Québec City region

 

Key growth sectors

Few sectors of excellence are driving economic development and growth in the Quebec City region: applied technologies; life sciences (including health and nutrition); and processed materials.

Quebec City: high-tech capital

• Optics and photonics
  Specialized fiber design and manufacturing, analytical instruments, imaging systems, artificial vision and lasers.
• Defense and security
  High-tech innovations in the fields of public safety; border security; defense; infectious disease control; and natural disaster intervention (fiber optics, advanced infrared vision systems, biometric systems and measurement instruments).
• Electronics
  Design and manufacturing of high-performance electronic sub-systems and finished products for a wide range of applications (remote sensing, communications, industrial and scientific instruments, defense and security).
• Information technologies
  Vehicle fleet tracking/management solutions, business intelligence applications, manufacturing productivity software, video games, mobile phones, computer security.
• Geomatics
  Public safety and emergency measures, risk management (insurance), telecommunications network management, civil infrastructure management, land/property tax management systems, marine cartography and forest management.

From science to nutrition

• Life sciences
  Cutting-edge international research in the fields of cardiology, genomics, infectious diseases, immunology, obesity, oncology, neurosciences, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Specialty areas: biopharmaceuticals; fine chemicals; organic, diagnostic and therapeutic products; medical equipment/supply manufacturing.
• Health and nutrition
  Research and manufacturing of high value-added agri-food products at the forefront of market trends. Specialty areas: gourmet cheeses, meats, prepared meats, fish, seafood, confectionery, cereals, natural and organic health products.

Processed materials: building the future

• Secondary wood processing
  Structural wood (engineered wood, prefabricated and modular homes) and appearance-grade wood (furniture, floors, cabinets, doors and windows, staircases, joinery).
• Plastics and composite materials
  Construction industry: exterior sidings; doors and windows; insulation products; plumbing fixtures; tubes, pipes and fittings. Transportation industry: parts for cars, trucks and public transit vehicles.

Insurance and financial services industry

With 11 insurance company head offices, the Quebec City region compares favourably to Hartford, Connecticut, home to the largest number of insurance companies in the world.

Tourism

• Cultural inheritance
• Natural environment
• Business tourism

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