Québec: take a closer look

120,000,000
consumers
200,000,000
consumers
300,000,000
consumers
555,000,000
consumers
995 miles
251 miles
263 miles
2,541 miles
3,246 miles
746 miles
1,517 miles
1,607 miles
2,468 miles
332 miles
2,286 miles
6,510 miles
7,511 miles
6,463 miles
3,669 miles
3,442 miles
3,817 miles
3,424 miles
3,658 miles
1,337 miles
6,572 miles
314 miles
2,298 miles

CLOSE TO CONSUMERS

Québec offers you access to a huge consumer market. A gateway to major international markets, it is also part of the world’s biggest free-trade zone (NAFTA).

Click on the circles to see the number of consumers.

Freight transportation

The port of Montréal is one of the busiest inland ports in the world and the largest container port in eastern Canada, making it easy to ship cargo year-round.

  • Shipping Times
  • Asia
  • Mumbai – 32 to 40 days
  • Seoul – 25 to 35 days
  • Tokyo - 19 to 34 days
  • Xingang (near Beijing, China) – 22 to 33 days
  • Europe
  • Barcelona – 15 days
  • Brussels – 10 days
  • Genoa (near Rome, Italy) – 14 days
  • London – 7 days
  • Madrid – 11 days
  • Munich – 9 days
  • Paris – 9 days
  • Stockholm – 7 days
  • North America
  • Boston – 4 days
  • Chicago – 4 days
  • Houston – 6 days
  • Toronto – 8 hours
  • Vancouver – 5 days

Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Sources: carrier websites

Huge power-generating capacity

Québec operates North America’s most extensive hydroelectric system and boasts several other sources of energy. They include natural gas, which is highly valued by industry.

  • Hydroelectric generating stations (300 MV and over)
  • Hydroelectricity
    (735-kV power lines)
  • Natural gas
  • Oil

Sources: Hydro-Québec website and the Pipeline Committee

Vast transportation system

With Québec’s highly efficient intermodal transportation system, businesses can ship goods by land, rail, sea or air.

  • Airports
  • International airports or freight airports
  • Seaports
  • Rail network

Québec and you

Choose a city in the menu to the left.

Choose a city in the upper right menu.

Atlanta
and Québec

  • Flight time: 3 h 04 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-5

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Axiall (Royal Group)
  • Coca-Cola
  • RockTenn
  • The QUIKRETE Companies (Daubois)
  • UPS

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Boston
and Québec

  • Flight time: 1 h 15 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-5
  • Number of days of shipping by rail: 4*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Avid
  • Charles River Laboratories
  • Iron Mountain
  • Lantheus Medical Imaging
  • Vertex Phamaceuticals

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Chicago
and Québec

  • Flight time: 2 h 18 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-6
  • Number of days of shipping by rail: 4*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Abbott
  • Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM Agri-Industries)
  • Caterpillar
  • Kraft Foods Group
  • Mondelez International

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Dallas
and Québec

  • Flight time: 4 h 30 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-6

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Banctec
  • Bell Helicopter Textron
  • Celanese
  • Kronos Worldwide
  • Valero Energy (Ultramar)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Hartford
and Québec

  • Flight time: 1 h 22 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-5

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • General Electric
  • Praxair
  • United Technology Corporation (Pratt & Whitney)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Houston
and Québec

  • Flight time: 6 h 02 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-6
  • Number of days of shipping by rail: 6*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • BMC Software
  • Bray International
  • Sysco

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Los Angeles
and Québec

  • Flight time: 6 h 10 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-8

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • 3M (Ceradyne Canada)
  • Activision Blizzard (Beenox)
  • Epicore Software Corporation
  • Masimo Corporation
  • Teledyne Technologies
  • Warner Bros.

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

San Francisco
and Québec

  • Flight time: 7 h 56 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-8

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Autodesk
  • Electronic Arts
  • Google
  • HP
  • McKesson
  • Oracle

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

New York
and Québec

  • Flight time: 1 h 22 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-5

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Albany
  • Cellfish
  • IBM
  • Morgan Stanley

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Seattle
and Québec

  • Flight time: 7 h 23 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-8

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Ascentium (Cactus Commerce)
  • Esterline Corporation (CMC Electronics)
  • Paccar
  • Pyrotek (Pyrotek High-Temperature Industrial Products Inc.)
  • Volt Information Sciences (VMC Game Labs)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Beijing
and Québec

  • Flight time: 15 h 50 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+8
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 22-33*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • China National Bluestar (Elkem Metal Canada)
  • CK Life Sciences International (A.G. Natural Health)
  • International HK-Holding (EGLO Canada)
  • Jilin Jien Nickel Industry (Canadian Royalties)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Mumbai
and Québec

  • Flight time: 17 h 30 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+5
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 32-40*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Infosys Technologies
  • Jubilant Life Sciences
  • Mittal Steel International Holding (Arcelor Mittal Montréal)
  • Piramal Life Sciences
  • Tata Communications

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Tokyo
and Québec

  • Flight time: 16 hours*
  • Time zone: UTC+9
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 19-34*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Bridgestone Corporation
  • Fujitsu
  • Sapporo International (Sleeman Unibroue)
  • Square Enix (Eidos-Montréal)
  • YKK Corporation

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Barcelona
and Québec

  • Flight time: 9 h 35 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 15*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Ebro (Ronzoni Foods Canada Corporation)
  • CEPSA
  • OHL Group

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Brussels
and Québec

  • Flight time: 9 h 15 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 10*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Aliaxis (IPEX)
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (Labatt Breweries of Canada)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

London
and Québec

  • Flight time: 6 h 40 min*
  • Time zone: UTC 0
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 7*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Myriad Group AG
  • Rio Tinto
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Shire

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Munich
and Québec

  • Flight time: 9 h 25 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 9*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Adidas
  • Linde
  • Rheinmetall
  • SAP
  • Siemens

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Paris
and Québec

  • Flight time: 6 h 35 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 9*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Alstom
  • Danone
  • L’Oréal
  • Sanofi
  • Ubisoft
  • Veolia Environnement

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Stockholm
and Québec

  • Flight time: 10 h 20 min*
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 7*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Elekta
  • Ericsson
  • Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA)
  • Volvo (Nova Bus and Prévost Car)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Wichita
and Québec

  • Flight time: 4 h 59 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-6

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Toronto
and Québec

  • Flight time: 1 h 10 min*
  • Time zone: UTC-5
  • Number of hours of shipping by rail: 8*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • George Weston
  • Maple Leaf Foods
  • Sun Life Financial

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Vancouver
and Québec

  • Flight time: 5 hours*
  • Time zone: UTC-8
  • Number of days of shipping by rail: 5*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • Fortress Paper
  • Graymont
  • TELUS

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

Seoul
and Québec

  • Flight time: 19 h*
  • Time zone: UTC+9
  • Number of days of shipping by sea: 25-35*

These companies have a subsidiary in Québec:

  • ATGen
  • Green Cross
  • Kia
  • LG Household & Health Care
  • MtekVision (CogniVue Corporation)

* Shipping time can vary, depending on the carrier.

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