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The City of Sarnia occupies a 165 square-kilometre area of land in the northwest corner of Sarnia-Lambton, stretching south along the bank of the St. Clair River and east along the southern shore of Lake Huron. With a total population of 72,125, the City is the major urban centre for the Sarnia-Lambton region and the largest urban community on Lake Huron. It combines the atmosphere of a small town with the amenities of a major city.

With its vast network of petrochemical and refining complexes, the Greater Sarnia Area is known internationally as a significant industrial chemical centre in North America. Recently, the community has experienced significant economic diversification.

Its industrial base has focused traditionally on the petrochemical and refining sector; today, it is more broadly diversified through significant investments from the automotive, call-centre, engineering, fabrication and power generation sectors.

In addition, building on its established knowledge infrastructure, the community is extending its skills and experience to other sectors: alternative-energy technologies and energy use, industrial bio-products, automotive technologies, and value-added agricultural products.

The City also serves as the region's major commercial and retail centre, and is home to a thriving and growing tourism industry.

Industrial Land

Evidence of Sarnia's traditional petrochemical and refining focus, large manufacturing complexes are located along the Vidal Street Corridor in the south section of the City. An extensive infrastructure has been established to support the city's capital-intensive industries. Within existing plant sites, large parcels of industrial land are available to facilitate further development of the petrochemical and refining complex. Also, local plants are willing to make available raw materials and services to accommodate complementary manufacturing activities.

During the 1990s, municipal services were extended to other industrial zones of Sarnia, creating new sites capable of supporting industrial activities such as general manufacturing, warehousing and transportation-related services. Two zones with great development potential are the Highway 402 corridor and the Highway 40 corridor, which extends from Confederation Street in the north to McGregor Road in the south.

Development of Sarnia's first business park on the Highway 402 corridor immediately contributed to further diversification of the local economy with the construction of the UBE automotive facility.

The City's second business park, an 85-acre site, is located on the south-east quadrant of the interchange of Highway 402 and Airport Road. The Sarnia 402 Business Park is a fully serviced, prestige development, pre-zoned for a broad range of manufacturing, office and related uses. The Sarnia Business and Research Park is a joint effort between the City of Sarnia, the County of Lambton and the University of Western Ontario. Comprising 215 acres and located on the east side of Highway 40, south of the 402, the site will be developed as a Business and Research Park in conjunction with the development of the 80-acre University of Western Ontario Research and Development Park – Sarnia-Lambton Campus. Portions of the site have access to existing services and are available for development.

Sarnia 402 Business Park

• 85 acres (34.4 hectares) divisible to suit client
• On Provincial Highway 402
• Five minutes to Ontario / Michigan border
• Zoned for industry, office, and related uses
• Services - Electrical, natural gas, water, sanitary sewers, storm water management
• Owned by City of Sarnia

 

 

Sarnia Business & Research Park

• 202 acres (81.7 hectares) divisible to suite client
• Located next to The Research Park and The Bioinnovation Centre
• Two minutes drive to Provincial Highway 402
• Five minutes drive to Ontario / Michigan border
• Zoned for light industrial
• Services - electrical, natural gas, water, sanitary sewers
• Owned by City of Sarnia

 

 

Vidal Street Industrial Park

• Located 300 Kenny Street, Sarnia
• 33 acres (13.35 hectares) of heavy industry zoned land
• 240,000 sq. ft. (22,297 sq. meters) of indoor space for storage, warehousing, or manufacturing
• 10 acres (4 hectares) paved parking / lay down area
• Most buildings have direct access to a portion of the 3,000 ft. (914 meters) of railway line
• All buildings fully equipped with sprinkler system
• Access to cooling water available
• In the heart of the Sarnia-Lambton industrial area
• Privately owned

Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia

• www.bioindustrialparksarnia.com
• Located 1265 Vidal Street South, Sarnia - the main access corridor in the Chemical and Refining Complex
• located in Canada's agricultural and industrial heartland
• Access to both fossil fuel and bio-based agricultural feedstocks
• Within battery limits of Lanxess Inc. plant site - access shared services
• Modern Ministry of the Environment approved industrial wastewater treatment facility
• Attractively priced steam supply with a choice of three pressures
• Pipeline transportation infrastructure to support shipment of bulk feedstocks or finished commodity goods throughout North America and world wide
• 477 acres (193 hectares) - including both brownfield and greenfield sites
• Brownfield sites are serviced by CSX Transportation; greenfield sites serviced by CN Rail
• Deep water marine terminal (docking)
• By Hwy. 40, 8.3 miles (13.2 km.) to Hwy. 402 with driving time of 11 minutes. Approximately 15 minutes driving time to the Canada / USA border crossing
• Zoned Heavy Industrial 1 (HI1) to accommodate large-scale or heavy industries
• Soil bearing strength generally allowable bearing stress of 3,500 - 4,000 pounds per squre foot for foundations
• Bounded west by St. Clair River, north by Imperial Oil and H.C. Starck plant sites, east by CN Rail line, and south by Churchill Line, the NOVA chemical plant site and the Dow Chemical plant site