Major Arteries
Winnipeg enjoys many business advantages.
It is one of Canada’s most balanced and stable urban economies, meeting the needs of a number of diverse industries.
Winnipeg offers a significant advantage with respect to its major non-labour input, electricity. The city has amongst the lowest published industrial rates in North America and one of the world’s most advanced fibre optic networking and digital switching platforms.
As a transportation hub, the city has one of Canada’s only 24-hour international airports as well as exceptional transportation capacity when it comes to road and rail to both Canada and the U.S. The city is also linked by rail to Churchill, Manitoba, a port which offers shipping through Hudson’s Bay into international waters.
Winnipeg also has an efficient and well-maintained road system with good parking availability, along with an efficient public transportation system. Daily parking rates in the downtown area are below that of most Canadian cities.