Enterprise Saskatchewan

The overall cost of operating a business in Saskatchewan is less than in other Canadian provinces and the United States.

• Industrial land costs in Saskatchewan are among the lowest in North America. Serviced land in larger cities can be purchased for as little as $25,000 per acre.
• Office and industrial rental rates are also among the lowest in North America.
• The corporate income tax rate for manufacturing profits is as low as 10%.
• There is no Corporation Capital Tax on new investment. For taxable companies, an exemption of up to $20 million is available depending on the proportion of total salaries and wages paid in Saskatchewan by the corporation and its associated corporations.
• The province offers a refundable 5% tax credit on manufacturing and processing equipment, and there is no provincial sales tax charged on direct agents used in manufacturing and processing.
• Toll-free telephone services are exempt from provincial sales tax.
• Saskatchewan has a 15% tax credit for scientific research and development expenditures.
• We offer a 45% to 55% film employment tax credit (45%, plus a 5% rural bonus, and an additional 5% for Saskatchewan residents employed in six out of 10 key positions) to encourage film, video and multimedia developers to operate in the province.
• Saskatchewan does not charge a payroll tax for employers, and can provide new employers with employee training grants to a maximum of $5,000 per employee and $150,000 per company.

• Saskatchewan's central time zone and central location in North America make it easy to do business throughout the continent.
• Crown corporations in Saskatchewan supply electricity, natural gas and telecommunication services that compare very favourably with rates across North America.
• Saskatchewan has ready access to large reserves of varied resources in the forestry, mining, agri-value and energy sectors.
• We offer research and development infrastructure in a wide variety of areas (i.e. biotechnology, advanced technologies, energy development).
• A solid infrastructure of road, rail and air transport make Saskatchewan an ideal location for both manufaturing and distribution – only a day away by land from a market of five million people, and only two days away from more than 80 million people in Canada and the United States.