The Quebec City Metropolitan Region: a robust, high-performance economy
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INSURANCE AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES
AGRI-FOOD PROCESSING
THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
GDP GROWTH AMONG THE HIGHEST IN NORTH AMERICA
ULATIVEUMCUWTHROWGR2011) 08-2(20
5 BILLION 32.5$3EAL GDPREIN
12)(20
6%
ONE OF THE STRONGEST JOB GROWTH RATES IN NORTH AMERICA
ABUNDANCE OF INVESTMENTS
OVER 150 FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES ACTIVE IN THE QUEBEC CITY REGION
UNDERWAY OR ANNOUNCEDVALUED AT $10.5 BILLION
200 PROJECTS
2.1%
65 % OF NEW
JOBS IN THE HIGH/MEDIUM KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SECTOR(2006-2011)
HIGH LEVEL OF INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY
KEY INDUSTRIES
QUEBEC CITYVANCOUVER 1.2%
TORONTO 0.8%
BUFFALO -0.6%
BOSTON -0.7%
PHILADEPHIA -1.2%
AMONG THE
TOTOP 10P 10NORTH AMERICAN CITIESNNNOOOOOONNN
FOR ITS INDUSTRIALDIVERSITY
(2thinknow, 2012)
BOSTON
TORONTO
QUEBEC
AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH OF
9.7% OF GDP
(2012)
TOURISM
3.2% OF GDP
(2012)
2.6% OF GDP
(2012)
2.6% OF GDP
(2012)
3.2% OF GDP
(2012)
5.3% OF GDP
(2012)16.8%
OF GDP (2012)
ROBUST HIGH-PERFORMANCEECONOMY
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(2008-2011)