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YORK REGION INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

DISCOVER YORK REGION – CANADA’S SECOND LARGEST TECH HUB

You might not know the tech sector in Toronto area’s York Region by name, but it is over 4,300 companies strong and growing.

Our tech sector companies are primarily scale-ups with a focus in business-to-business and enterprise-scale solutions that drive some of the most globally known technology. We’re home to a number of global tech giants – and have a number great technology startups too!

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TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN YORK REGION
YORK REGION'S BUSINESS HUB
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TECH-BASED JOBS IN YORK REGION
LIFE IN YORK REGION

  • “York Region in its way is starting to move with momentum into… one of the best innovation regions we have here in the Province.”

    – Patrick Horgan, Former VP Development & Operations | IBM Canada

  • “The talent here is exciting… engineers with diverse backgrounds can create technologies that can be used for all cultures.”

    – Michael H. Yuan, Former Executive VP, Corporate Development | CIeNet International

  • “We knew this was a high-growth area… York Region was appealing for a number of reasons: transit, growth, and talent.”

    – Sebastian Distefano, Regional Managing Partner | KPMG

  • “We deliberately selected this site in Canada because of its clear capacity for innovation, proven talent, great universities, and innovative partners.”

    – Ken Kelzer, VP Global Components & Subsystems | General Motors

  • “Our employment growth continues to outpace national and provincial averages, proving York Region is where talent and opportunity intersect.”

    – Wayne Emmerson, Chairman & CEO | York Region

MAJOR TECH COMPANIES CHOOSE YORK REGION...
MAJOR TECH COMPANIES THAT CHOSE TORONTO AREA'S YORK REGION
  • York Region ICT Sector Logos
  • York Region ICT Sector Logos
  • A Selection of York Region-Based or Headquartered ICT Sector Companies
  • A Selection of York Region-Based or Headquartered ICT Sector Companies

YORK REGION'S TECH SECTOR STRENGTH IS FOUND IN THE DATA

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 2016 Census (NOCs: 217; 228; 0213; 2133; 2147; 2241; 2242; 2253; 7333 – as per CBRE Scoring Tech Talent Report)

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'S GLOBAL TALENT
LIVE & WORK IN YORK REGION
OTHER BUSINESS ADVANTAGES
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OF THE GTA'S FOUR EMPLOYMENT MEGAZONES ARE IN YORK REGION

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

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

Amaya, AMD, Enghouse, IBM, Huawei Canada, and Rogers.

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

Includes enterprise and scale-up companies from York Region.

TECH NEWS FROM THE YORK REGION BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Top Developers and Researchers Come Together in York Region for 2019 CASCON x Evoke Conference
October 23, 2019 in Business Community Updates, Financial, Insurance & Business Services, Information Communications & Technology, Life Sciences & Healthcare Technologies, Technology Interview Series, The York Link Blog

IBM CASCON Conference with AttendeesYORK LINK TECHNOLOGY INTERVIEW SERIES
For the first time, IBM’s long-standing Center for Advanced Studies Conference (CASCON) is partnering with Havas Canada to present CASCON x EVOKE; taking place November 4th-6th in Markham, York Region. We spoke with Steven Astorino, VP of Development, Hybrid Cloud, z Analytics and Canada Lab Director at IBM and get the inside scoop on what attendees may expect from the conference.

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Markham Headquartered Sangoma Announces Strategic Acquisition of VoIP Innovations, LLC
October 23, 2019 in Business Community Updates, Information Communications & Technology

Man sitting on laptop with voip headsetMARKHAM, Ontario, Oct. 18, 2019 — Sangoma Technologies Corporation, a trusted leader in delivering Unified Communications solutions, both in the cloud and on-premises, and the provider of the two most widely used open source communications software products in the world, has acquired VoIP Innovations, LLC today.

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Blue Danube Systems and Markham Headquartered Redline Communications Announce Collaboration to Introduce 3D Beamforming in Private LTE/5G Markets
October 17, 2019 in Business Community Updates, Information Communications & Technology, New Partnership

Graph of wireless network comparisonSANTA CLARA, Calif. & MARKHAM–Blue Danube Systems and Redline Communications announced a strategic collaboration to deploy 3D beamforming solutions in Private LTE/5G networks, meshing together each companies’ platforms and technologies.

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Markham Headquartered LMN Academy Online Launches, Helps Landscapers Grow Their Business
October 17, 2019 in Business Community Updates, Information Communications & Technology

LMN Online Academy DashboardMARKHAM, Ontario and LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — LMN, Inc., North America’s leading provider of B2B landscape business management software, today announced the upcoming launch of the LMN Academy Online, a new way for landscape professionals to learn how to implement LMN and get the industry-specific business education they need to succeed.

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The Regional Municipality of York
Economic Strategy Office
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
L3Y 6Z1

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169 Enterprise Boulevard
Markham, Ontario, Canada
L6G 1B3

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