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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.
Full Article: yorklink.ca
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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.
For the last few months, Holland Marsh in York Region and Bradford was the site of a worldwide competition targeting phosphorus water pollution, which creates harmful algae blooms in freshwater bodies around the world. The grand prize? $10 million from The Everglades Foundation.
Full Article: foodandfarming.ca
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TORONTO & MARKHAM, Aug. 16, 2018 /CNW/ – True North Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust is pleased to announce it has closed the previously announced acquisition of an office property located at 80 Whitehall Drive, Markham, Ontario.
Full Article: markets.businessinsider.com
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The world’s largest, fastest and tallest dive coaster — plummeting riders at 130 kilometres an hour down 75 metres (245 feet) into an underwater tunnel — is coming to Canada’s Wonderland.
Full Article: thestar.com
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Toronto has been borderline-obsessed with the idea of a figurative “winter wonderland” in recent years, hence the soaring popularity of idyllic skating trails and jam-packed holiday lights festivals. Now, as of Wednesday morning, you can look forward to hitting up a literalwinter Wonderland — as in Canada’s Wonderland, during the winter.
Full Article: blogto.com
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Markham, Ontario, Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Flowr Group (Okanagan) Inc., a cultivator of premium cannabis in Canada, announced today that it has received its sales license from Health Canada.
Full Article: globenewswire.com
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Markham, Aug. 14, 2018 /CNW/ — Over the past two years, Constellation HomeBuilder Systems has made strategic investments in the customer experience space, acquiring CustomerInsight, CustomerConnect, Woodland, O’Brien & Scott and Conasys Homeowner Care.
Full Article: newswire.ca
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