A World-class Inland Port
A central location makes Winnipeg a natural transition point for the flow of goods.
Winnipeg plays an important role in east-west and north-south trade in North America. It serves as a natural connection point between Atlantic shipping lanes and the Asia Pacific Gateway. It also serves as the northern terminus of the fast-growing Mid-Continent Trade Corridor, with the potential to expand and take advantage of trade opportunities in Canada’s North.
Winnipeg is expanding its position as one of North America’s most important trading centres through the development of CentrePort Canada, a world-class inland port. CentrePort Canada will use the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport and surrounding land as a hub to import goods from Asia and Europe, and then distribute those goods throughout North America by air, rail and road.
CentrePort Canada Inc. is:
- A "one-stop-shop" for business investment decisions with incentives for investment
- Twenty thousand acres of "shovel ready" industrial land
- An intermodal transportation system that is seamlessly connected to all modes of air, road, rail and sea transportation
- Connected by rail to ports in Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Churchill and Thunder Bay
- An asset presenting new opportunities for manufacturing, distribution/warehousing and a logistics centre, supported by an educated labour force