial parks, expedited permitting, no industrial development charges and a variety of municipal fees and tax rebate programs.
One of the municipal incentives to stimulate investment is the Growth Community Improvement Plan (GCIP).This program is designed to grow the community through city wide programming for industrial development and targeting intensification for housing and downtown waterfront commercial projects.
North Bay was one of the first municipalities in the province to institute a streamlined development approach called Development Application Review Team (DART). Their primary objective is to facilitate development by ensuring a coordinated and timely response on all development proposals.
From multinational corporations to local entrepreneurs, North Bay’s industrial environment is diversified and innovative. Companies provide engineered products and services to customers around the globe with easy access to international markets.

North Bay Support Services

The City of North Bay is committed to ensuring companies are well served during and after their expansion project or relocation to the community.

The economic development team are available to assist with all aspects of business development, from access to capital, location review and site selection to grand opening and community integration. We engage our network of community partners to help companies access services, resources and funding programs that support innovation, capital requirements and talent recruitment, settlement, and development. We want to ensure that new investors and their employees have access to the types of resources and professional services needed to thrive in the community.

Northern Ontario specific immigration attraction and funding programs, including municipal incentives, support business growth and expansion in North Bay. Regional, provincial and federal programs stimulate investment within their targeted sectors by providing technical expertise, capital funding and partnership development assistance. In addition, the Northern Ontario Angels, ranked as the #1 Angel Organization in North America has a strong presence in North Bay to facilitate investments.

Key Sectors

North Bay’s diverse local economy is supported by vibrant business and industry sectors. With a strong balanced mix of industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) operations, North Bay continues to grow by encouraging local expansions and by attracting new compatible companies. Our industrial firms experience a high level of success because they have a diversified offering, produce highly engineered, high margin, low volume products for a global market.

Advanced Manufacturing

Aviation, Aerospace & Transportation

Film & Television

Mining Supply & Services

Public Administration

Tourism & Cultural Industries

Technology & Digital Innovation

Access to Markets

STRATEGIC LOCATION

North Bay is well connected to major urban markets in Canada and the United States via a network of transportation options, including roads, air and rail.

Just minutes from the downtown core, the municipally-owned YYB North Bay Jack Garland Airport (YYB) boasts the longest runway in Northern Ontario. With a main runway of 10,000 ft. in length, Category 1 instrument landing system, Canada Customs and flight service stations, YYB North Bay Jack Garland Airport attracts and accommodates aircrafts ranging in size from light trainers to wide-bodied “heavies” such as the Boeing 747 and Antonov 124.

High-capacity rail freight lines connect to major centres and make it possible to transfer heavy load, major volume materials quickly and efficiently. Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway, Canadian National (CN) Railway, and Ottawa Valley Railway (OVR) provide freight services to and from North Bay and are well-connected to the United States’ rail system and to all industrial areas in Canada.

Connectivity

PCMag.com named The City of North Bay as the 2020 winner of the fastest Mobile Networks (source: Fastest Mobile Networks Canada 2020 – North Bay | PCMag)

North Bay is one of the major centres on several high-capacity fiber optic networks that link the national service provider across Canada and, in turn, connect to international carriers. North Bay connects Northern Ontario to southern centres and provides a northern bridge between the eastern and western-most points of the province. This east-west link offers redundant connectivity to major carriers in the south, further ensuring consistent, world-class telecommunications services to businesses and residents in the city.

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