Economic Snapshot

Diverse Economy Drives Sustainable Growth

Burlington's diverse company base is the key to its economic success. Sector concentrations in advanced manufacturing, financial services, information & communications technology, and life & earth sciences, are creating real and sustained growth within the community. Burlington's unique diversity creates overlapping opportunities for companies to provide goods and services to multiple sectors and find the suppliers needed to optimize their operations.

Quick Facts:

Population (Census 2011) 175,779*
Population change, 2006 to 2011 6.9%
Median Income - All Census families ($CDN) (Stats Canada 2005) $86,174
Experienced Labour force (Census 2006) 91,730
Labour force, Participation rate (Jan. 2012) 67.5%
Unemployment Rate, Hamilton CMA (Jan. 2012)  6%
Post-Secondary education (Census 2006) 65%
Universities within 100 kilometres 10
Source: CMHC, Royal LePage, Statistics Canada - Census 2001 and 2006, City of Burlington
Note: Burlington is part of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
* Estimated
 
 

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OUR PREMIER PARTNERS

  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • DeGroote - School of Business
  • Cogeco
  • The Hamilton Spectator