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INSURANCE AND

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AGRI-FOOD PROCESSING

THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

GDP GROWTH AMONG THE HIGHEST IN NORTH AMERICA

ULATIVEUMCUWTHROWGR2011) 08-2(20

5 BILLION 32.5$3EAL GDPREIN

12)(20

6%

ONE OF THE STRONGEST JOB GROWTH RATES IN NORTH AMERICA

ABUNDANCE OF INVESTMENTS

OVER 150 FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES ACTIVE IN THE QUEBEC CITY REGION

UNDERWAY OR ANNOUNCEDVALUED AT $10.5 BILLION

200 PROJECTS

2.1%

65 % OF NEW

JOBS IN THE HIGH/MEDIUM KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SECTOR(2006-2011)

HIGH LEVEL OF INDUSTRIAL DIVERSITY

KEY INDUSTRIES

QUEBEC CITYVANCOUVER 1.2%

TORONTO 0.8%

BUFFALO -0.6%

BOSTON -0.7%

PHILADEPHIA -1.2%

AMONG THE

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FOR ITS INDUSTRIALDIVERSITY

(2thinknow, 2012)

BOSTON

TORONTO

QUEBEC

AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH OF

9.7% OF GDP

(2012)

TOURISM

3.2% OF GDP

(2012)

2.6% OF GDP

(2012)

2.6% OF GDP

(2012)

3.2% OF GDP

(2012)

5.3% OF GDP

(2012)16.8%

OF GDP (2012)

ROBUST HIGH-PERFORMANCEECONOMY

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(2008-2011)