Adjacent to Canada’s largest airport, Toronto Pearson International, Brampton is home to the largest intermodal railway terminal in Canada and has immediate access to an extensive network of transcontinental highways. At the center of Canada’s major transportation corridors and located near the U.S. border, Brampton is within a day’s drive of 158 million consumers. Brampton has a successful, diversifi ed economy and is home to more than 8,600 businesses. Seventy-two percent of Brampton’s economic base is comprised of service-producing companies and 28 percent is comprised of goods-producing companies. With all that Brampton has to offer, it’s no wonder companies like Medtronic, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and Loblaw are headquartered here.
Awards/Designations
- Voted Top-10 American Cities of the Future — Best Business Friendliness and Best Infrastructure, Mid-Sized City 2013/14 — FDI Magazine (Financial Times of London)
- AAA credit rating designated by Standard & Poor’s, eight consecutive years
- Designated by the World Health Organization as an International Safe City
