Editing Guelph (section)

===Manufacturing and education sectors===
Manufacturing is the leading sector of the economy of the city with the most significant sector being auto parts manufacturing.<ref name="Young"/> The [[Conference Board of Canada]]'s August 2019 report stated that the Guelph region's manufacturing was experiencing significant growth, averaging 5.9% over the past five years and expected to be 4.2% in 2019.<ref name="ReferenceD"/>

[[Linamar]] is the city's leader in this sector, with 22 manufacturing plants. The company has received government funding for expansion that would create additional jobs, most recently in 2015 ($101 million)<ref>{{cite web |title=Linamar gets $101 million from Ontario, Ottawa, to create 1,200 jobs |date=January 12, 2015 |first=Robert |last=Benzie |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2015/01/12/101_government_funds_to_linamar_to_create_1200_jobs.html |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117011805/https://www.thestar.com/business/2015/01/12/101_government_funds_to_linamar_to_create_1200_jobs.html |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2018 ($99 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/8072818-guelph-s-linamar-to-receive-99-million-from-feds-province/?s=n1|title=Guelph's Linamar to receive $99 million from feds, province|first=Chris|last=Seto|date=January 15, 2018|publisher=Guelph Mercury|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116194141/https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/8072818-guelph-s-linamar-to-receive-99-million-from-feds-province/?s=n1|archive-date=January 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter would create 1,500 additional jobs and maintain 8,000 others in the Canadian operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/01/15/linamar-to-launch-750-million-expansion-with-help-from-ottawa-ontario.html |title=Linamar to launch $750-million expansion with help from Ottawa, Ontario |publisher=Toronto Star |date=January 15, 2018 |first=Josh |last=Wingrove |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730015956/https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/01/15/linamar-to-launch-750-million-expansion-with-help-from-ottawa-ontario.html |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to research completed by the City of Guelph in 2010, fabricated metal product manufacturing accounted for 26.1% of the types of industries, followed by machinery manufacturing for 12.8% and miscellaneous manufacturing for 10.4%.<ref name="guelph.ca"/> The city's '''Economic Development Strategy''' identified [[life science]], agri-food and biotechnology firms, environmental management and technology companies as growth industries on which to focus economic development activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Focus on Sectors|publisher=City of Guelph|access-date= March 17, 2008|url=http://www.guelph.ca/business.cfm?subCatID=1350&smocid=1933|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605005127/http://www.guelph.ca/business.cfm?subCatID=1350&smocid=1933|archive-date=June 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city also touts the importance of advanced manufacturing which is its largest employer. The roughly 360 businesses of this type employ approximately 14,755 people (roughly 25% of Guelph's labour force). The category includes "high precision manufacturing and auto parts assembly to plastic injection moulding machines manufacturing and automation devices. This enables advanced manufacturing to be a strong driver of the local economy."<ref name="guelph.ca1"/>

The second largest industry is Educational services, accounting for 11.3%.<ref name="guelph.ca">{{cite web |url=http://guelph.ca/uploads/ecdev/2010%20Community%20Profile.pdf |title=City of Guelph 2010 Community Profile |publisher=City of Guelph |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928062452/http://guelph.ca/uploads/ecdev/2010%20Community%20Profile.pdf}}</ref>