Invest in South Dundas

Your business can be one of the many in these industries that are benefiting from a strong local agricultural sector and a specialized workforce.

An ideal location on Highway 401 and proximity to major city centres will allow your business to connect cost effectively to customers and suppliers. 

Your business can thrive in an established tourism destination which is located on the St. Lawrence River and home to the renowned Upper Canada Village. 

The perfect place to live and where your business will be amongst friends in an economy characterized and supportive of entrepreneurs.

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Focus:

• Targeted to businesses and economic developers.
• Supports projects that create jobs, encourages innovation, collaboration and cluster development
• Attract private sector Investment

Business stream:

To be eligible for the business stream, businesses need to:

• employ at least 10 people
• commit to creating at least 10 new jobs
• be able to provide 3 years of operations/financial statements
• be located in, or plan to locate in, a community in eastern Ontario
• invest at least $500,000 in their project

Funding amount:

Up to 15% of eligible project costs for a maximum grant of $1.5 million. Investments of more than $10 million that also create more than 50 new jobs may be eligible for a loan of up to $5 million.

Businesses, business associations and entrepreneurs can get funding for projects to enhance productivity and help them compete in the global marketplace.

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New Economy Stream:

The New Economy Stream provides funding for private sector organizations to:

• build innovation capacity
• improve productivity, performance and competitiveness
• increase access to global markets

This stream is available for projects with at least $10 million in eligible project costs. It is aimed at projects in Ontario’s key sectors, including advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and information and communications technologies.

Food and Beverage Growth Fund Stream:

The Food and Beverage Growth Fund provides funding for strategic investments that:

• help create sustainable jobs
• enhance innovation, productivity and market access
• strengthen supply chains in the food, beverage and bioproduct processing sectors

This fund is available for food, beverage and bioproduct processing projects across the province with more than $5 million in eligible costs.

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Investing in Business Growth and Productivity Fund:

Assists existing southern Ontario businesses to adopt new technologies that have the potential to improve productivity and expand their operations.

Investing in Business Innovation Fund:

Fosters a more competitive southern Ontario economy by encouraging the development of partnerships between entrepreneurs and investors to support early-stage, globally-oriented businesses with the ability to become world-leading innovators.

Investing in Commercialization Partnerships Fund: 

Addresses innovation and commercialization, and encourages collaboration to improve Ontario's productivity performance so that the region can compete on an international platform.

The Municipality of South Dundas does not levy development charges. These charges can easily add several thousands of dollars to a development project and in some cases much more.

Our region is the most competitive when it comes to locating your facility here. This reports’ analysis covers the major operating costs, scaled to a representative advanced manufacturing plant in 24 regions in the U.S. and Canada. The analysis in each report focuses on those key geographically-variable cost elements considered to be most pivotal to the corporate site selection process.

Comparative Advanced Manufacturing Operating Costs Report (PDF)

In the following analysis, major operating costs scaled to a representative 250-worker distribution warehouse are presented for a series of 20 regional locations in the U.S and Canada. The analysis focuses on those key geographically-variable cost elements considered to be most pivotal within the warehouse site selection process.

Comparative Distribution Warehousing Operating Costs Report (PDF)

This reports’ analysis covers the major operating costs scaled to a representative Food and Beverage processing plant in 24 regions in the U.S. and Canada. The analysis in each report focuses on those key geographically-variable cost elements considered to be most pivotal to the corporate site selection process.

Comparative Food & Beverage Industry Operating Costs Report (PDF)