Why Chilliwack?

Chilliwack held the No. 1 cost-competitive position in the Pacific U.S./Canada region for all 17 industrial sectors analysed by the consulting giant KPMG in 2006 and the No. 3 position in 2008 - providing exceptional value to your investment. These impressive results comes from Competitive Alternatives: KPMG’s Guide to International Business Costs, 2006 & 2008 editions. The comprehensive study of location-sensitive costs compares 128 cities in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, using the U.S. average as the study benchmark. One of the fastest-growing communities in British Columbia, Chilliwack also ranks among the top 10 low-cost G7 cities in biotechnology, chemicals and software design industries. Overall, the city has a 6 percentage point cost advantage over the U.S. average

LEADING THE PACK
For what was once a largely agricultural economy, Chilliwack enjoys the lowest business costs in the Pacific U.S./Canada region in all 17 sectors analyzed by KPMG. In particular, Chilliwack’s cost advantages are most significant in knowledge-based research-intensive industries. In biotechnology and clinical trials, for example, Chilliwack has approximately a 16 and 17 percentage point advantage over the U.S. average.

MAXIMIZING COST ADVANTAGES
The KPMG study confirms Chilliwack’s substantial cost advantages over U.S. cities. In the Pacific region, Chilliwack holds an overall cost advantage of approximately 5 percentage points over Spokane, a similarly sized U.S. city. And, in a region known for high-tech industries, Chilliwack also leads in the software design sector with a cost advantage over Portland and Seattle of roughly 8 and 12 percentage points respectively.