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Current Major Corporate Employers in the Strait-Highlands Region:

Through our Business Retention and Expansion Program (BRE), S-HRDA deals with various business and industrial sectors to grow the region’s economy. Some of the business support roles S-HRDA plays with different levels of efforts are:
  • Regional Promotion
  • Regional Marketing
  • Advocacy & Lobbying (Economic related)
  • Sector Development
  • Opportunity Identification
  • Enterprise Intelligence
  • Enterprise Prospecting (Recruitment)
  • Business Referrals
  • Business Counseling & Mentoring
  • Business Development / Expansion
  • Business Operation Facilitation
  • Infrastructure Improvements
  • Enterprise(s) Financial Assistance Information
S-HRDA provides a lead role, or a cooperative / collaborative role, or a support role, or just gathers and provides information to individuals and businesses. The above functions impact on a variety of sectors such as mineral, tourism, culture, heritage, forestry, manufacturing, energy, information technology, etc.

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Additional business and sector based resources are listed below.


Information Resources and Funding Programs
Business Associations
Starting a Small Business
Starting a New Business
Business Sectors
Export Resources
Mineral Resources




Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency
32 Paint St. - Unit 5
Port Hawkesbury
Nova Scotia, Canada
B9A 3J8
Phone: (902) 625-3929
Fax: (902) 625-1559
E-Mail: info@strait-highlands.ns.ca