SEDA, with the support of PrairiesCan and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Trade and Export Development, is implementing a two-year investment readiness and activation program called Saskatchewan Investment Readiness Initiative (SIRI).

SIRI will engage industry and communities and gather data to determine investment and growth opportunities, build more capacity through investment readiness initiatives, and identify industrial and commercial sites for business development in Saskatchewan. Working within five designated geographic project areas, SEDA will assess economic development and investment attraction opportunities in the targeted sectors of agri-value, manufacturing, minerals and energy. 

Program Objectives

1. Identify new opportunities for investment through data collection & analysis.
2. Build investment readiness capacity in communities and geographic areas.
3. Lead investment readiness initiatives that inform and attract investors.

Data Collection & Analysis

SIRI will collect and analyze data through business interviews and opportunity assessments in select geographical areas to identify investment prospects and assess readiness. Once data has been analyzed, SEDA will engage with project stakeholders to mobilize targeted initiatives.

Investment Readiness Capacity Building

SIRI will build investment readiness capacity via a series of monthly briefings, targeted meetings, and pathfinding. Community Readiness Reviews will assess current readiness states, which will help shape future initiatives to increase readiness capabilities.

Download our monthly Strategies for Success Briefs:

•  February 2025 Are you investment ready?
• March 2025 Is it time for CEDS?
• April 2025 Are you taking care of business?
• May 2025 What do clusters have to do with it?
• June 2025 Resilience and Readiness – What’s the Connection?

Investment Readiness Initiatives

SIRI will also undertake two important initiatives to provide vital data for those looking to invest in Saskatchewan’s communities. The Commercial/Industrial Land Inventory project will gather universal site selector data to populate an investor-focused website, and Community Investment Profiles will showcase the attributes of targeted communities for development opportunities.

Program Timelines

December 2024 to December 2026.  SEDA will contact communities and businesses directly to participate.

For more information contact:

Jackie Wall

Manager, Special Programs

Saskatchewan Economic Development Alliance

tel: 306-205-9712    email: ecdev@seda.ca