MULTIPLYING: A REGION AND A CITY EXPERIENCING GROWTH
SAINT-HYACINTHE AND AREA, A THRIVING CITY IN A PROSPEROUS REGION AT THE HEART OF QUÉBEC.
POPULATION BASE OF OVER 125,000 INHABITANTS, INCLUDING 55,000 IN SAINT-HYACINTHE ITSELF
EASY TO GET TO: 55 KM FROM MONTRÉAL AND 200 FROM QUÉBEC CITY
QUÉBEC'S MOST SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL AREA
1400 farms generating $1 billion in revenue
// Saint-Hyacinthe : Agri-food capital of Québec
// Over 70 teaching institutions, research laboratories and industries specialized in agri-food
// Over 200 researchers improving agriculture and food.
A DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
400 businesses generating an industrial production of $3.9 billion
// Saint-Hyacinthe: The first city in Canada to join The International Association of Science Parks
// Home to a biotech city, a centre for new technology and Canada's only textile technology centre
// Houses the head office of ING Canada (over 800 employees)
CONSIDERABLE RECREO-TOURIST INFRASTRUCTURES
SAINT-HYACINTHE: A CITY IN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL HEALTH: ZERO DEBT!
The volume of traffic circulating on Jean-Lesage highway near Saint-Hyacinthe: 45,000 vehicles every day.
LARGE, IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE SAINT-HYACINTHE THEIR HOME; AND THE CULTURAL LIFE, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES IN THE REGION ARE HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE.
A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF LARGE INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES IN THE AGRO-FOOD SECTOR, INCLUDING:
The Institut de technologie agroalimentaire de Saint-Hyacinthe (I.T.A.) // The Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement (IRDA) // The Centre d'insémination artificielle du Québec (CIAQ).
MANY EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING:
Head office of the Société québécoise de développement de la main-d'œuvre // The University of Montréal's faculty of veterinary medicine // The Centre des technologies textiles // Saint-Hyacinthe College, partnered with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières // École professionnelle de Saint-Hyacinthe, with its 30 programs leading to a vocational certificate // In all: 31 public and private teaching institutions
DEVELOPED RECRO-TOURIST FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING:
Parc des Salines: 200,000 visitors annually // The Saint-Hyacinthe congress centre: 500,000 people per year // Various festivals and tourist activities including the Saint-Hyacinthe agricultural fair: 500,000 people every year
REGIONAL AND LOCAL MEDIA HAVE HIGH READERSHIP AND AUDIENCE NUMBERS FOR EXCELLENT CONSUMER CONTACT, INCLUDING:
Two local weeklies: The Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe, and the Clairon de Saint-Hyacinthe // A radio station that covers the entire Montérégie // A local television station.
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