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nafta eeni - The Globa: Business schód
• Business Services: Canada's business services sector is a critica roce in todays multinaticna , mult-value chair model, gene-acing over S57 bilion in 2C07 and employing 1.1 millicn
• Chemicals: Nire ot- the cop 10 Chemical companies in the wodd have production faci ities n Canada.
• Digita Media - Games: Canadian companies a--e globa leaders across tne entire gamlng value chair. - from tools ceveiopmenc to casual games and serious cames, co botn mobile games and gameware deve,opment.
• Financial Services: Canada's banks are 'anked =1 globally by che WcHd Economic Fooim.
• Life Sciences: Canada s ife Sciences innovators aa at che ye^y forefront of discovery.
o Bio-Phanma: Canada leacs che G8 n growch cf healch research oacents, and ranksfourch incemacionally.
o ContracC Senrices: Canada has che nighesc race o4 increase in che G7 n life Sciences R&D workers, extemal oacenc app icacicns 3rd business ey.perditures on RS.D, 3nd che lowest ife Sciences labour cosCs.
o Vecic3l Devices: Canada is a gobal eader n digita radicgraphy, in vitro diagrosbcs, cardiovascular devices, dencal implants and macerials, and home healch-care pmduccs.
• Pharmace ut cals: Canada is che fouith 4ascest growirg marcet ir che world for pha-rraceuticais.
• Plascics: Canada s che world's fourth la'gest eyporter of moulds and e gnth 3rgesc exporter o4pl3Stics prbcessing machirery.
• Renewable Energy: With 430 companies, 3 --apidly growing workforce, ard cualty v.ird 'escurces, Caraca s Wind erergy seccor is che fastesc growing
erewab e energy source ir Canada
• Software: Canada enccurages groWth cnrough rich R&.D tax credits and tne owesc operacing costs in the G7.
• Wireless: A high-talenc, low-cost labcur fc'ce, R&D acvantages, smart •-egulacions and cencres c4 research excellence makes Caraca a rewarding ocation for ente-pr sing investc's.
Canada is beccming irc^eas ngly urbarizec, with the vasc majoricy o4 pcpulation growch tak ng p3ce in metropoiitan areas. Nearly 25 miilior peop e, or 80% of Canad ar.s, rov/ l ve ir Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Otcawa-Gat neau, Calgary and Ed mor ton.