Supply Chain and Logistics

There is great opportunity for Lethbridge to become a major logistics or distribution centre. Key industries such as agri-food processing, have benefited from recent expansion of cold storage facilities and packaging manufacturers. Several companies are already enjoying the accessible, effective transportation routes that are already in place.

Within the next ten to twenty years we are anticipating changes to in transportation grid as the Canamex corridor is completed, more highways are twinned and potential bypasses are introduced. there is great opportunity for Lethbridge to become a major logistics or distribution centre. The top three largest companies in this sector are:  

• H & R Transport (www.hrtrans.com) Since it began in 1955, H&R Transport has grown from a company of three to the sector’s largest employer who now moves goods across North America. It was named one of 50 Best Managed Canadian Companies in 2006.
• CP Rail (www.cpr.ca) From the construction of the High Level Bridge or Viaduct in Lethbridge in 1909 to the continued movement of grain and other goods to western coastal sea ports -- CP Rail has had long involvement in southern Alberta. In 2009 CP Rail won best diversity employers.
• Exel (www.exel.com) supply chain analysis and design and management, Exel has 500 facilities and more than 40,000 employees across Canada, US and Latin America.

View these and additional companies on our interactive map.