Business PG Home › Our Region › Northern Corridor

Northern Corridor

The opportunity to grow economic ties between the Asia Pacific region and Northern British Columbia are based on:

Asia Pacific Gateway transportation infrastructure investments of over $1 billion for container and air cargo handling.
A strong manufacturing sector in wood and pulp products, steel fabrication, chemicals and agri-food.
Manufacturing investment of over $2 billion in Rio Tinto Alcan's Kitimat plant modernization.
Mining and energy projects worth over $5 billion.
Strong post-secondary education institutions throughout the region including the University of Northern BC and three community colleges.

Top Ten Manufacturers in Northern BC
COMPANY	REVENUE	EMPLOYMENT	SPECIALTY
Canfor	$3.8b	4,900	Largest producer of softwood lumber in Canada. OSB, plywood, re-manufactured lumber products, specialized wood products. One of the largest producers of northern softwood kraft pulp in Canada and a leading producer of kraft paper.
Rio TInto Alcan	$500m (BC) $6.9b (Global)	1,600 (BC) 14,300 (Global)	One of the two largest aluminum producers in the world (21 smelters, five continents). Majority of production capacity in North America in Canada. Developing cutting-edge technology.
West Fraser Timber	$870m est. (BC) $3.3b (Global)	2,160 (BC) 7,000 (Global)	Lumber, linerboard/sackraft, pulp, MDF.
Eurocan Pulp & Paper	$300m	550	Kraft linerboard and sack kraft paper.
Abitibi Bowater	$250m	650	Wood and building products. Mackenzie newsprint (186,000 tonnes/yr), cogeneration plant.
Winton Global	$145m	335	Structural wood product manufacturing - 300 m fbm of kiln dried dimensional lumber/year; pre-fab homes and cottages, engineered housing components.
Ruskin Construction	$100m	250	Machinery and steel fabrication.
Apollo Forest Products	$60m	145	Logs, bolts, softwood, wood chips.
Carrier Lumber	$50m	300	Softwood lumber, wood chips, building products.
Chemtrade Logistics	$50m	44	Tall oil, sodium chlorate.
Pacific Western Brewery	$35m	70	Beer, tea, water.