Economic Development News

Pitch your innovative tech for the future of energy at Access IO event in Durham Region

Access IO is an exciting innovation event series where startups, industry experts, angel investors and potential customers collide. Durham Region’s innovation ecosystem comes together at Access IO—where innovative thinkers, investors, customers and other partners gather to further strengthen the startup community, and create opportunity for growth.

The next Access IO event—The Future of Energy—will take place at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington Nuclear Complex. This high-energy innovation...

Durham RTDS Announces Call for Solutions for Mobile Air Quality Monitoring for Emergency Vehicles

June 27, 2023 (Oshawa, Ont.) —The Durham Regional Technology Development Site (Durham RTDS), The Region of Durham and the Region of Durham Paramedic Services (RDPS) announced today the launch of the “Mobile Air Quality Monitoring for Emergency Vehicles” Challenge.

The challenge invites innovators, startups and small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to provide a mobile air quality monitoring system that would enable RDPS to collect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from emergency vehicles...

Durham Region’s innovation community set to energize Collision Conference with Project Arrow

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division (Invest Durham), along with partners, will be returning to one of the largest and fastest growing technology conferences in North America—Collision Conference—from June 26 to 29 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Project Arrow, the first all-Canadian, zero emission connected vehicle will be the centrepiece of Durham’s pavilion.

Invest Durham in partnership with Durham Region’s eight area municipalities, Durham...

Durham Region is Home to the Apple Capital of Canada

Clarington has a microclimate for growing apples due to the warm lake effect from Lake Ontario. This makes Newcastle and the surrounding area the optimal location for growing high quality apples. If you have ever been to Newcastle, you know orchards dominate the beautiful countryside. Between this and being a clear leader in apple production, Newcastle, Ontario has been named the Apple Capital of Canada.

All About Apples

Durham Region produces 13 per cent of Ontario’s apples with 2,100 acres in production—and

A snapshot of Durham Region’s economy in 2022

The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division is responsible for supporting the growth of our Regional economy through creating and retaining jobs. To do this, Invest Durham promotes the region as a great place to do business, provides business services to attract new investment, enables a vibrant tourism industry, and provides agricultural and rural economic development programming in the northern townships.

The 2022 Economic Development and Tourism Annual Report captures a...