Our Services
York Region, located in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), is Canada’s fastest growing large municipality and home 1.1 million residents and 41,000 business establishments — the 2nd largest business centre in the Province of Ontario.
In partnership with the Region’s nine local municipalities, the Invest in York team provides strategic “one stop shop” support services for international companies looking to establish operations in the Toronto area as well as existing York Region businesses expanding locally.
Services are complimentary and confidential and include:
Business Investment and Expansion Services
- On-site visits with potential business partners, business support organizations and to potential facility locations
- Company introductions and project tours
- Information meetings with subject matter experts regarding corporate legal, immigration, banking/financial, HR, and real estate requirements
- Assistance with identification and development of critical site selection requirements
- Customized and consolidated site searches leveraging a wide network of 9 local municipal economic development offices and local realtors
- Sector-specific business information relating to York Region, the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, and Canada
- Identification of potential local supply chain and strategic business partners
- Advice on market/export expansion plans and projects
- Linkages to innovation and commercialization support programs such as the Manufacturing Innovation Network and ventureLAB Regional Innovation Centre
- Customized connections and introductions to select local supply chain partners and potential strategic business partners
- Introductions to local industry associations and relevant government agencies at the Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels
- Assistance with evaluating project eligibility for a suite of government incentives relating to market expansion, capital investments, R&D or employment
- Case-specific introduction to government organizations responsible for incentive programs, as well as to program subject matter experts
Contact us to discuss how we can support your business expansion in York Region, the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Small Business Support Services
In partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI), Small Business Enterprise Centres focus on providing support to start-up and small enterprises during their initial years of development and operation