page_title: Biggar, Saskatchewan
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Biggar, Saskatchewan / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Majestic Theatre at 322 Main Street (intersection of Fourth Avenue East), Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada. This theatre was built in 1911, although it has been enlarged and substantially changed since then. In its current form, the building dates from 1928.
context_page_description: Biggar is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 14, 93 kilometres west of Saskatoon, the province's most populous city.
  Biggar has become well known for its unusual town slogan, an Olympic athlete, and a world-record deer. The town was featured on American morning newsmagazine The Today Show in February 2010 as part of an ongoing Canadian-oriented segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
context_section_description: The Biggar railway station was constructed in 1909-1910 and is serviced by Via Rail with The Canadian serving the station twice a week.  Biggar's prosperity was directly tied to the railway for many years.  Up to 500 local people were at one time employed by Canadian National Railway (CN), which took over the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP).  That number has now dropped to under 200.  As the railway industry has decreased, Biggar has shifted its economy to agriculture and related industries.
  Biggar is home to Prairie Malt Limited, a large barley processing plant.  The malthouse has an annual capacity of 220,000 metric tonnes.  Malt is a primary ingredient in beer and whisky.  Prairie Malt employs approximately 70 full-time employees.  It creates significant spin-off employment among local trucking firms such as Biggar Transport, with a fleet of over 50 trucks.
  The Town of Biggar lists more than 150 businesses and services on its website.  These include a manufacturer of petroleum and hazardous material containment tanks, a sodium sulphate plant, a large greenhouse and a variety of financial, farm and health services.
caption: Majestic Theatre
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