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Site Selection Check List
Industrial Land and Services
List of Industrial Parks
Community Profile
Infrastructure
Industrial Land and Services
Availability of Industrial Land
- # of available acres
- greenfield/brownfield (existing/prior land use)
- Serviced
- Not serviced
- Distance to major highway, 400 series, etc.
- Cost per acre
- Rail access or distance to rail service
- Zoning
- Location (GIS, topography, map, photograph)
- Environmental Considerations (wetlands, environmental assessment
in progress, restrictions)
Costs
- Taxes
- Electricity provider and capacity
- Water and sewer capacity
- Heating costs
- Gas provider, size of main, pressure per square inch
- Telecommunications provider and related information
Contact Information:
Comments:
List of Industrial Parks
Existing Buildings, Facilities, etc.
- Size of building (sq. ft & dimensions)
- Office Space (sq. ft.)
- Manufacturing Space (sq. ft.)
- Former use of facility
- Food Grade (federally or provincially licensed)
- Existing equipment (specify)
- Cooler/Freezer existent and capacity
- Age of building
- Ceiling height
- Floor/Wall/Roof type
- Loading bays (recessed docks or grade level (drive-in doors))
- Sprinkler Systems
- Construction
- Parking
Costs
- For Sale
- For Lease
- Taxes
- Electricity provider and capacity required (maximum demand;
max. consumption)
- Water and sewer capacity costs
- Heating costs
- Gas provider, size of main, pressure per square inch - costs
(maximum demand; max. consumption)
- Telecommunications provider and related information - costs
Contact Information:
Comments:
Community Profile
Information available at REDDI website: www.reddi.gov.on.ca
Demographics
- Population
- Population of surrounding area (40 - 60 km)
- Population trends (last 5 years)
- Age demographics
Household income level
Labour
- Unemployment rate (current and past trends)
- Skilled Workforce (presence of specialized skills)
- Size of available labour force
- Resident employment
- Residents' employment by breakdown of occupation
- Availability of skilled trades labour force
- Education levels of employable labour force
- Salaries for food related occupations (such as entry-level manufacturing,
process engineers, machine operators, etc.)
Costs
Labour costs can be found at: www.2ontario.com
Community Information
- Public Investment made in community in last 5 years ($$, infrastructure,
etc.)
- Private Investment made in community in last 5 years ($$, manufacturing,
etc.)
- List of top 10 manufacturers in area.
- Number of employees per top 10 manufacturers
- Number of international companies located in community
- % of companies unionized by sector
- Number of work stoppages/strikes in recent years
- Commuting times/distances for out-lying communities (40 to 60
km)
- Housing prices
- Colleges, Universities in commuting area
- Public schools
- Training programs and facilities specific to manufacturing or
food industry
Contact Information:
Comments:
Infrastructure
Transportation
- List trucking, distribution and logistic companies in area (60
km)
List local and regional transportation networks
- Closest airports (distances, services available, etc.)
- Closest rail hubs
- Closest ports
- Closest intermodal, etc.
- Highway infrastructure
Distance to major markets
- Proximity to Canadian markets
- Proximity to American markets
- Distance to U.S. border crossings (kilometres and miles)
- Wait times to cross border: information available at www.mto.gov.on.ca
(information available in real time)
List suppliers/supporting businesses
- Food processing equipment (eg. Boilers, etc.)
- Consulting services (ex. Food safety, etc.)
- Raw Materials
- Packaging
- Warehouses/cold storage/distribution
Projections
- Population growth projections
- Initiatives/projections for upgrading existing power
- Initiatives/projections for upgrading existing water
- Initiatives/projections for upgrading existing sewer
- Initiatives/projections for upgrading existing roads
Contact Information:
Comments:
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
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