Facts and Figures

Located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean. By tonnage, the port is the third-largest port in Canada. It handles dry and liquid bulk cargo, breaks bulk, containers, and cruises. With a population of 67,575, it is the second-largest city in the province.

Three reasons to invest in Saint John New Brunswick:

Three main reasons, why you should pick Saint John New Brunswick as your business home are [1]:

A perfect location for success

Saint John, the only city on the Bay of Fundy, is perfectly positioned to reach markets around the world by land, air, rail, and sea. You can reach major destinations including Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Boston within few hours of drive.

Port Saint John

The only city on the Bay of Fundy is Saint John. The city has always relied on this body of water for economic growth. Saint John also enjoys access to a world-class port, enabling it to connect to global transportation networks through the Bay of Fundy

Business parks in Saint John

Urban locations can usually not provide additional square footage for retail, office, manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution companies. In that case, the two business parks of the city meet the needs. Currently, shovel-ready sites are available in McAllister in the east and Spruce Lake in the west of the city.

Locations reserved for industries:

According to the zoning bylaw of the city of Saint John [2], there are in total seven industrial zones: Light Industrial IL, Medium Industrial IM, Heavy Industrial IH, Pit and Quarry PQ, Transportation T, Utility Service US, and Utility Service Landfill USL. Heavy industrial uses like Cement and Concrete plants, heavy manufacturing, and harbor are only permitted in zone IH. While salvage yards, contracting yards, outdoor storage, recycling facilities, and transportation depot are permitted in both zone IM and IH. Parking/Storage of Trucks & Heavy Equipment is only permitted in zone PQ. The Minimum Lot Area, Minimum Lot Frontage, Maximum Building Height, and Maximum Lot Occupancy for the zone IM are 4000 sq. m, 60 m, 18 m, and 65% of the lot, respectively, while for zone IH is 10000 sq. m, 120 m, 18 and 60% of the lot, respectively. The majority of lands belonging to zone IM are located between Bayside road and Redhead road. While lands belonging to zone IH are located north of Bayside road till Loch Lomond road. Some part of zone IH is also located south of the city near the area named Anthonys Cove near the shipping port.

Areas with Heavy industries

Suppliers of complex and sophisticated heavy industry manufacturing equipment: LMC – Qualmec is located on Kings William road while Atlantic Controls Ltd is located on MclIveen drive. Steel and metal producers Ocean Steel & Construction Ltd is located on 400 Chesley Dr, while Integris Metals is located on Whitebone way. Irving oil refinery is the bigger industrial complex in the city located on Grandview Avenue. There are a couple of construction yards, metal scape yards, and steel fabricators on the MciIveen driveway.