Greater Montreal demonstrated continued economic resilience in 2025, attracting $2.628 billion in foreign investment across 54 projects, according to a report released Monday by Montr\u00e9al International \u2013 a local not-for-profit organization. <\/p>\n
The investment supported the creation or retention of 3,720 jobs, with an average annual salary of $114,000 \u2013 a record high. <\/p>\n
Despite ongoing global economic uncertainty and slower growth, the region maintained investment levels comparable to 2024 where $2.7 billion in investment was generated across 59 projects.<\/p>\n
In 2025, more than 75 per cent of the investment came from foreign companies already based in Montreal expanding their operations, showing confidence in the region\u2019s skilled workforce and the city\u2019s strong business environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2025, Greater Montreal demonstrated its ability to attract quality investments, even amid uncertainty. Many foreign-owned subsidiaries chose to reinvest in their local operations, which speaks volumes about the strength of our assets and the expertise of our talent,\u201d said St\u00e9phane Paquet, President and CEO of Montr\u00e9al International.<\/p>\n
These investments are expected to generate substantial economic benefits, including approximately $154 million in tax revenues for Quebec, $115 million for Canada, and $39 million in property-related revenues for the Communaut\u00e9 m\u00e9tropolitaine de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n
Economic leaders said foreign companies play an important role. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn a context of slow economic growth, both in Quebec and globally, the contribution of international subsidiaries becomes even more critical. They connect our economy to global markets, technologies and talent, thereby boosting productivity and strengthening local supply chains,\u201d said \u00c9ric B\u00e9dard, partner and leader at Fasken and chair of the board of directors of Montr\u00e9al International.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a context of trade tensions and heightened competition among economies, Quebec cannot afford to slow down. Montr\u00e9al International\u2019s results make this abundantly clear: our metropolis continues to attract strategic investments and high-quality jobs, even in an uncertain environment. By strengthening our attractiveness, securing our supply chains and focusing on our sectors of the future, we will continue to protect our economy and create wealth here in Qu\u00e9bec,\u201d added Jean Boulet, minister of the economy, innovation, energy and labor.<\/p>\n
The U.S. remained the leading country of origin for investment projects supported by Montr\u00e9al International\u2019s team, followed by France, Germany, and Canada \u2013 excluding Quebec. Growth was strongest in sectors like aerospace with over $600 million in investments. <\/p>\n
Additionally, renewable energy, decarbonization, artificial intelligence, information technologies, and video games continued to play a key role in strengthening Greater Montreal\u2019s attractiveness. <\/p>\n
Montreal also grew as a hub for international organizations, building on its support for approximately 50 organizations already based in the city.<\/p>\n
The Flight Safety foundation \u2013 an international organization providing aircraft operators with standards designed to ensure the safety of their operations \u2013 is set to open a new office to roll out its new audit program across North America. <\/p>\n
In addition, Rights + Resources is expanding its work with a new team to deploy its CLARIFI program supporting Indigenous and Afro-descent peoples, along with other communities, in efforts to secure recognition of their land rights. <\/p>\n
Montr\u00e9al International\u2019s team of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants also helped process 228 work permits for roughly 50 employees, mainly to retain skilled workers already in the region. <\/p>\n
\u201cMontreal has everything it takes to compete alongside the world\u2019s leading metropolises, and our ambition reflects that reality. We are pursuing strong, sustainable economic growth, supported by an ecosystem that is among the most enviable internationally,\u201d said Chantal Rouleau, minister responsible for the Metropolis and the Montreal region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been connecting the world for 30 years and we will continue to do so,\u201d B\u00e9dard added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater Montreal demonstrated continued economic resilience in 2025, attracting $2.628 billion in foreign investment across 54 projects, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-571170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}