Canada's Advantages

Canada remains one of the most welcoming and profitable places in the world for international business and foreign direct investment.

“ We have had a tremendous experience in Canada, having found great capabilities in R&D, engineering, processor development and software development. This has helped us grow from a company with $52 million in Canadian revenues in 1994 to $2 billion today. ”
Robert Lloyd, Executive Vice-President for Worldwide Operations, Cisco

Canada’s economy continues to outperform those of most other industrialized countries. Driving this remarkable performance are a series of competitive advantages, such as low business costs and corporate tax rates, ready access to markets, a highly skilled and educated workforce, strong public support for R&D and stable, robust financial institutions.

Canada is the best country for business in the G-20 according to Forbes Magazine’s November 2012 study.
For the fifth consecutive year, the World Economic Forum rates Canada’s banking system as the world’s soundest.
The International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development both forecast that Canada will remain among the leaders of the world’s major economies through at least 2013.