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"Attracting Chinese FDI to Canada" Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Click here for more details |
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2009 GTMA Annual General Meeting and ILBC Tuesday, June 9, 2009 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Click here for more details |
Local Manufacturing in Toronto’s Emerging Green Economy Friday, May 1, 2009 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. click here for more details |
Seneca College Hosts Making Data Make Sense And Work For You May 4 & 5, 2009 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - GTMA Members received a 5% discount contact for more details |
The GTA is Canada's undisputed business and manufacturing capital and the sixth largest region in North America. It has the lowest business costs and most generous R & D tax treatment among the G8 countries. (KPMG Global Cost Competitive Study, 2006) |
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GTMA Helps Uline Establish Canadian Presence: Uline opens Brampton Facility (press release). For further information on Uline's Canadian plans, see the GTMA "Forging Global Relationships 2006-2007 Annual Report" (PDF page 10) |
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Miller Thomson's Doing Business in Canada publication. A Guide to Canada's legal, government and economic structure for executives, entrepreneurs, investors and counsel who are, or may be, doing business in Canada. more... |
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Canadian Dollar on the Rise |
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Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance Sells French Conferencing Company on GTA Location. Read more |
Home to more than 700 parts manufacturers and 50, 000 employees, the GTA is one of the most vital and diverse automotive clusters on the continent . Read more information on Manufacturing Sector Profile |
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Astute Financial Services Firms Enter North America via Toronto. Read more
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GTMA Helps Taiwanese Firm Choose the GTA. Read more
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The Ontario Technology Corridor (OTC) brings together Ontario’s top three ICT clusters – Greater Toronto Area, Waterloo Region and Ottawa Region. Read more |
The GTMA Partners are a network of senior executives who can provide expert advice on a range of issues to help you evaluate the GTA as an expansion location. If you would like to connect with one of our partners, let us know.
Established in 1993, Cybernomics is an innovator in remote systems management and IT problems resolution. Our mission is to provide high quality, cost effective and efficient, customized solutions. Our team of IT specialists, work with small to large businesses and not?for-profits on network related issues, with an emphasis on usability. We are committed to, and have a proven track record of, success helping organizations maximize the efficiency and functionality of their information systems. Even as your IT demands change, we still remain committed to providing ongoing 24X7 support to affirm that the highest level of satisfaction is being achieved.
www.cybernomics.netAs a promotional advertising and design agency, solidifying our place in the advertising industry as innovative leaders is our primary goal. We assist clients in developing and implementing effective advertising that increases both brand recognition and their bottom line. We see it as our mission to continually provide better service to our clients. Developing a partner relationship with our client allows our customer to maximize our talents and receive a greater return on investment.
www.compasspromotions.comDell Canada Inc. offers a broad range of Computer enterprise systems (servers, storage, workstations, and networking products), client systems (notebook and desktop computer systems), printing, imaging systems, software, peripherals, and global services. In 2006, Dell was the number one supplier of personal computer systems worldwide as well as in Canada. Dell?s global market leadership is the result of a persistent focus on delivering the best possible customer experience by selling Computer products and services directly to customers.
www.dell.caDTZ Barnicke is the country's leading Canadian commercial real estate advisory and brokerage company offering a full range of realty consulting, transactional and advisory services. DTZ Barnicke's primary focus has been on all major realty services including the office, industrial, investment, retail, hospitality and corporate sectors. DTZ Barnicke offers its clients in-depth real estate advice in 45 countries and 200 international business markets. Through the local market expertise and partnership of over 7,000 commercial real estate professionals worldwide, DTZ Barnicke offers clients comprehensive and experienced strategic advice in every major industry sector that utilizes commercial real estate. We offer specialized resources and real estate expertise in dozens of strategic sectors.
www.dtzbarnicke.comEnbridge Gas Distribution provides safe, reliable distribution of natural gas to about 1.8 million industrial, commercial and residential customers in communities including the Greater Toronto Area. A regulated utility with 160 years of experience, Enbridge owns and operates the systems that bring comfort with natural gas to homes and businesses.
Enbridge Inc. is a leader in energy transportation and distribution in North America and internationally. As a distributor of energy, Enbridge owns and operates Canada's largest natural gas distribution company, Enbridge Gas Distribution, which provides distribution services in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and in New York State; and is developing a gas distribution system for the Province of New Brunswick. As transporters of energy, Enbridge operates in Canada and the U.S., the world's longest crude oil and liquids pipeline system.
www.enbridge.comEvalueserve is a leading player in the rapidly growing Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) sector. Founded in 2000, Evalueserve currently employs over 1600 research professionals, located at three operational centers - India, China and Chile. Evalueserve Canada is Evalueserve?s Canadian front office, providing Canadian Clients with the opportunity to utilize global resources to execute their business and market research, investment research and intellectual property research projects cost-effectively.
www.evalueserve.comFour Halls Inc. is George Fierheller's personal investment company. Mr. Fierheller?s distinguished and successful business career spans 40 years, having lead a number of companies, among them: President of SDL, one of the pioneering computer service companies in Canada, founding President & CEO of Cantel Inc. and Vice Chairman of Rogers Communications until 1996. George was the Founding Chair of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA) and is now the Chair Emeritus and the Chair of the Honorary Board, a group of distinguished business and community leaders acting as an advisory body to the GTMA. Much of the success of the GTMA is owed to Mr. Fierheller?s leadership and commitment in shaping the mandate of the GTMA, and advancing the principle of a unified approach to promoting the region internationally. He has been instrumental in mobilizing the GTMA?s broad stakeholders and partners to work in partnership to achieve the goals and objectives of the GTMA. His contribution to the community are well recognized, having been the recipient of many awards including a Doctor of Laws degree from Concordia University, Doctor of Sacred Letters from Trinity College and Toronto's highest honour, The Award of Merit. Mr. Fierheller was also admitted into the Canadian Information Productivity Hall of Fame and in July 2000 was appointed a Member of The Order of Canada. In May, 2001, he was honoured by the Association of Fundraising Professionals as the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year during The International Year of the Volunteer. In 2002, he received the Queen?s Golden Jubilee Medal and the Salute to the City Award for service to the City of Toronto.
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP is one of Canada's leading business law firms. For over 160 years, FMC has been providing clients with the depth of experience and trusted legal advice to address virtually every facet of Canadian business law. Whether you require the services of an individual lawyer, the dedication of a client service team or the resources of a national practice group, FMC has a well-earned reputation for consistently delivering the highest quality legal services and counsel to its clients.
www.fmc-law.comGowlings is a leading Canadian law firm offering a diverse range of services to help domestic and international organizations achieve their business objectives. Recognized for excellence in business, advocacy and intellectual property law, Gowlings provides dedicated industry expertise in a number of sectors including energy, infrastructure, life sciences, financial services, technology and manufacturing. The Firm combines traditional legal services with innovative solutions in areas such as transfer pricing and tax, government relations and occupational health and safety, to provide business entities with a competitive advantage.
www.gowlings.comAccessible, independent, knowledgeable and experienced, we are committed to being proactive in bringing our clients timely information and advice, and our partners are accessible to our clients. We provide a team-based approach and dedication to partner or senior professional involvement and regular client contact—for every client, for every engagement.
Grant Thornton—a leading Canadian accounting and business advisory firm, providing audit, tax and advisory services to private and public organizations.
To complement our technical knowledge and expertise, we have professionals who are dedicated to developing in-depth industry knowledge.
Together with the Quebec firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, we have more than 3,100 people in offices across Canada. Grant Thornton LLP is a Canadian member of Grant Thornton International Ltd (Grant Thornton International). Grant Thornton International and the member firms are not a worldwide partnership. Services are delivered by the member firms independently.
Green and Spiegel is one of Canada's oldest immigration law practices and it is also Canada's largest. With lawyers in both Toronto and Vancouver - Canada's two largest immigration centers - Green and Spiegel's network of worldwide offices ensure the broadest possible access for our clients. The firm represents many multinational corporations and medium size corporations assisting with the movement of their key personnel to and from Canada and the United States.
www.greenandspiegel.comHill & Knowlton Canada is the nation?s leading strategic communications consultancy, with a successful track record of providing high quality, cost-effective public relations support to companies, agencies, government ministries and organizations. The firm is also a multi-specialist agency, offering in-depth expertise in a variety of areas and sectors such as crisis communications, technology communications, digital communications, corporate communications, health and pharmaceuticals, consumer health, life sciences, marketing communications, corporate responsibility, financial communications, Aboriginal affairs, investor relations, and public affairs.
www.hillandknowlton.caIan Martin Limited has been assisting companies in their staffing needs in Canada and the USA since 1957. Through Ian Martin's affiliated companies, we are able to meet clients' staffing needs in areas such as Information Technology, Engineering, Sales & Marketing and Administration. With over 40 years of industry-related experience and numerous branch offices strategically located throughout North America, Ian Martin has become a vital staffing resource for over 1,000 of North America's leading public and private companies.
www.ianmartin.comThe Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto is a not-for-profit, Ontario-based organization with a business-like approach to its operations and activities We endeavour to help members identify and exploit business opportunities in Canada and Italy and provide expert in planning trade delegations, researching industrial sectors and markets for investors, and in helping members network to create meaningful business and cultural relationships between Canada, Italy and the world.
www.italchambers.caMayhew creates and maintains workspaces that work by auditing, planning and designing client workspaces which directly reflect their culture, functionality and business objectives. Mayhew?s strategic consultative approach and award winning design complemented by a complete range of physical services and furniture-procurement have made the company an integrated solutions provider. Today, Mayhew is widely recognized for its comprehensive range of services, its innovative approach to delivering client solutions and measured business practices. Mayhew provides tenant focused solutions in Real Estate, Architecture, Design as well as other Facility Management related services to a national client base.
www.mayhew.caMiller Thomson LLP enjoys a reputation as one of Canada's most respected national business law firms. Our consistent ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an unyielding service commitment to our clients and a strong dedication to our lawyers, staff and the communities in which we practice, gives us a unique position in the Canadian legal industry. Miller Thomson LLP is one of Canada's largest national law firms, and provides a complete range of business law, advocacy and personal legal services to Canadian and international corporations, entrepreneurs, institutions, governments and not-for-profit organizations.
Ontario Power Generation Inc. is an Ontario-based electricity generation company whose principal business is the generation and sale of electricity in Ontario. Our focus is on the efficient production and sale of electricity from our generation assets, while operating in a safe, open and environmentally responsible manner.
www.opg.comThe Ontario Power Authority (OPA) is responsible for ensuring a reliable, long-term supply of electricity for Ontario. Its four key areas of focus are: leading and coordinating conservation efforts across the province, planning the power system for the long term, ensuring development of needed generation resources, and supporting the continued evolution of the electricity sector.
The OPA was established by the Electricity Restructuring Act, 2004 (amending the Electricity Act, 1998, and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998). It is governed by an independent Board of Directors and reports to the Ontario Legislative Assembly through the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. The OPA is licensed and regulated by the Ontario Energy Board.
www.powerauthority.on.caPromation Engineering Ltd. is an automation integrator, tooling supplier and component manufacturer servicing the automotive and nuclear industries. Promation Engineering Ltd. has the capacity for large turnkey projects including concept development, design, equipment construction, installation, service and support. Our superior mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and manufacturing services are all offered in house. Furthermore, Promation Engineering Ltd. provides excellent support to all of its customers on orders great and small.
www.promation.comPricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, advisory and tax services for public, private and government clients in all markets. More than 120,000 people in 139 countries connect their thinking, experience and solutions to build public trust and enhance value for clients and their stakeholders.
www.pwc.com/caTSA designs and delivers strategic communications and public affairs programs that shape opinion among consumers, governments, investors and media. TSA consultants come from a variety of backgrounds including media, government, law, financial services, corporate communications and marketing. We work in a flat organizational structure that emphasizes multi-disciplinary skills, with account teams selected to suit each client?s unique requirements. From offices in Toronto and Ottawa, TSA operates nationally by leveraging strong relationships with media, governments and public opinion influencers across Canada and the United States.
www.tsa.caTSI International Group is a member of the TSI Group of Companies headquartered in Toronto Canada, which are engaged in a variety of real estate businesses. TSI International has operations and /or representation in North America, Europe, and Asia- Pacific.
Land Banking Pioneers: TSI International co-founders, Daniel Lane and Stephen Huggins are at the forefront of a growing trend to bring the high returns and superior benefits of land banking to qualified investors. TSI Services/Clients: The TSI Group provides a range of investment management services for institutional investors, private clients, independent wealth managers, and private banks. Alternative Real Estate Investment Products: The firm focuses on real estate investment products that provide absolute returns, regardless of market conditions. The firm offers structured debt and equity products for qualified institutional and individual investors.
www.tsi-international.comBrampton is the third largest municipality in the GTA and has the servicing capacity and land supply to accommodate significant growth. Proximity to Pearson International Airport and accessibility provided by Highways 407, 410 and 427 have led to Brampton?s emergence as a key distribution and manufacturing location and the growth of its food and beverage industry. Transportation equipment and fabricated metal products are its top two industrial sectors, and Advanced Manufacturing and Food & Beverage are its top two employment sectors.
Caledon is the natural course of business. Located within the Greater Toronto Area, Caledon is home to over 1,700 prosperous companies. Successful industry leaders such as Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Mars Canada, Omega Lift, Brite Manufacturing Inc., and HB Fenn & Company easily connect their Caledon business to world wide markets by air, rail and road. World class golfing and recreational venues, delectable restaurants, and distinguished inns help create a community that offers the best of rural and urban living.
Durham Region is comprised of eight municipalities. A series of major lakeshore urban communities contrast with a variety of small towns, villages, hamlets and farms which lie immediately inland. It is best known for the strength of its manufacturing sector, although agriculture and energy are also important to the region?s economy. Automotive is the largest sector in Durham employing more than 22,000 people and investment within this sector continues to grow.
Durham Region also has a unique cluster of plastics companies encompassing the full length of the supply chain. As host to two major nuclear generating facilities, Durham is the energy production capital of Ontario. Canada?s newest university, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, together with Durham College will provide energy related programming to produce graduates in the energy field and to incubate new innovative businesses.
As the western gateway to the Greater Toronto Area, Halton Region is well positioned to provide quick accessibility to U.S. border crossings and access to two international airports. A network of roads and highways, which include the Queen Elizabeth Way, Highways 401, 403 and the 407 ETR, links the four municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville which form the Region of Halton. Serviced employment lands provide businesses with a variety of locations to meet all business needs.
The Region also has a diversified economic base featuring such sectors as advanced manufacturing, automotive, metal processing, knowledge-based industries, tourism and professional, scientific and technical services, all of which are supported by a skilled workforce. Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, renowned for its digital media animation technology, is located in Halton. The picturesque Niagara Escarpment and the shoreline of Lake Ontario provide a natural backdrop for recreational pursuits and an attractive quality of life.
Mississauga has experienced over three decades of strong growth and is now Canada's sixth largest municipality. L.B. Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest airport is located within Mississauga and an extensive highway network serves the city. Mississauga has attracted head offices for multinational corporations and is a key technology center in the GTA. Its diverse economy is strong in automotive, aerospace, biomedical, information technologies and the financial services sectors.
Toronto is the 5th largest city in North America. Its residents include more than 100 different ethnic groups and speak almost as many languages making Toronto a unique mosaic where the cultures and groups live in harmony. Toronto is a leader in many other ways.
It is Canada's corporate capital, with more nationally and internationally top-ranked companies than any other Canadian city. It is the country?s financial and business services headquarters. As well, it is the call centre and shared-uses hub for the region. In addition to being Canada?s key financial and business location, Toronto is strong in other clusters including biomedical/pharmaceutical, information and communications technologies, food and beverage, fashion, industrial, film and television production, graphic design, and tourism. Its "no development charges" policy for industrial and commercial projects has served to make its costs even more competitive.
York Region is one of the fastest growing regions in the Greater Toronto Area and has earned a reputation as a premier, diverse business location. Since 2001 York Region?s population has grown by an annual average rate of 4.1% and employment grew 22% from 380,000 to 465,000.
Comprised of nine vibrant municipalities, the Region have a strong economic base that encompasses information and communications technology, biotechnology and biopharma, environmental products and services, business services, automotive and transportation equipment manufacturing and agricultural and tourism-based industries.
Many renowned and dynamic companies call York Region home. Over 22 major brand name firms with over 500 employees are established in the Region served by a well educated and skilled multicultural workforce. The Region offers an excellent quality of life and a wide range of unique recreational opportunities for all ages, from top-rated golf courses, museums and galleries, premier equestrian facilities, and Canada?s Wonderland to scenic nature trails on the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Established in 1966, Centennial College is Ontario?s first public college serving 12,500 full-time students and 28,000 part-time learners annually at four campuses in the Greater Toronto Area. It has a record of exemplary teaching, innovative programming and extensive partnership building. Centennial offers more than 100 diploma, certificate and degree programs on a full- and part-time basis in business, communication arts, community and consumer services, engineering technology, health care and transportation. These programs emphasize experiential learning with laboratory instruction, co-op education, and industry and agency placements for students.
www.centennialcollege.caWith nine out of 10 graduates getting jobs within six months of graduation, Toronto?s George Brown College has established a reputation for equipping students with the skills, industry experience and credentials to pursue the careers of their choice. From its three main campuses located across the downtown core, George Brown offers more than 140 programs across a wide variety of professions. Students can earn diplomas, post-graduate certificates, industry accreditations, apprenticeships and four-year bachelors degrees. More than 20,000 students attend the College (full-time equivalent) with about 60,000 registered with the George Brown College School of Continuing Education.
www.georgebrown.caRyerson University is Canada’s leader in innovative, career-focused education and a university clearly on the move. It is a distinctly urban university with a mission to serve societal need, and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community. Guided by a bold new Academic Plan, an ambitious research agenda, and a recently-completed Master Plan to revitalize the campus and surrounding neighbourhood, Ryerson is now the most applied-to university in Ontario relative to available spaces, and its reputation with business and community leaders continues to rise.
www.ryerson.caSeneca College of Applied Arts and Technology is the largest college in Canada with more than 100,000 full and part-time students on campuses across the Greater Toronto Area. Seneca provides internationally and nationally recognized career education and training key to graduate success in the global economy. Every Seneca diploma, certificate and applied degree program is developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, integrated with information technology, combined with technical and transferable skills, and reinforced by opportunities for ongoing education and re-training.
www.senecac.on.caThe Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is one of Canada's premier polytechnic institutes and is dedicated to exceptional applied learning and graduate success. It is a leader in providing skills-based educational programming that integrates theory with application, preparing students for careers in visual and performing arts, business, community services and technical fields. Sheridan serves close to 15,000 full-time students annually at its campuses in Oakville and Brampton, Ontario.
www.sheridan.caUOIT is a unique and vibrant place, rooted in its community and powered by its people. It is driven by a dynamic, student-centred vision for 21st-century teaching and research. Its history is short but proud, and is inextricably linked to the dedication of our founders - the scores of volunteers in Durham Region and Northumberland County who shared our vision, mission and values.
www.uoit.caFor 25-years, Segal has been delivering quality and value to clients and is one of Canada?s 30 largest accounting firms ? offering integrated solutions in Assurance, Taxation, Business Advisory and Financial Recovery. Their breadth of experience allows understanding when dealing with the unique issues specific to a client?s industry and business type, helping secure a stronger financial and market position.
www.segalpartners.comYork University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada’s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 50,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as more than 200,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 11 faculties and 26 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation.
The Ontario College of Art & Design is Canada’s “university of the imagination,” engaging in education and research and contributing to the fields of art and design, local and global cultural initiatives, and knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines.
www.ocad.caTrowbridge is a firm of Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors centrally located in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Trowbridge provides outsourced accounting and tax services to foreign-based small and mid-sized corporations in a wide variety of industries looking to establish a presence in Canada as well as corporations with existing Canadian operations.
Trowbridge works with the corporation’s legal and other advisors to assist with the initial structuring of the Canadian operations to minimize tax and to set up the local accounting system to ensure that both management reporting needs and local record keeping requirements are met. Trowbridge manages the ongoing accounting and reporting functions in an outsource capacity on behalf of the foreign company.
With a particular focus on corporate and employee tax compliance, transactional consulting and planning from an international context, Trowbridge ensures that the Canadian business operations and its employees are both aware of and remain compliant with Canadian income, payroll and commodity tax issues and are structured tax effectively both locally and from the foreign company’s point of view.
Metrolinx is the Regional Transportation Agency created by the Government of Ontario in 2006, to address the urgent need to improve and integrate transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Our mission is to initiate a coordinated state-of-the-art transportation system that moves people and goods efficiently, economically and in an environmentally sustainable way. In just over a year, Metrolinx produced "The Big Move", the plan that will transform travellers' experience in one of the fastest growing urban regions in Canada. We are moving aggressively to implement projects that will see the largest transportation expansion in half a century.
Humber is rated as the most popular college in Ontario. Humber receives more student applications than any other Ontario college. A member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber is committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning. Humber's broad range of career-focused, educational opportunities include: apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree and graduate certificate programs. With more than 350 programs from which to choose, Humber’s 20,000 full-time and 55,000 part-time students have access to many pathways for continuous learning across eight academic schools at three GTA campuses. Humber offers 12 degree programs which enrol more than 24 per cent of all students studying in degree level programs in Ontario colleges. In addition, Humber has transfer credit opportunities with more than 50 Canadian and international universities. More than 91 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies.