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World Wide Connections
The Golden Horseshoe region offers easy access to a marketplace of 130 million people within a day’s drive and superb connections to major highways, rail networks and air transportation.
Road, Rail and Air Connections
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The Queen Elizabeth Way provides ready access to both the Greater Toronto Area, a regional market of over 6 million people, and Highway 401. Highway 401 is the Canadian link to the NAFTA super highway connecting Ontario with the I-75 serving Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida as well as the I-90 connections to the eastern seaboard. The U.S. border crossing at Fort Erie facilitates fast and efficient travel between the Golden Horseshoe and the United States.
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The CN Rail main line travels parallel to the Queen Elizabeth Way providing industry with freight handling capabilities. CN is the only transcontinental railway in North America providing excellent access across Canada and into the United States.
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Local air connections to international destinations are offered by John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, Canada’s busiest international air cargo hub and Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
Telecommunications
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The Golden Horseshoe offers an extensive telecommunication infrastructure. The region is part of Ontario’s Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) enabling broadband access and connectivity to the region’s research and education facilities.
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