Trois Rivieres Industry

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Trois Rivieres Industry - Trois-Rivières is Canada’s oldest industrial city, best known for its pulp and paper industry, established in 1738. It later became the paper capital of the world starting from the late 1920s until the early 1960s.

Despite the state of the economy, it’s important to understand what’s going on business-wise in your neck of the woods. Let’s take a look at some relevant factoids to the state of employment, housing, and company history across Canada.

Trois Rivieres Industry

Trois Rivieres does no longer depend on pulp and paper. In fact, there is a lot of employment potential for engineers as seen in the following industry description from Wikipedia:

“The city’s other prominent industries include metal transformation, electronics, thermoplastics, as well as cabinet making and the production of food crops. An industrial park adjoining Trois-Rivières Airport serves also as a major centre for the aeronautical industry.”

Montreal Largest Employer

If you’re looking for work in Montreal there are plenty of companies to consider, but the biggest employer in the city is McGill University, as stated on Canada.com:

“McGill University boasts a student body of 30,000 and a staff and faculty that totals 5,495. And for the first time, has made the national list of 100 Top Employers.

McGill University Health Centre, which employs 5,467 people, is one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals.”

Average Vancouver House Price 2011

Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities in Canada where the average home price (in October 2011) is $751,042 which is up by 10.5% from October 2010′s Vancouver average home price of $679,381.

Kitchener’s Original Name

There’s plenty of interesting history in most Canadian cities, but have you ever heard the story of how Kitchener got its name?

“Through the latter half of the 19th century and into the first decade of the 20th, the City of Berlin, Ontario, Canada, was a bustling industrial centre celebrating its German heritage. However, when World War I started, that heritage became the focus of considerable enmity from non-German residents within the city and throughout Waterloo County.”

Kitchener was originally named Berlin, but after World War 1, many of the residents felt it should change. Nowadays Kitchener is a blue collar place. Sadly, it has struggled throughout the economic crisis in the past few years. Some plans have been put into action to help reboot the city’s economy.

Well– there you have it. Some interesting economic factoids about Canada. If you’re struggling to find work in the Great White North, consider the following: How to Start Own Business Canada. Sometimes being self-employed is a great way to create your own opportunity when the economy provides little else.