About My Business

Our team of experts in the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development looks forward to showcasing North Bay and its many amenities to you.

The advantages of doing business in North Bay include:

- Strategic location: The City is located at the intersection of the National Fibre Optic Networks - providing an excellent telecommunications infrastructure -, three highways, three railways and a municipal airport with one of Ontario\'s longest runways. North Bay is just a three and a half hour drive from Toronto and Ottawa, and within a day\'s trucking of 100 million customers.

- Business-friendly community: North Bay has one of the lowest industrial tax rates in Ontario, a variety of federal and provincial support programs, power centres located outside of the downtown core, a $500 million regional health care facility under construction and an extensive educational infrastructure, spearheaded by Nipissing University and Canadore College.

- Diversified business environment: a healthy mix of multinational corporations and small and medium sized companies from a variety of sectors cohabit in North Bay. These firms typically provide low-volume, highly-engineered products and services with a high margin, which they sell globally to a vast number of different sectors.

Furthermore, North Bay enjoys a very low crime rate, an excellent health care system, a thriving art and cultural community, and two pristine lakes that surround the City and provide a beautiful, natural setting.

We invite you to contact us to learn more about the advantages of doing business in North Bay.