Key Sectors
Cobourg combines attractive lifestyle features with a successful business development attitude. As “Ontario’s Feel Good Town”, Cobourg offers a resort style atmosphere with a “business first” attitude. Our vision for Cobourg is to have the healthiest businesses in Ontario.
Cobourg supports a diverse and stable economy. Our industrial base has kept us strong when many other communities suffered large losses in the manufacturing sector. With over 900 businesses, our primary employment sectors include plastics, food and health care with retail also employing a significant number of citizens.
Cobourg is home to world class, award winning companies such as Weetabix of Canada Inc. and Belden Canada Inc.
Manufacturing Employment
Cobourg enjoys a diverse industrial base, manufacturing a wide variety of products from airport communication towers to foil laminated paper products. Companies such as Belden Canada Inc. and Lakeland Multi-Trade have called Cobourg their home for over 40 years.
As you can see in the graph depicted below, the plastics sector is the highest employer in Cobourg, many of whom work at Horizon’s Plastics. Cobourg has a long history in food manufacturing. Some of these industries include Post Consumer Brands., Sprucewood Handmade Cookies Co and Canada Candy. These food industries manufacture such products as cereal, candy and cookies.
| Manufacturing Groups | Major Naics Groups | # of Employees 2021 | # of Businesses 2021 |
| Food | 311 | 256 | 5 |
| Beverage & Tobacco Product | 312 | 4 | 2 |
| Textile Mills | 314 | 4 | 1 |
| Wood Product | 321 | 213 | 4 |
| Paper | 322 | 259 | 3 |
| Printing and Related Support Activities | 323 | 18 | 2 |
| Chemical | 325 | 48 | 6 |
| Plastic and Rubber Products | 326 | 374 | 4 |
| Non-Metallic Mineral Product | 327 | 6 | 1 |
| Primary Metal (Non-Ferrous Metal) | 331 | 145 | 1 |
| Fabricated Metal Product | 332 | 278 | 9 |
| Machinery | 333 | 106 | 6 |
| Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component | 335 | 230 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 1942 | 46 |
Service Retail Employment
As you can see in the graph depicted below, the health care and social service sector is the highest employer in Cobourg, with retail trade as the second highest employer.
Service Retail Employment by Product 2021
| Service Retail Groups | Major Naics Groups | # of Employees 2021 | # of Businesses 2021 |
| Agricultural Related Service Industries | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Utilities | 22 | 38 | 3 |
| Construction | 23 | 434 | 46 |
| Wholesale Trade | 41 | 83 | 11 |
| Information and Cultural Industries | 51 | 92 | 19 |
| Finance and Insurance | 52 | 297 | 47 |
| Real Estate/Rental and Leasing | 53 | 205 | 34 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 54 | 244 | 76 |
| Administrative & Support, Waste Management | 56 | 160 | 29 |
| Educational Services | 61 | 518 | 33 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 62 | 2425 | 115 |
| Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 71 | 246 | 27 |
| Accommodation & Food Service | 72 | 1069 | 84 |
| Other Services - Except Public Administration | 81 | 273 | 76 |
| Public Administration | 91 | 939 | 16 |
| Retail Trade | 44-45 | 1894 | 172 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 48-49 | 104 | 12 |
| TOTAL | 9021 | 799 |
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