Business Environment

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Why Red Deer?

Top reasons why to locate and operate your business in one of Canada’s top entrepreneurial cities.

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Business Climate

Reviewing and understanding the local business climate provides valuable insights about the economy, costs, risks, and incentives that may impact the success of your business.

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Key Industries

Red Deer's growing economy is built on historically traditional industries and emerging sectors.

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Workforce

Learn more about the size and skill sets of the local population and how it relates to the employment qualifications that your business requires.

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Transportation

Learn more about access, existing transportation infrastructure and traffic within The City of Red Deer.

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Local Opportunities

Identify where new development is occurring or planned to occur in Red Deer; how fast the City is growing and where opportunities may exist for your business.

News & Notices

Plows are ready to roll into...

January 16, 2020

City crews are gearing up to start Snow Zone Plowing and residents are reminded to sign up for Snow Zone Alerts to get text, email, and phone call reminders before they need to move their vehicles off the street.

Red Deer to launch digital archives...

January 14, 2020

Red Deerians are invited to explore our city’s heritage via the digital archives collection that will launch this month on a new web site hosted by Preservica.

2020 Operating Budget approved with dire

January 13, 2020

After five days of deliberations, City Council approved a $389 million Operating Budget, reducing the proposed 2.49 per cent tax increase to 1.26 per cent with direction to identify further savings to reduce to 0.97 per cent.