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Forestry innovation and engineered wood products are two target sectors marked by the City of Prince George as investment priorities.

Top Priorities and Opportunity Profiles

Six target sectors have been identified where existing and potential companies will have a competitive advantage by setting up in Prince George.

Forestry Innovation and Technologies
Engineered Wood Products
Data Centres
Biofuels
Wood Pellets
Engineering, Construction and Project Support

Key Target Sectors

DATA CENTRES

Prince George is an ideal location for data centres owing to a number of advantages such as:

Fibre redundancy
Cool climate
Stable environment
Access to hundreds of acres of vacant serviced industrial and commercial land

DATA CENTRE SECTOR PROFILE

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FORESTRY INNOVATION & TECH

The forest industry in Prince George is recognised as world-class in terms of sustainable forest management and PG's 13,000 hectare research forest is considered North America's largest.

The City welcomes companies to develop PG as a hotbed for sensor technology, Big Data analytics, drone technology, 3D/4D modelling, and mapping.

Opportunity Profiles Coming Soon

ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS

Manufacturing and Forestry are among the largest economic drivers in Prince George with nearly 50 per cent of the labour force directly or indirectly employed in those industries. Some industry clusters developing from primary forestry manufacturing include:

Re-manufactured lumber
Engineered wood products
Packaged building solutions
Mill work products and more

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