About 28 Businesses Recently Created Over 37,000 Jobs in Ontario

Since the recession, Ontario has created 293,800 new jobs.  “In fact, Ontario led the way — with 58 per cent of all new jobs in Canada from May 2009 to April 2011. Of these, 94 per cent were full time.”

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At least 28 businesses recently created over 37,000 jobs in Ontario, Canada, as follows:

• Entropex — an innovative recycling company in Sarnia — will pilot new technology, generate local and global business opportunities and create 90 jobs.

1. Ontario is investing $4 million to support Entropex through the Innovation Demonstration Fund.
2. Ontario’s  support will help the company pilot a new process that will recover 30,000 tonnes per year of unrecycled plastic that would otherwise end up in landfills.
3. Entropex is a privately-owned Canadian Company that re-processes industrial and consumer plastics. It is currently ranked the 8th largest post-consumer product recycler and 18th largest plastic recycler in North America.
4. By returning more plastics to the manufacturing sector for reuse, the technology will save enough electricity to meet the energy needs of 38,000 people.

• Entrepreneurs in Thunder Bay are starting and expanding new businesses, creating 12 new jobs and investing in clean renewable energy. Ontario is supporting the launch of seven businesses that will provide new services in Thunder Bay and help boost the local economy, including:

1. vegetarian-focused food store
2. bakery/diner
3. film/video production studio
4. digital photography service
5. foundation waterproofing business
6. gift shop
7. music management and marketing consultant.

Plus, the province is also helping Sturgeon Lake Lodge power with clean, renewable energy with new solar panels which is the eighth business project. Ontario is investing $178,113 in these eight projects through the NOHFC’s (Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation’s) Young Entrepreneur Program, Northern Ontario Entrepreneur Program and Northern Energy Program.

• New projects are moving forward on Manitoulin Island, creating 27 new jobs to:

1. Improve safety and runway conditions at the Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport
2. Renovate the Gore Bay Wharf Centre to help support local artists
3. Upgrade and improve safety at the Meldrum Bay waterfront
4. Build a new education and business centre for the M’Chigeeng First Nation that will provide learning opportunities through computer labs, a resource centre and support new businesses
5. Establish a new manufacturing facility along with new equipment in Manitowaning
6. Update a digital mapping system to help the Manitoulin Planning Board with future planning and zoning

• Improvements on Highway 17 near Upsala will make the road safer for drivers, enhance driving conditions and create about 40 jobs as follows:

1. reconstructing 14 kilometres of Highway 17 from the east limits of Upsala, through the Northern Highways Program.
2. Work will include repairing and resurfacing the highway, improving drainage ditching, and replacing culverts and guide rails.
3. Miller Northwest Limited was awarded the $5.5-million contract.
4. Construction will begin this month and be completed later this year. Motorists will encounter single lane closures during construction.

• Chrysler Canada:

1. Chrysler’s payment of its Ontario loan is six years ahead of schedule;
2. announced five new production launches at its Brampton and Windsor facilities,
3. has an investment at its Etobicoke casting plant;
4. directly employs about 9,000 people in Ontario and supports thousands of related jobs in the auto sector.

• Kavveri Technologies Inc., a local telecom manufacturer of wireless antennas, wireless systems and infrastructure, and radio-frequency products worldwide, will expand production and consolidate operations into a single state-of-the-art facility, creating 11 new jobs as Ontario is providing $156,000 through the Eastern Ontario Development Fund toward the $1,040,000-project.

• NORCAN Hydraulic Turbine Inc. — a clean energy equipment manufacturer in Carleton Place — will acquire new machinery and expand its plant, creating 12 new jobs and supporting close to 30 additional construction jobs in order to design and manufacture larger water turbines that generate clean electricity from moving water. The company exports its products around the world and expects to double its global market share with the expansion as Ontario is providing over $487,000 from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund to support the $3.2-million expansion.

Here is a video that shows a type of hydraulic turbine for generating energy:

• Ontario’s clean energy economy continues to grow, creating 2,000 new jobs by adding more than 700 new clean energy projects across the province as a result of Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program:

1. These new mid-size projects — including solar, biomass, biogas, water and wind — will power homes, businesses, hospitals and schools.
2. That is enough electricity to power more than 16,000 homes or a community the size of Niagara-on-the-Lake each year.
3. These projects will help attract more than $900 million in private-sector investment to the province.
4. Projects are approved by the Ontario Power Authority through the province’s clean energy Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program, which offers stable prices for energy generated from renewable sources.
5. Ontario has the third-largest solar capacity in North America, after California and New Jersey and is home to the world’s largest operational solar photovoltaic farm located in Sarnia.

• United Solar is creating 80 new clean energy jobs by investing $12 million in a manufacturing facility in LaSalle. This facility will make solar panels for the growing clean energy economy in Ontario and supply renewable energy projects under Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program, which is building a strong clean energy industry in the province.

• Windsor electricians will also be benefiting from a 10-kilowatt solar project to provide valuable, specialized training in the growing clean energy sector. Operated by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 773, the project is one of almost 5,500 small-scale solar installations feeding clean power into Ontario’s electricity grid through the province’s microFIT program. According to the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation, just over 1,000 new local jobs have been announced in the renewable energy sector over the past 15 months.