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New Westminster: Progressive, Central and Built for Thriving Businesses

Located at the heart of Metro Vancouver, New Westminster is less than 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, YVR and the US border.

Credit: City of New Westminster

Located at the heart of Metro Vancouver, New Westminster is less than 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, YVR and the US border.

Located at the heart of Metro Vancouver, New Westminster is less than 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, YVR and the US border. With five SkyTrain stations, New West is easily accessed by public transit, and it has industrial connections via river, road and rail.

Competitive

Businesses that locate here enjoy competitive lease rates and a strong, supportive community. New Westminster continues to make the cost of doing business even more attractive in many ways with an integrated business licensing approach that reduces red tape and speeds up approvals. It is also part of a regional, inter-municipal licensing program for construction and building maintenance and food truck businesses.

Progressive

As Western Canada’s original city, New Westminster has a history of creating opportunity and setting trends, and it takes care to understand the current issues and opportunities for businesses. New Westminster also offers BridgeNet, a city-owned fibre network that allows for multiple internet service providers to offer high speed internet access at competitive rates.

Supportive

New Westminster collaborates meaningfully with local business associations and participates with regional initiatives such as Invest Vancouver and Project Greenlight. Supported by an active and engaged economic development office with a designated business license liaison, and bolstered by its reputation as a central, competitive and progressive community, the City of New Westminster is invested in seeing businesses thrive and grow.

Be part of the success. Invest in New West.

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