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York Region is a thriving and diverse community in Canada that is home to:
…large municipality and third largest business hub. York Region is a top destination in the Toronto area and Canada for business, talent, and investment.
…comprised of nine local cities and towns, which are Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Aurora, Georgina, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, and King.
York Region placed first out of 117 regions identified across the country in a study by The Mowat Centre (University of Toronto) assessing overall livability across different socio-economic factors.
Spread throughout York Region’s nine cities and towns in the Greater Toronto Area
Across a variety of key industry sectors including ICT, financial services, and more…
York Region is a welcoming community and one of the most diverse regions in Canada
Career opportunities for every experience level, what’s it like to live and work here?
Expanding your business into the Greater Toronto Area is an important decision. Finding the right location where your business can succeed is key, but it also needs to be where your employees want to be. From strategic connections, finding office space, to government grant opportunities, and discovering why the lifestyle here is sought-after, we will show you why York Region is where talent and opportunity intersect.
In partnership with our local cities and towns, York Region’s Economic Development team provides complimentary and confidential support services to local and international businesses looking to expand or establish operations in Toronto area’s York Region.
The chatter in the public domain around the technology industry in Canada is increasing by the day. Similarly, the share of voice around the startup community is also growing. There’s a middle ground here, however, that gets less attention, the least share of voice and practically zero press coverage: Canadian scale-ups.
For many the acronym “AI” (Artificial Intelligence) brings immediate thoughts of Terminator or super robots taking over the world. However, as the 2018 Toronto Tech Summit – hosted at the MaRS Discovery District in Downtown Toronto – highlighted, the pursuit of AI integration threaded into “mundane” business operations such as customer service support, personnel assistants, human resources, and e-commerce activities is already having a huge impact and dramatically reshaping how these sectors engage with their customers.
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Where is the R&D for these current and future automotive technologies to be used on a global scale taking place? York Region’s thriving automotive technology cluster has been quietly gaining momentum and its success is positioning the Greater Toronto Area as a global automotive innovation hub.
Richmond Hill, July 19, 2018 /CNW/ – iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. (“iSIGN” or “Company”) (TSX-V: ISD) (OTC: ISDSF), a leading provider of interactive mobile messaging solutions for commercial and security purposes announces that its Chilean reseller, Smart Sign, has signed an agreement with a major mining company for a pilot project for iSIGN’s Security Alert Messaging (“SAM”) technology.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. & MARKHAM, ON, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Elastic Path, the leader in enterprise headless commerce solutions, announced today it has opened a new Canadian location in Ontario, in the Toronto area, following a recent $43 million funding round and a series of key executives and upper management new hires.
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We are proud to announce that Book4Time will be celebrated by the International SPA Association (ISPA) at the upcoming 2018 ISPA Conference & Expo with the ISPA Innovate Award. The ISPA Innovate Award is given to spa industry leaders with innovative and successful spa-related initiatives.
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VAUGHAN, ON, July 13, 2018 /CNW/ – CannTrust Holdings Inc. (“CannTrust” or the “Company”, TSX: TRST), one of Canada’sleading licensed producers of cannabis, explodes into the adult use market with its first three recreational cannabis supply agreements.
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MARKHAM, ON, July 16, 2018 /CNW/ – Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (“Enbridge”) and Hydrogenics Corporation (“Hydrogenics”) today announced that the first major energy storage facility using hydrogen in North America is now operational.
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MARKHAM, ON, July 16, 2018 /CNW/ – Lorex Technology, a global leader in home and small business video surveillance solutions, has launched a new line of 4K (8MP) Ultra HD resolution dome and bullet IP cameras with long-range night vision capabilities up to 250ft.
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