International companies are increasingly being introduced Montréal's world class logistics and transportation cluster for over 30 years. It has been said that Montreal is what happens when you combine Paris and New York. Montreal is a multifaceted as it is multi cultural.
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Montréal is the among the 10 largest cities in North America and the 4th largest French speaking city in the world. Montreal is a "river island" set in the immense Saint Laurence River with a diverse international outlook. The area boasts a historic region "Vieux Montréal" with the beautiful Notre-Dame church at its centre.
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A Strong Economy with clusters of expertise
Greater Montreal has the talent and resources to leverage the collective resources in leading industries that include digital / artificial intelligence , aerospace, life sciences, and world class universities to enable companies to stay one step ahead and build cutting-edge expertise. This includes an incredible growth of online direct to consumer sellers.
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Montreal's diverse economic activity is supported by a diverse group of industry associations, trade groups, United Nations agencies, and leading international standards associations.
Leading International Associations based in Montreal include:
- Airports Council International
- Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Éducation et de la Formation
- Global Campaign for Climate Action
- International Air Transport Association
- International Bureau for Children’s Rights
- International Council for Aerospace Training
- International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA)
- International Secretariat for Water
- Société Internationale d’Urologie
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- World Anti-Doping Agency
- World Federation of Hemophilia
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Montréal has become a hub for online sellers shipping to France / European Union, Japan, the U.S. The expansion highlights the strength of Montréal’s economic advantage and research (including Artificial Intelligence) capabilities.
Montreal's Strategic Location: So close and not so far!
- One hour's drive to the USA border
- Direct Air Connections to International Gateways
- A concentration of air, maritime, road and rail transportation resources (including Jet Worldwide!)
- An inter modal transportation hub: air, sea, land and rail allowing efficient access to Europe and North America
- proximity to North America's major markets
The great Saint Laurence river - and seaway - has enabled the Port of Montreal to serve as a transit point to and from Europe.
The Saint Laurence Seaway is a system of Canadian and American canals that enable ocean vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. This system enables low cost access to the American Midwest.
The Port of Montreal has grown with the implementation of the Canadian - European free trade agreement (CETA) and USMCA.
Montreal and Canada: Access to the World's largest markets
- NORTH AMERICA (NAFTA): Over 450 million inhabitants
- CANADA: 35 million inhabitants / GDP: $1.8 trillion
- QUÉBEC: 8 million inhabitants / GDP (2007 $): $360 billion
- GREATER MONTRÉAL: 4 million inhabitants and over $150 billion GDP
Montreal is a major metropolis yet offers lower cost most associated with smaller cities.
Montreal offers low costs for companies
- Lowest energy / electricity rates available in North America
- Office and industrial spaces are available at highly competitive rates
- Significantly more affordable housing compared to Toronto, New York, and other major North American cities.
- Significantly lower employer paid health care cost
Montreal companies benefit from an abundance of low cost hydro-power.
Clean Energy
Over 99% of the energy generated by Hydro-Québec comes from renewable hydro sources.
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Areas of Specialization and Expertise in Greater Montreal
Innovation and reseach Hub
The Montreal region has been leading the way in innovation in a wide array of area that include video games, software development, health care, and aerospace. Montreal's culture of innovation is made stronger by collaborate efforts of sector stakeholders including businesses, laboratories, and universities.
Montreal is developing a "super cluster" of expertise in the area of Artificial Intelligence (Ai), largely thanks to the efforts of Université de Montréal professors and (namely Yoshua Bengio and the Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA).
Artificial intelligence is finding its way in everything. AI is being used in such things as translation services, self driving cars, personalized online experiences, and virtual assistants to video games.
World Class Montreal Universities and research with Development
University and college research: More than 40 groups, laboratories, centres and chairs are affiliated Montreal's leading universities that include
- McGill University
- Concordia University
- Université de Montréal
- Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
- HEC Montréal
- École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
- École Polytechnique
Life Sciences. A Montreal Specialty
Montréal has one of the highest concentrations of jobs in the Life sciences and Health Technologies sector in North America.
The greater Montreal regions is the only place in Canada—and one of the few in the world—where a company can complete the entire drug creation process, from basic research to marketing.
Aerospace: A history of flight from Montreal
The Montréal metropolitan region comprises a critical mass of businesses, universities and research centres specializing in aerospace. Along with Seattle (Boeing) and Toulouse (Airbus), Montréal is among the world’s top aerospace centres.
Greater Montreal has been involved in aviation for decades and boasts a renowned concentration of expertise in aircraft design, maintenance, manufacturing and assembly.
Montreal: A World Class City. World Class fun!
Montreal is a beautiful city filled with incredible people and interesting things to see and do. The city's large young student population supports a night life as well as progressive music and artistic communities. There a thousands of reasons to move to Montreal but here is a quick list that Montrealer's take for granted:
- World class summer Jazz and music festivals. Jazz Fest and Osheaga
- Poutine: A tasting mix of fries, cheese and gravy.... a Montreal original dish
- A "volcanic hill" in the middle of city: Mount Royal Park
- Bagels: New York bagels are perhaps better known but Montreal bagels have a uniquely Montrealaise flavour and texture that is appreciated around the world. Jet has helped send fresh Montreal bagels around the world.
- Students: Montreal consistently ranks as a top destination for university students
- Montreal smoked Meat: Made famous by the landmark Schwart's deli
- Just for Laughs Festival: Attended by leading comics and attracts 2 million visitors
- Winter sports: Winter is long. Admittedly, this is a downside. But skiing and ice skating make it fun.
Jet has been a proud resident of Montreal for over 30 years. International parcel connections to and from Montreal have grown incredibly along with Montreal's international business outlook.
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