Doing Business in British Columbia

• British Columbia is Canada's gateway to the Asia-Pacific and is economically and geographically part of the northwest region of North America.
• While forestry, mining, fishing and agriculture remain important to B.C.'s economy, there is strong growth in new industries such as tourism, film, high technology and green energy.
• B.C.’s education, transportation and telecommunications infrastructures are among the most modern in the world.
• Small businesses make up over 98 per cent of the province's businesses, and now employ more than one million British Columbians. The Canada/British Columbia Business Service Centre has a variety of links to services for the B.C. business community. It also features an Online Small Business Workshop and an Interactive Business Planner.
• Since 2001, over 100 tax cuts have been introduced. As a result, B.C. now has some of the lowest taxes in North America.