How Fre­der­ic­ton’s Know­ledge Eco­nomy Is Fuel­ling Canada’s Future

As Atlantic Canada’s Know­ledge Cap­ital, Fre­der­ic­ton, New Brun­swick is power­ing the national shift toward a mod­ern, innov­a­tion-driven eco­nomy

Fre­der­ic­ton, N.B., is an innov­a­tion hub that’s fuel­ling Canada’s nation-build­ing projects and eco­nomic devel­op­ment pri­or­it­ies.

Hav­ing seen its pop­u­la­tion grow by 35 per cent in the last dec­ade — largely driven by young, edu­cated people seek­ing oppor­tun­it­ies in Fre­der­ic­ton’s research and tech sec­tor, along with a bet­ter qual­ity of life — the city is now home to over 2,700 know­ledge-based busi­nesses and Atlantic Canada’s largest con­cen­tra­tion of know­ledge work­ers.

Fre­der­ic­ton also boasts over 60 lead­ing R&D organ­iz­a­tions within its Innov­a­tion Dis­trict, anchored by Know­ledge Park, the Cyber Centre, and numer­ous edu­ca­tional insti­tu­tions, includ­ing the Uni­versity of New Brun­swick and its renowned Mck­enna Insti­tute advan­cing digital trans­form­a­tion.

The city’s thriv­ing know­ledge eco­sys­tem and pub­lic-private-uni­versity part­ner­ships are driv­ing growth across sec­tors like defence, con­struc­tion and hous­ing, nat­ural resources, and tech­no­logy, vitally con­trib­ut­ing to Canada’s ambi­tion of becom­ing a global leader in sci­ence and innov­a­tion.

Defence and cyber­se­cur­ity: Fre­der­ic­ton’s nation-build­ing power­house

Fre­der­ic­ton is an engine for tal­ent that’s driv­ing Canada’s most import­ant defence and cyber sec­tors. With defence read­i­ness and cyber­se­cur­ity elev­ated as national pri­or­it­ies, the city’s prox­im­ity to Canada’s largest mil­it­ary base (CFB Gagetown) and world­class cyber eco­sys­tem makes it a stra­tegic national asset.

New Brun­swick is proud of its pos­i­tion as the epi­centre of Canada’s cyber­se­cur­ity sec­tor, and Fre­der­ic­ton’s Innov­a­tion Dis­trict includes Cyber Centre (Canada’s most advanced net­work­ing and data fibre facil­ity), the Cana­dian Insti­tute for Cyber­se­cur­ity, and world-lead­ing cyber com­pan­ies.

Recent suc­cess stor­ies include Oppor­tun­it­ies NB attract­ing Thales Group’s Cana­dian National Digital Excel­lence Centre to the province (a first-of-its-kind in Canada research and tal­ent devel­op­ment hub) and the achieve­ments of local tech­no­logy firms Beau­ceron Secur­ity and Hot­spot, both of which were early adop­tees from Boost Fre­der­ic­ton, the city’s liv­ing lab for civic innov­a­tion.

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