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In the Heart of the Great Lakes

Canada's Industrial Heartland is located in the center of the Southwestern Ontario peninsula and covers an area roughly the size of West Virginia. It is home to 3 million people who enjoy the temperate climate, fertile soil, gently rolling landscape and varied stretches of lakeshore.

The climate of Southwestern Ontario is moderated by the surrounding Great Lakes and highlighted by four distinct seasons.

  • Average summer temperature 77.5 °F/25.3 °C
  • Average winter temperature 35.6 °F/ 2.0 °C.
 

Strategically Situated

Canada's Industrial Heartland is at the Intersection of FIVE Major NAFTA Corridors
Highway 401 – Canada's "Mainstreet"
Highway 402
Highway 403
Canadian National (CN) Railway
Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway

 

In the Heart of North America's Consumer & Industrial Markets
A 2-hour drive to 1/2 of Ontario's population (nearly 6 million people)
A 3-hour drive to 6 U.S./ Canadian border crossings to Michigan, Illinois, New York and Ohio markets
A day's drive to 130 million North American consumers and most major manufacturing centers