2011 Industrial Statistics

Investments in Haute-Yamaska

When it comes to investments, we can observe a small reduction compared with 2010.

Investments to Granby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments and jobs by sector of activity in Haute-Yamaska

The three principal sectors of activity in the Haute-Yamaska region have generated 341 new jobs in the food and drink sector, 145 in the metallurgical products sector and 102 in the plastics and rubber sector. The distributor/wholesaler sector generated 57 new jobs.

In total, we have 10,558 jobs in the manufacturing sector in 2011.There has been an increase in investment in the sectors of food processing, metal, rubber and plastics, mineral and metallurgical products, printing and clothing and textiles.

 

SECTORS	NUMBER OF COMPANIES	JOBS 2011	INVESTMENTS 2011
Food and Drink	22	1890	21 286 500
Metallurgical Products	77	1825	12 562 740
Plastics and Rubber	28	1653	10 560 200
Non-metallurgic Mineral Products	11	253	3 675 000
Chemicals	8	80	286 000
Paper	3	211	3 714 355
Furniture and Wood Products	41	663	882 200
Transport Equipment	7	747	4 465 000
Manufacture of Machines	21	342	1 737 500
IT and Electronics	17	505	1 391 218
Printing	16	333	1 416 000
Clothing and Textiles	25	835	2 782 750
Distributors/Wholesalers	52	933	4 020 500
Others	22	288	691 500
Total	350	10 558	69 471 463 $

Number of companies by size

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES	NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN 2011	PERCENTAGES
1 to 20	232	66.48 %
21 to 50	61	17.48 %
51 to 100	31	8.88 %
101 to 200	19	5.44 %
201 to 500	6	1.72 %
Total	349	100.00 %

67% of companies in the region are small businesses with fewer than 20 employees.