Manufacturing

"Ganong for 135 years have found Charlotte County and St. Stephen to be a good place to do business. The availability of rail service, proximity to the U.S. border and now a new efficient border crossing, as well as good transportation linkages have been great assets to our business. Charlotte County as well provides a pleasant and cost effective lifestyle valued by many of our employees and senior managers, many of who have come from other parts of the country."
David Ganong, Ganong Bros. Limited

The Charlotte Coastal Region is home to a diversified manufacturing sector with businesses involved in wood processing, value-added wood manufacturing, metal fabrication, boat building and value-added forestry paper products. In addition, there is the manufacturing of chocolate and candy products, and a wide assortment of products associated with the construction and operation of aquaculture hatchery and cage systems, including the manufacture of fish feed and cage nets.

Of course, fishery and aquaculture products are processed, giving the Charlotte Coastal Region a significant food processing capability.

The great majority of the products manufactured and processed in the Charlotte Coastal Region are exported to the U.S. and other parts of Canada.

There are many manufacturing success stories in the Charlotte Coastal Region, both large and small, including:

  • True North Salmon (Cooke Aquaculture Group)
  • Connors Bros.
  • Flakeboard
  • Lake Utopia Paper
  • SWP Industries
  • Sticks and Stones Manufacturing
  • Classic Woodworking
  • Ganongs
  • Cards Aquaculture
  • Future Nets
  • Grand Manan Boats
  • M.G. Fisheries Ltd.
  • Impress