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GRANDE PRAIRIE: 
Resourceful Spirit, Growing Opportunity

Whether you are looking to create a business, to expand your current business, or to begin a career, Grande Prairie is the place to be. Grande Prairie has a diversified and growing economy based on oil and gas, forestry, agriculture, retail and tourism; the city and surrounding region offers many employment opportunities as well as a market of 250,000. Grande Prairie Economic Development aims to support the city's long-term economic growth by connecting investors and workers to information vital to sound business and career decisions.

Grande Prairie Among
Leaders in Population Growth

2/8/2012

Grande Prairie has cracked the 55,000 population mark.

Statistics Canada released its 2011 Federal census figures Tuesday and the City’s population reached 55,032, a 16.8 per cent increase over 2006. In that Canada-wide census, Grande Prairie had a population of 47,107. 

The City now ranks at 59th in size in Canada. Grande Prairie’s rise in population placed it in the top seven in the country in population growth.

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