Industry in the Region

Since 1958, over 30 companies have chosen to join other world-renowned corporations like Dow Chemical, Shell, Imperial Oil, BP Canada Amoco, Agrium, Sherritt International, Praxair, and Air Liquide and Chevron in locating to the Heartland. Alberta's Industrial Heartland region is over 78,550 acres (317 square kilometres or about 122 square miles) in size.

The 24 member companies of NCIA directly employ approximately 4,500 people plus thousands of contract employees.  These companies spend approximately $700 million to purchase goods and services in the region, plus utilities and feedstock for their plants.

With industrial investments in manufacturing plants and infrastructure in the Heartland and capital region already exceeding $25 billion, with an additional $20 to 40 billion in investment expected in the next 10-15 years, there are several reasons why companies have chosen to locate in the Heartland making it Canada's largest chemical and petro-chemical processing centre.

Besides the business-friendly investment environment, the Heartland region has the most sought after natural resources including the second largest NGL storage in the world, the best educated and most productive workforce in Canada, and a reliable source of feedstocks at competitive prices.