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Alberta upgrades online tool connecting businesses with available locations

Mar 27, 2025 | 11:51 AM

The Government of Alberta is endeavouring to make it easier for investors to find the best place for their business by upgrading its Site Selector Tool, a free online service that connects businesses and investors to available locations in the province.

Government officials note, choosing the right location can make or break a business, and in the face of a changing geopolitical landscape, the government says it is investing in tools and technology to assist businesses with this factor and attract large-scale investments to the province.

The Site Selector Tool combines real-time property listings with data on infrastructure and socio-economic insights on communities, making it easier to choose where to expand or invest. There are about 7,000 available properties already featured on the tool.

“When it comes to innovative solutions for investment attraction, the Alberta Site Selector Tool is best in class and has the potential to help us attract high-quality jobs and billions of dollars in investment,” commented Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade.

The government has launched new features in the tool, such as enhanced access to information supporting a range of sectors including agriculture, energy, data centres, manufacturing and more.

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“Time is money – and Alberta’s improved Site Selector Tool gives businesses the gift of both,” commented Nate Glubish, Minister of Technology and Innovation. “By using technology to simplify investment decisions, we’re making Alberta the most attractive and straightforward place to do business in Canada.”

Users can now activate new layers of data that capture a property’s proximity to infrastructure such as high-load corridors, mainline railways and international airports, as well as high-capacity powerlines, substations, power generation, natural gas service areas and fibre internet. It also includes regional statistics on labour force availability, including labour force by occupation and industry, unemployment rates and graduate rates by degree program.

Other new abilities intended to save investors and regional economic developers time include:

• Drop a pin on a map to generate location-specific data.
• Save a custom view of the site that captures preferred filters and data layers.
• Share and add properties to a list of favourites that can be downloaded to a spreadsheet or PDF to view later.

These enhancements were made following ongoing feedback from users, including municipalities and economic development organizations, officials say.

“As the investment attraction agency for the Edmonton Metro Region, Edmonton Global uses the site selector tool regularly to answer questions from prospective investors, partners and team members. This information, along with insights from other data tools, helps us guide investors to make well-informed decisions for their businesses,” shared Jeff Bell, Director of Research and Business Intelligence, Edmonton Global.

The Site Selector Tool first launched in April 2024.

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