Sherbrooke: Metropolitan Outlook 2B, Winter 2004

This publication focuses on the Sherbrooke metropolitan economy.

Document Highlights

• Sherbrooke escaped the woes that affected several local economies in Canada, as real output expanded by an estimated 5.6 per cent in 2003.
• ICT Group has decided to locate its call centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick, instead of Sherbrooke. The centre would have created 300 jobs.
• While housing activity remained hot in the province of Quebec as a whole in 2003, housing starts decreased throughout the year in Sherbrooke.