Transportation, Logistics and Warehousing

Leeds Grenville is ideal for these sectors:

• Within one day's trucking time of 120-million consumers
• Within 53% of the North America Industrial market
• Quick access to Highway 401, a multi-lane freeway stretching over 800 kilometres (500 miles) from Windsor (Detroit) and the Ontario-Quebec border
• Quick access to Highway 416-401 interchange leading to the Nation's Capital, Ottawa
• Close proximity to two international bridges to the United States
• On the main CNR, CP Rail freight lines and VIA Rail
• A deep-water Port of Johnstown is a premier intermodal hub on the St. Lawrence Seaway. It has a 465-metre berth (1,525 feet) and 7.7 hectares (19 acres) of wharf and storage area. The Port is served by rail and major highways. A bypass access road allows for the shipment of height-restricted, over-sized cargo. Cargo moved through the Port by truck, rail and ship now totals more than 1.2-million tons a year.

See the 2016 Comparative Distribution/Warehousing Site Selection Operating Cost Analysis on the Ontario East Economic Development Commission (OEEDC) website.