Building Communities for the Future
York Region’s four urban growth centres totaling 1,700 acres of mixed-use, transit-oriented development projects will accommodate 135,000 new residents, 100,000 jobs, and world-class amenities by 2032. York Region is amongst the top 10 Canadian cities in construction activity at $3.3 billion of total construction value and the second largest construction cluster in Ontario with over 13,000 construction and real estate industry businesses. Many of Canada’s leading construction, infrastructure, engineering, and real estate development companies call York Region home, including Brookfield, Condrain, Flato, Greenpark, Liberty Development, Miller Group, Remington, SmartCentres, to name a few.
- Second largest construction market in Ontario; 6th largest in Canada, with $3.3 billion new construction value (2018)
- Nearly 50,000 new homes sold in York Region since 2014 of which over 25,000 were condo apartments – GTA’s 2nd highest sales volume
- Canadian headquarters and major office locations of leading consulting engineering firms such as AECOM, Associated Engineering, Black & Macdonald, GHD, Morrison Hershfield, Stantec, WSP, and WorleyParsons
- Multi-billion-dollar public transportation infrastructure investments of the completed Toronto-York subway extension line, including the approved Yonge North Subway Extension construction plan, and a 36-kilometre York Region bus rapid transit corridor
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts, December 2018
$3.3B New Construction
Second largest construction market in Ontario; sixth largest in Canada
50,000 New Homes
Sold in York Region since 2014 of which 25,000+ were condos
4 Urban Growth Centres
Designed as walkable, high-transit live/work destinations
Latest York Region Construction Business News
- Growatt Partners With Markham Headquartered Microgreen Solar to Expand Market Reach in Canada
Adding the Growatt product line to Microgreen’s products and full solar kits deepens our product offering and brings us into the grid-tie market at a time when government incentives are accelerating solar+storage uptake across Canada. We are excited to bring our customers a wider selection of products at a time of increasing consumer demand - York Region Business Update // August 2021
York Region Economic Development’s monthly e-newsletter shares highlights and news from the business community, small business supports, events, economic data, and more. Check out the August edition now! - Markham Headquartered Constellation HomeBuilder Systems Builds a New Partnership with Epcon Franchising Through BuildTopia
Existing and future Epcon franchisees can use BuildTopia to help streamline their homebuilding companies. With implementation and setup support from Constellation, all participating Epcon franchisees will have BuildTopia at their fingertips to adopt, making it easier for them to navigate their intricate vendor relationships and purchasing schedule, using BuildTopia’s easy scheduling, estimating, and purchasing metrics.