Invest in Kitimat

 

British Columbia, Canada is one of North America's most competitive and dynamic business locations. My name is Joanne Monaghan, and I am the Mayor of the Port City of Kitimat and you have reached the  Invest Canada -- Invest Kitimat page of our municipal website.

Our community and Kitamaat Village--home of the Haisla First Nation--are located in the heart of British Columbia's Pacific Inland Coast and the Kitimat Valley. We are Western Canada's busiest private port, and, as the second of only two wide-flat valleys on Canada's west coast we are one of few coastal mainland trade locations with ample room for growth.

My community is a successful competitor for new global trade. Over the past decade we have attracted, supported and secured investment valued at over $10 Billion.  These multi-million and multi-billion dollar projects include: an aluminum manufacturing expansion, liquid natural gas export facilities, and green power developments. There are also substantial port facility developments in the form of break-bulk terminals, aggregate exports, and new petroleum product transhipment facilities that have chosen Kitimat over other British Columbia Port locations for sustainable development.

The District of Kitimat continues to work with other investors whose early-planning stage projects remain confidential. Targeting broad diversification of the local and regional economy has taken time, but seems to be coming to fruition.  I know of no other northwest or northern BC community that has attracted, supported and secured such investment.

Our municipal approach has earned Kitimat the reputation of being an important and distinctly professional Invest BC and LINX BC community.  Our Invest Kitimat promotional approach is a key means of sustaining our community as a marvel of nature and industry.

Kitimat British Columbia, Canada is one of North America's most competitive and dynamic business locations. See our brochure: Invest Canada -- Invest Kitimat.