YORK REGION INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FACTS

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TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN YORK REGION

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TECH-BASED JOBS IN YORK REGION

DEVELOP #YRTECH IN YORK REGION.

YOUR BUSINESS. CANADA’S SECOND LARGEST TECH HUB. IT’S TIME.

The Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Greater Toronto’s York Region is over 4,300 companies strong. You’ll find global corporations down to startups in the Region, with most of our tech companies being scale-ups focused on business-to-business and enterprise-scale solutions in areas such as enterprise software, IT services, cloud computing, networking, and microelectronics.

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MAJOR TECH COMPANIES THAT CHOSE TORONTO AREA'S YORK REGION

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YORK REGION'S TECH SECTOR BY THE NUMBERS

A LOOK AT CANADA’S TOP TECH HUBS

# of ICT employer business establishments

1	City of Toronto	6,810
2	YORK REGION	4,388
3	Peel Region	3,974
4	Greater Vancouver	3,927
5	Montreal	3,801
6	Ottawa	3,125
7	Calgary	2,813
8	Halton Region	1,633
9	Edmonton	1,470
10	Durham Region	850
11	Waterloo	780
Statistics Canada, CBC \| 12/2018

YORK REGION IS CANADA’S MOST DENSE TECH HUB

# of ICT employer business establishments per 1,000 residents | Statistics Canada, CBC | 12/2018

YORK REGION HAS THE HIGHEST TECH TALENT CONCENTRATION IN THE TORONTO-WATERLOO CORRIDOR

ICT Technical Occupations % of Labour Force (Ages 25-64) | Statistics Canada, CBC 2018
(NOCs: 217; 228; 0213; 2133; 2147; 2241; 2242; 2253; 7333 – as per CBRE Scoring Tech Talent Report)

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OF GTA'S THREE EMPLOYMENT MEGAZONES ARE IN YORK REGION

Most of the Region’s 60,000+ tech jobs are located in these megazones.

YORK REGION'S GLOBAL TALENT

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OF GTA'S 2018 TOP 10 ICT CORPORATE R&D INVESTORS ARE IN YORK REGION

AMD, Constellation Software, Enghouse, IBM, Huawei Canada, and Mitel Networks.

LIVE & WORK IN YORK REGION

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OF COMPUTER DEALER NEWS 2018 TOP 100 IT SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS ARE IN YORK REGION

Includes enterprise and scale-up companies from York Region.

OTHER BUSINESS ADVANTAGES

TECH NEWS FROM THE YORK REGION BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Receives Approval for Government Grant to Accelerate the Development of New COVID-19 Testing Technology

August 6, 2020 in Business Community Updates, Cleantech, COVID19, Information Communications & Technology

August 5, 2020 / Kontrol Energy Corp. (CSE:KNR)(OTCQB:KNRLF)(FSE:1K8) (“Kontrol” or “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received approval for an initial government grant of $50,000 from the National Research Council of Canada to accelerate its new Covid-19 testing technology, the Kontrol BioCloud® analyzer (“BioCloud analyzer” or “BioCloud”).

Can we measure for COVID-19 like we do for air quality?

Markham Headquartered Everlink and Interac Corp. Announce Multi-Year Extension to Tokenization Service Provider Agreement

August 6, 2020 in Business Community Updates, Financial, Insurance & Business Services, Information Communications & Technology

MARKHAM, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Everlink Payment Services Inc. is very pleased to announce a multi-year extension of its Mobile Tokenization Service Provider agreement (TSP) with Interac Corp. Since 2015, Everlink has extended and expanded its strategic partnership with Interac while continuing to play a critical role as a member of the Interac® TSP consortium. The platform enables Canadian debit cardholders to make secure Interac Debit payments with their mobile device or mobile wallet through a process referred to as tokenization.

Markham Headquartered IBM Launches Free, Open Digital Learning Platform ‘SkillsBuild Reignite’ to Help Canadian Job Seekers and Business Owners get Back to Work

July 28, 2020 in Business Community Updates, COVID19, Information Communications & Technology

July 27, 2020 /CNW/ – Today, IBM, (NYSE: IBM) and non-profit organization ACCES Employment launch a collaboration using the SkillsBuild platform, making custom courses, projects, and personalized coaching available to over 35,000 Canadians looking to re-skill and get new jobs.

Markham-Based School Management Software Company Twine Offers Help to Schools Navigating New Logistics

July 23, 2020 in Business Community Updates, COVID19, Information Communications & Technology

MARKHAM, Ontario, July 22, 2020 /CNW/ — With Canadian provinces working on establishing what their reopening plans will look like in the fall, schools are facing questions as to how to best keep students and staff safe, while providing a productive learning environment.

York Region Enters Stage 3 of Re-opening

July 22, 2020 in Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture & Food Processing, Automotive, Automotive Technology, Awards, Building & Construction, Business Community Updates, City Building, Cleantech, COVID19, Distribution & Logistics, Economic Development News, Financial, Insurance & Business Services, Information Communications & Technology, Innovation, Life Sciences & Healthcare Technologies, Logistics & Transportation, Quality of Life

The Provincial government has given York Region approval to enter Stage 3 of re-opening but what exactly does that mean?

Markham Headquartered IBM Canada and Celero sign 7-year, multi-million dollar agreement for Hybrid Cloud and data centre modernization

July 22, 2020 in Business Community Updates, Information Communications & Technology

July 21, 2020 /CNW/ – IBM and Celero, a leading solutions integrator for Canadian credit unions, have signed a 7-year, multi-million dollar strategic outsourcing agreement that will modernize and transform Celero’s data centre and data centre network environments, moving their infrastructure services onto a hybrid cloud environment.

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YORK REGION INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FACTS

TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN YORK REGION

TECH-BASED JOBS IN YORK REGION

DEVELOP #YRTECH IN YORK REGION.

YOUR BUSINESS. CANADA’S SECOND LARGEST TECH HUB. IT’S TIME.

MAJOR TECH COMPANIES THAT CHOSE TORONTO AREA'S YORK REGION

YORK REGION'S TECH SECTOR BY THE NUMBERS

A LOOK AT CANADA’S TOP TECH HUBS

YORK REGION IS CANADA’S MOST DENSE TECH HUB

YORK REGION HAS THE HIGHEST TECH TALENT CONCENTRATION IN THE TORONTO-WATERLOO CORRIDOR

OF GTA'S THREE EMPLOYMENT MEGAZONES ARE IN YORK REGION

OF GTA'S 2018 TOP 10 ICT CORPORATE R&D INVESTORS ARE IN YORK REGION

OF COMPUTER DEALER NEWS 2018 TOP 100 IT SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS ARE IN YORK REGION

TECH NEWS FROM THE YORK REGION BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Vaughan Headquartered Kontrol Receives Approval for Government Grant to Accelerate the Development of New COVID-19 Testing Technology

Markham Headquartered Everlink and Interac Corp. Announce Multi-Year Extension to Tokenization Service Provider Agreement

Markham Headquartered IBM Launches Free, Open Digital Learning Platform ‘SkillsBuild Reignite’ to Help Canadian Job Seekers and Business Owners get Back to Work

Markham-Based School Management Software Company Twine Offers Help to Schools Navigating New Logistics

York Region Enters Stage 3 of Re-opening

Markham Headquartered IBM Canada and Celero sign 7-year, multi-million dollar agreement for Hybrid Cloud and data centre modernization

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