Top Ten Competitive Advantages of the Deep River Area

1. Highly educated workforce ready for scientific and engineering challenges:
   • 21% work in the natural or applied sciences
   • 31% are in professional, scientific or technical service industries
   • 11% hold post-graduate university degrees
2. Well developed municipal service levels—reasonably priced water, sewer, electricity and gas, plus access to a county landfill site
3. Reasonably priced land, considering access to markets from Montréal to Toronto, and south to New York State
4. Supportive governments—local economic development programs and incentives
5. Ready transport links to major North American markets
   • Trans-Canada Highway to the Québec – Windsor Corridor
   • Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) from nearby Pembroke
   • Pembroke and Area Airport, and Ottawa's MacDonald-Cartier Airport
6. Well-developed community services, including schools and a health care infrastructure that features a highly rated hospital
7. Outstanding recreational setting:
   • Summer: boating, hiking, swimming, canoeing, camping, mountain biking, fishing, hunting
   • Winter: cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing
8. Recreational facilities and year-round programs, including about 100 clubs with competitive and non-competitive sports programs
9. Save communities with effective fire and police services available around the clock, seven days a week
10. Telecommunications infrastructure offering:
    • DSL, wireless, fibre optics, cable
    • Broadband for 64% of the area and 79% of the population