We’re confident the booming growth of our community offers the very best opportunity for investment in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.
Durham Region makes up the eastern side of the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA). Durham's booming growth and talented workforce make it an ideal location to start, grow, or relocate a business. Invest Durham is here to help! Invest Durham supports both local and international businesses by leading, facilitating, and supporting various investment attraction and business expansion initiatives.
The priority Invest Durham is to create and retain jobs, increase non-residential assessment and promote the region as the best place to live, work and invest.
In 2024, the Business Advisory Centre of Durham (BACD) merged with Invest Durham to continue helping start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, and help support and grow Durham's innovation community through a more integrated approach. BACD helps existing businesses and start-up companies in Durham Region with one-on-one advisory meetings, and provides support with business planning and developing action plans.
| 2023-2027 Durham Region Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan |
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The 2023-2027 Durham Region Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan Ready Set Future: A PLACE Blueprint for Durham delivers on the third pillar of Durham Regional Council's Strategic Plan: "To build a strong and resilient economy that maximizes opportunities for business and employment growth, innovation and partnership." This strategy sets out an economic development vision for the region three decades into the future – aspirations for a talented workforce, vibrant downtowns, a reputation for business innovation, and a distinct creative identity. A Five-Year Action Plan, found in the second half of this strategy, is the roadmap for the next five years. These actions will guide Durham Region confidently down the path to begin realizing these aspirations. Durham’s distinct cultural identity—and its vibrant and diverse downtowns—will be magnets for talent and investment, and the region’s innovation community will be known for solving global challenges. |
| International Economic Development Partners |
Business TampereTampere Region (Pirkanmaa) constitutes one of the fastest-growing and developing urban regions in Finland. The economic development agency for Tampere Region. Each year, Business Tampere supports the operations of approximately 1,500 companies—promoting vitality, attracting investments, and supporting local businesses in growth and internationalization through collaboration. Learn more about doing business in Tampere, Finland Nuremberg Economic Development Office Nuremberg, Germany is a high-tech, industrial and innovative service location and the urban center for the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg. An excellent basis for the development of solutions for networked manufacturing, sustainable energy systems, digital health management and intelligent mobility. |
