Geographic Overview

Regina, Saskatchewan’s capital city has been among the leaders of metro economic growth in Canada for the past several years.

Regina is located in the heart of Western Canada and is closely integrated through nation leading infrastructure with all major Western Canadian cities and the US Midwest. It is the major service centre of Southern Saskatchewan and is thus the urban hub for a trading area of about 500 000 people. The city is located near the midway point between Winnipeg and Calgary on the Trans-Canada highway. 

As the financial, professional, and administrative centre of Southern Saskatchewan, Regina is the gateway to the resource based, export driven economy of national headlines. 

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Saskatchewan Resources 

The resources available in Saskatchewan have the capability to generate strong returns for the region and, in comparison to other jurisdictions throughout the nation, a significant long-term competitive advantage.  Although the focus of late seems to be on the significant oil resources found in both Saskatchewan and Alberta, the package of resources in Saskatchewan is much more expansive that this:

·          Oil (Saskatchewan is the second-largest producer behind Alberta)
·          Natural Gas (Saskatchewan is the nation’s third-largest producer)
·          Coal (Canada’s third-largest producer)
·          Uranium (Saskatchewan has about one-third of the world’s production of uranium)
·          Potash (Saskatchewan has about one-third of the world’s reserves of potash)
·          Gold (Significant deposits in northern SK)
·          Base Metals (including Copper, Zinc, Lead, Nickel)
·          Platinum Group Metals (Platinum and Palladium predominantly)
·          Rare Earth Elements (about 10% of US demand alone for Yttrium)
·          Diamonds
·          Kaolin
·          Forestry (for biomass, lumber, value-added)
·          Alternative Energy Capability (significant solar and wind)

In short, Saskatchewan is one of the world leader’s in energy and environmental resources. Not only do we have significant reserves of many valuable resources, Saskatchewan has a much diversified resource economy. For example, our significant oil deposits are a large part of our energy portfolio; yet, this same portfolio is successfully diversified with alternative energy resources including nuclear, solar, wind and hydrogen (from both our technological research and advancements and natural gas).

It is our belief that the growth in the Regina region and, more generally, in Saskatchewan is going to be not only strong but sustainable. We believe that the managed growth of our manufacturing and goods sectors can be maintained and powered by our impressive resource economy.  Essentially, Saskatchewan has both the “resource economy” and the growing “manufacturing economy” which are requisite for growth into the long-term.  As the capital city of the province, Regina is poised to take advantage of this enormous growth potential.