Message from the Chairperson
Alberta HUB believes all successful business is built upon even more successful friendships.Our regional economic development alliance believes in the necessity of encouraging regional collaboration and building relationships that extend beyond our borders. These effective partnerships ensure our region will continue to prosper.
By encouraging investment, pursuing labor force development and municipal collaboration Alberta HUB is able to build on the region’s current levels of activity and work towards enhancing the region’s already enviable quality of life.
Alberta HUB strives to increase knowledge and information exchange between its 29 members and to support the individual and collective initiatives of each. Our region enjoys a diverse economy with a wide range of investment and business opportunities. I encourage you to explore our region and discover its opportunities.
Alberta HUB Regional Development Toolkit
Hello and welcome to the Alberta HUB Economic Developers web tool. Below you will find a series of links that will assist you in learning more about the Albertan economy along with unique service offerings from associations, networks and post secondary institutions they deliver economic development resources and training.
This web tool provides access to forecasts of the Albertan economy, analysis of current economic conditions, population projection scenarios, and quantitative economic impact analyses of major developments within the province of Alberta. See the left-side menu above for links to this information.
For additional economic development information and resources, please see the Economic Development section of the Province of Alberta's website. For information about the Government of Alberta's economic plan, see The Way Forward and the Premier's Council for Economic Strategy provincial Webpages.
Economic Overview
(Sample resources include)
- Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise
http://www.finance.alberta.ca/aboutalberta/index.html - Regional Economic Development Alliances
http://www.finance.alberta.ca/economic-development/regional/redas/all-map.html - Alberta Canada
http://www.albertacanada.com - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx - The Conference Board of Canada
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/ - Department of Finance Canada
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.asp
Potential Sources of Project Funding
(Sample resources include)
- Community Economic Development Funding Resources
http://www.finance.alberta.ca/economic-development/regional/community/funding-resources.html - Rural Alberta Development Fund
http://www.www.radf.ca/ - Community Futures Network Alberta
http://www.cfna.ca/index.php
(Sample resources include)
- Community Futures Network Alberta
http://www.cfna.ca/index.php - Economic Developers Alberta
http://www.edaalberta.ca/ - The Economic Developers Association of Canada
http://www.edac.ca/home?p=1-1-1 - International Economic Development Council
http://www.iedconline.org/ - University of Waterloo
http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/led/ - Cape Breton University
http://www.cbu.ca/academics/business/degrees-programs
