Why Niagara Falls
Market Accessibility & Proximity
With 150 million people located within a one-day drive, Niagara Falls is an ideal location to easily connect with customers and suppliers. Strategically situated in the midst of Canada’s industrial heartland and on the cusp of the US urban northeast, Niagara Falls is located within 800 km (500 miles) of 150 million people.
Load up your products, send the trucks on the road and within a day they can be ready to unload in your choice of cities located within 2 provinces and 9 states with a GDP worth $5.7 trillion.Thanks to its ideal location between Canada’s largest city and one of the most populous regions of the US, over time Niagara has become a critical centre for international trade in North America.
While there are over 100 border crossings between the US and Canada, goods that crossed the five borders located in the Niagara Region in 2016 accounted for 14% of all goods traded between the two countries.
highlights
Metropolitan Area:
Distance :Population
Toronto:
100 km :5.9 million
Detroit:
350 km :5.9 million
Columbus:
565 km :4.3 million
New York:
650 km : 20 million
Philadelphia:
650 km :6.1 million
Boston:
775 km :4.6 million
Chicago:
830 km :9.5 million
THE WORLD IS YOUR MARKETPLACE
Airport
Let’s take you closer to the world in minutes.
Niagara Falls, Canada is in close proximity to one regional airport and four international airports - all less than 125 kilometres away.
• Public & private freight or passenger aircraft at the Niagara District Airport (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON).
• National and international passenger and cargo services through Niagara Falls International Airport (Niagara Falls, NY), Buffalo Niagara International Airport (Cheektowaga, NY), John C. Munro International Airport (Hamilton, ON), and Lester B. Pearson International Airport (Toronto, ON).
Pearson is Canada’s largest and busiest airport, and the fourth largest entry point into North America.
With over 180 destinations around the globe combined, reach your global marketplace from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Waterway
North American goods transported by water are valued at $300 billion annually.
The St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Great Lakes form a 3,700 km marine highway that directly links the industrial heartland of North America to Europe and the world: 41 ports serve as key nexus points connecting to roadways and rail lines; the majority ports are closer to European markets than East Coast or Gulf ports; Goods transported by water in North America is valued at over $300 billion on an annual basis; Shipping generates a yearly revenue of more than $3.4 billion in transportation and $4.3 billion in personal income.
Road
Reach more than 2 million consumers in less than an hour-drive.
Niagara Falls, Canada is connected to major North American Markets through an extensive highway system that includes Ontario’s 400 series highways, the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), and I-90 Corridor providing access to much of the United States’ eastern seaboard. Businesses in Niagara Falls, Canada can reach more than 2,000,000 consumers in less than an hour by road, making the city ideal for logistics, distribution, retail, and even service industries.
Railway
Access multiple freight and passenger railways servicing our iconic city.
Our city has access to CP and CN rail lines for passengers and freights. Our city is also serviced by the regional public passenger transit, GO Transit, a division of Metrolinx that offers services for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas with routes extending to the Greater Golden Horseshoe carrying more than 70 million passengers annually. GO has a weekday service of two trains daily from Niagara Falls to Toronto and the weekend and holiday service trains along with bike train services to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
