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Strategic Advantages
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Grow Your Business In Niagara Falls
The Business Development Department (BDD) is your first point of contact at the City of Niagara Falls to assist existing businesses, prospective investors, and community partners with business and community development projects. BDD Staff are committed to promoting Niagara Falls as an outstanding location to conduct business. A facilitator between the private sector and various levels of government, the BDD provides an effective resource centre where businesses may find support and assistance.
In Niagara Falls, there are several inter-connected network organizations, business collaborations and partnership opportunities with an aligned mission of business growth.
What BDD Supports and Assistances with:
Consultations
Site Selection, Tours
Business Growth and Investment
Sale/Lease of municipally-owned land
Market Analysis
Business and Financial Incentives
Financial Structuring and Related Business Attraction
Business retention and expansion assistance
Export Market Development
Supplier Networks
Governments Liaison
Together with the Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre, Niagara Falls Ryerson Innovation Hub, the Region and other industry specific organizations, the Business Development Department provides additional guidance and support related to unique client needs.
Aiports
Let’s take you closer to the world in minutes.
Niagara Falls, Canada is in close proximity to one regional airport and four international airports – all less
than 125 kilometers away.
- Public and Private freight or passenger aircraft at the Niagara District Airport. (Niagara-on-the-
Lake, ON)
- National and international passenger and cargo services through Niagara Falls International Airport. (Niagara Falls, NY). Buffalo Niagara International Airport (Cheektowaga, NY), John C. Munro Airport (Hamilton, ON), and Lester B. Pearson Airport (Toronto, ON)
Pearson is Canada’s largest and busiest airport, and the fourth largest entry point into North America.
With over 180 destinations around the world combined, reach your global marketplace from Niagara
Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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Waterway
North American goods transported by water are valued at $300 billion annually.
The St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes form 3,700km marine highway that directly links the industrial heartland of North America to Europe and the world: 41 ports serve as key nexus points connecting to roadways and rail lines; the majority of ports are closer to European markets than East Coast or Gulf ports; goods transported by water in North American is valued at over $300billion on an annual basis; shipping generates a yearly revenue of more than $3.4 billion in transportation and $4.3 billion in personal income.
Road
Reach more than 2 million consumers in less than an hour drive.
Niagara Falls, Canada is connected to major North American markets through an extensive highway system that includes Ontario’s 400 series highways, the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), and I-90 Corridor providing access to much of the eastern seaboard. Businesses in Niagara Falls, Canada can reach more than 200,000 consumers in less than an hour by road, making the city ideal for logistics, distribution, retail, and even service industries.
Railway
Access multiple freight and passenger railways servicing our iconic city.
Our city has access to CP and CN rail lines for passengers and freights. Out city is also services by the regional public passenger transit, GO transit, a division of Metrolinx that offers services for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas with routes extending to the Greater Golden Horseshoe carrying more than 70 million passengers annually. GO has a weekday service of two trains daily from Niagara Falls to Toronto and the weekend and holiday service trains along with bike train services to Niagara Falls.
