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Canada's Peace River Country

The Peace River Country is located in northwestern Canada, in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.

Wide Open Opportunity

The Peace Country is a land of wide-open opportunity, featuring:

  • Low costs for business and living
  • A young population
  • Distinct prairie, northern and alpine environments and recreation
  • Plenty of room for growth in all fields of business and lifestyles
  • Tremendous opportunities for entrepreneurship and career advancement. BMO Financial in its rating of two Peace Country cities (Fort St. John, BC and Grande Prairie, AB) as having Canada's 2nd and 3rd fastest-growing small business sectors over the next 5 years.
  • A diversity of large and small communities to suit any lifestyle goal.
  • Four distinct seasons, all celebrated to the full by active Peace Country people.

Northern Oasis

The Peace Country is an incomparable northern oasis with geographic features that include:

  • Rocky Mountains
  • Peace River (5th longest in Canada, and a part of the Mackenzie system, the longest river system in Canada)
  • Prairie
  • Boreal Forest

Room to Grow

At 365,000 square kilometres in area, alone, it would be the 62nd largest country in the world, smaller than Japan, but larger than Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom.

On the other hand, with under 300,000 residents, we are comparable in population to the relatively tiny island chain of The Bahamas.

In areas of similar size, Japan has a population of about 127,000,000, and Germany is home to about 82,000,000. This makes their populations roughly 425, and 270 times that of the Peace Country, respectively.

Clearly, there is room for growth in the Peace Country!

Branding the Peace

Peace Country people and businesses are working together in the Branding the Peace Country Association to promote our products and services to the rest of the world.

The four principles of the Peace Country brand are:

  • Quality Assurance
  • Best Practices
  • Environmental Responsibility
  • Made in the Peace Country

Find out more about Branding the Peace.