About Leduc County

Access key transportation hubs in under an hour’s drive.

• Nisku Business Park to YEG: three kilometres (five minute drive time)
• Nisku Business Park to future CP Railway Intermodal Terminal: 13 kilometres (11 minute drive time)
• Nisku Business Park to downtown Edmonton: 29 kilometres (28 minute drive time)Population density: 5.8 persons per square km
• Nisku Business Park to Alberta Industrial Heartland: 63 kilometres (40 minute drive time)

Statistics Canada 2021 Canadian Census of Population demographics statistics:

• Total population: 14,416
• Population change since 2016: 9.4 per cent
• Number of private dwellings: 5,990
• Population density: 5.8 persons per square kilometre

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Leduc County employers have access to 1.4 million people in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. In 2020 there were roughly 71,251 students enrolled in post-secondary institutions in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, including the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and more.

Statistics Canada 2021 Canadian Census of Population labour and employment statistics:

• Total labour force: 8,145
  • Employed: 7,370
  • Unemployed: 775
• Employment rate: 62.9 per cent
• Unemployment rate: 9.5 per cent
• Participation rate: 69.6 per cent

Leduc County has the lowest tax rates in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, and offers a competitive tax environment.

We also have a diverse economy and industry base, which supports more than 800 businesses. We offer an established business community that can support any new business investment, regardless of their industry sector focus.

Located within Leduc County is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Nisku Business Park and Capital Power’s Genesee Generating Station. These key economic drivers and other notable investments provide thousands of jobs to people in the region.

• Aliya's Foods
  At their 45,000 square-foot plant in Nisku Business Park, Aliya's Foods produces a growing line-up of Indian-inspired dishes available across North America.
  
  
• Amazon YEG1 Fulfilment Centre
  Leduc County is home to the second Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Alberta. The $120 million investment was approved in 2018 for a one-million-square-foot fulfillment centre which employs more than 600 people. The Amazon facility is the focal point of a new transportation and logistics hub in the County.
  
  
• Rig Hand Distillery
  A fixture in Nisku Business Park for the last seven years, Rig Hand Distillery will be opening a new, larger location in April 2023.
  
  
• The Little Potato Company
  The Little Potato Company has started construction of a $25 million, 200,000-square-foot packaging facility and head office in Nisku Business Park. Operations are scheduled to begin in May 2023.