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Operate inside a supply chain that is already running.

01.2

The short list

Land price, tax rate and power cost converge once you are down to three finalists.

What separates the last three is who answers the phone, how fast the answer comes back, and whether the companies around the site can actually supply you.

Our economic development team answers, usually within a business day, and will put you in a room with the operators who already buy what you would be buying.

01.3

Day one

What exists here before you build anything.

  • 01

    Feedstock and supply

    Manitoba produces roughly 29 percent of Canada’s hogs and is Western Canada’s dairy capital. The feed, the barns and the primary producers sit inside your delivery radius.

  • 02

    Freight

    One hour to CentrePort Canada, the largest trimodal inland port and Foreign Trade Zone in North America. One hour to the United States border. Richardson International within 100 km for cargo.

  • 03

    Trades and operators

    A workforce raised on manufacturing and processing, median age 36.

  • 04

    Contractors who have already built to food grade

    Design-build contractors, steel fabricators, equipment dealers, packaging and waste handlers who have built for HyLife, Loewen and Barkman and know what a food-grade plant needs.

01.4

Access

Everything a logistics model needs, in driving hours.

Steinbach Winnipeg 51 km, about 1 hour CentrePort Canada 59 km, about 1 hour Ste. Anne 16 km La Broquerie 13 km Landmark 19 km Vita 44 km Niverville 27 km Grunthal 18 km New Bothwell 16 km 25 km 50 km MANITOBA UNITED STATES Designated for the immigration pilot Community in the area Nearby Boundaries: OpenStreetMap, ODbL

PUBLISHED BY SOUTHEAST MANITOBA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ASK FOR LANE-LEVEL FREIGHT DATA AND WE WILL PULL IT WITH THE CARRIERS DIRECTLY.

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Regional farmland from the air, the feedstock under the cluster.

01.5

Suppliers

Your contractors have already built to food grade.

HyLife exports premium pork to Japan. Loewen sells into the top of the North American window market. Bausch Health runs pharmaceutical production here. WS Steel is a Tier 1 OEM fabricator.

The design-build firms, steel shops and packaging suppliers around them work to those specs every week, and the trades you hire have passed export audits before.

Read the company stories

01.6

The numbers

Site-selection figures, including water, serviced land and wastewater.

THE MARKED ROWS ARE WATER, RAIL, SERVICED LAND AND WASTEWATER. ASK FOR ALL FOUR ON THE FIRST CALL.

Regional trading area More than 150,000 people
Population within 100 km 75 percent of Manitoba
Drive to CentrePort Canada About 1 hour. The largest trimodal inland port and Foreign Trade Zone in North America
Drive to the United States border About 1 hour
Major cargo airport within 100 km Richardson International, Winnipeg
Rail Nearby rail connections serve Canadian and North American markets. Ask for the nearest spur and the distance to your candidate site
Regional airport Steinbach. 3,000 ft by 75 ft lighted paved runway, 100LL AvGas and Jet-A on site
Median age 36
Permanent residency timeline Direct path to permanent residency through the Rural Community Immigration Pilot. Steinbach issues up to 5 recommendations per monthly intake
Industrial power Manitoba Hydro, among the lowest industrial rates in North America, predominantly hydroelectric. Request the current rate schedule
Water Natural spring water from the regional water table. Assay, quality and volume figures available on request
Serviced industrial land Limited. Ask for the current serviced and unserviced inventory before you model a timeline
Wastewater capacity Constrained and under active work. Ask for this month's status

01.7

Fit

Bring us protein processing, precision manufacturing or agri-tech.

Hyperscale data centres, absentee-owned commodity plants and anything drawing a large share of the water table for a handful of jobs get referred somewhere else.

If you land in the poor-fit row you will hear it on the first call, along with the name of a region that fits you better.

  1. 01

    A good fit

    Protein and food processing. Advanced and precision manufacturing. Agri-tech and applied research. Packaging, automation and freight, and the suppliers those need.

  2. 02

    A poor fit

    Hyperscale data centres. Absentee-owned commodity operations. Anything consuming a large share of scarce water or power for a small number of jobs.

  3. 03

    Wide open

    Value-added processing, cold storage, byproduct and rendering capacity, applied food science. Ask us who is currently trucking these in.

01.8

Process

What happens after you send the requirement.

  1. 01

    Tell us what you need

    Throughput, water, power, acreage, headcount, timeline.

  2. 02

    We put real numbers in front of you

    Sites, utilities, wage data, freight lanes, incentive programs, and the caveats.

  3. 03

    Our team walks you in

    Introductions to the owners, the municipality, the province, and the companies who have already built here.

  4. 04

    We are still on it after the announcement

    Permits, hiring, immigration files, supplier introductions, provincial programs.

01.9

Next

Send us the requirement.

Throughput, water, power, acreage, headcount and timeline. You will get a real answer from a person, usually within a business day.

Talk to our team