Business Opportunities | Town of Wainwright

Wainwright is open for business! With a strong and diversified economy built on three pillars—agriculture (since the early 1900s), oil and gas (since 1921), and the military (since 1939, serving as the headquarters for army training in Western Canada)—Wainwright offers stability, growth, and promising job prospects.

Entrepreneurs and investors will find exciting opportunities to expand services supporting our energy and agricultural sectors. Strategically located at the intersection of Highways 14 and 41, Wainwright boasts a population of over 12,500 and a trading area reaching 51,500 people, making it a prime destination for commercial and professional service ventures.

With business-friendly regulations, low operating costs, and affordable housing, Wainwright is the ideal place to launch and grow your business. Invest in a community where opportunity meets stability!

Town of Wainwright - Investment Opportunities

Economic Development Survey

Based on a 2025 community survey, the below businesses were stated as being needed in Wainwright.

Available Commercial Properties Interactive map

We invite you to view our Available Commercial Properties Interactive map below. Please click Guest on the map to access information. You are able to access the map by clicking on the image below.

Property information can also be found on the Alberta Government's newly launched Alberta Site Selection Tool.

Downtown Vacant Spaces Initiative

The Town of Wainwright is willing to invest up to $10,000.00 annually into the retention of a unique, well-invested downtown core where people and businesses thrive. The Downtown Vacant Spaces Incentive is a limited pilot program designed to provide up to $2,500.00 in start-up costs for entrepreneurs to activate vacant street-level commercial spaces in the C1 - Commercial Central District.

Downtown Vacant Spaces Incentive

Garrison Wainwright/Local Procurement Opportunities

Numerous business opportunities are available in order to satisfy local business and Canadian Forces Base Wainwright’s procurement needs.

Canadian Armed Forces Wainwright Business Opportunities

The Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) is a free tool that lets public and private sector users manage, advertise, distribute, and download public purchasing opportunities for goods, services, and construction in Alberta. With APC, purchasers advertise opportunities for tender and vendors find opportunities to sell their products or services.

CanadaBuys is a Government of Canada procurement site

Search MERX every day and discover why your company should join the tens of thousands of organizations that use MERX to help grow their business. Find the right opportunities from the thousands that are listed daily on MERX from government organizations across Canada. Bid on an opportunity or find a new partner for your business.

COOLNet Alberta is the leading provider of project tender opportunities for the commercial construction industry.

Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) – the program is looking for solutions to support the development of defence and security capabilities.

Government Electronic Directory Service – provides a directory of public servants across Canada.

Proactive Disclosure Canada – search government contracts

New Businesses in Wainwright

Please view the list of new businesses that opened in Wainwright in 2026 below:

In Town Commercial