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Our 2025 Vision Statement.......We are a progressive community where residents of all ages enjoy safe, healthy  lifestyles, meaningful employment, excellent services and personal fulfillment. We support growth while respecting and celebrating our heritage; enhancing our downtown; protecting our natural resources; and welcoming all to a friendly, caring, inclusive and supportive community. Our community is committed to good government, effective and efficient management and maintenance of municipal services, productive partnerships and collaborating with our local businesses and municipal neighbours to build local economies and community services for our mutual benefit.

Are you new to Grey Bruce? 

The Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership works in collaboration with service-based organizations to ensure that new residents thrive and enhance the vibrant, diverse, and colourful landscapes they now call home.

Are you looking for employment or to hire? 

See the Four Countly Labour Market Boards one stop shop that compiles profiles, data and listings from multiple sources. Visit Connect2Jobs to access regional job boards, census tools, a career explorer, on demand reports, job & training events + more. 

See what some of our newcomers have to say about living and working in the Saugeen region

In March of 2017 the SEDC and 5 municipalities; Brockton, Hanover, Minto, Wellington North, and West Grey banded together in a partnership to create a project called “Saugeen Connects”. In May of 2021, Arran-Elderslie was added as an additional municipal partner, along with South Bruce in 2022. The mission was to collaborate and positively impact area economic growth, support youth retention and development, support growth and retention of businesses; and integrate efforts to leverage immigrant attraction to the area as residents, workers, entrepreneurs, business owners, operators, and investors.

Things are HIPP in Hanover with the launch of a new retention and attractions campaign. Hanover’s Innovative People Program (HIPP) is an initiative by Hanover’s Economic Development team, to drive the recruitment and retention of people, business and investment to the community. It infuses creativity, culture and business with the tools to accelerate Hanover to the next level. It encourages people to make Hanover their own, by highlighting the cultural layers, business resources and career value.

Visit hipphanover.ca for more information and to access the toolkits, resources, videos and to take the Cultural matchmaker quiz.