Canada's Industrial Heartland encompasses the municipalities of Ingersoll, Perth County, Stratford, St. Thomas, Tillsonburg and Woodstock and stretches across Elgin, Oxford and Perth counties. SOMA is in the center of the Southwestern Ontario peninsula, in the midst of one of the most robust economies in North America. A rich manufacturing and agricultural belt between the shores of Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, SOMA forms a natural economic region. Its three counties and six municipalities share a large workforce and a global vision for growth.