$14.45 billion • Number of businesses: 20,000 • Number of jobs: 110,750 full-‐/m equivalent posi/ons Ontario`s Ornamenta Hor/culture Industry • Economic impact: $7 billion • Number of businesses: 10,000 • Number of jobs: 70,000 full-‐/m equivalent posi/ons • Farm Gate Value: $1 billion – larger than corn, wheat, fruits soybeans, and vegetables. • Economic Impact: $3.8 billion in employment income, $820 million in end-‐user taxes of whi the HST alone is $315 million. source: Deloi]e & Touche LLP Niagara: HORTICULTURAL HUB OF ONTARIO AND CANADA