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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!
# of ICT employer business establishments per 1,000 residents | Statistics Canada, CBC | 12/2017
ICT Technical Occupations % of Labour Force (Ages 25-64) | Statistics Canada 2016 Census (NOC* 0213; 2133; 2147; 217; 2241; 2242; 2253; 228)
# of ICT employer business establishments
| 1 | City of Toronto | 6,407 |
| 2 | YORK REGION | 4,382 |
| 3 | Greater Vancouver | 3,757 |
| 4 | Peel Region | 3,716 |
| 5 | Montreal | 3,462 |
| 6 | Ottawa | 3,070 |
| 7 | Calgary | 2,823 |
| 8 | Halton Region | 1,550 |
| 9 | Edmonton | 1,454 |
| 10 | Durham | 770 |
| Statistics Canada, CBC | 12/2017 | ||
Most of the Region’s 60,000+ tech jobs are located in these megazones.
Amaya, AMD, Enghouse, IBM, Huawei Canada, and Rogers.
Includes enterprise and scale-up companies from York Region.
Imagine your commute to your job was only 11 minutes long? Or having a hairdresser come cut your hair at work? How about having a Lego room in your office when you want to bring in the kids?
Full Article: newmarkettoday.ca
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To commemorate expansion into a larger office in the city of Markham in Greater Toronto Area, the Mayor of the City of Markham, Frank Scarpitti, today visited the Canada-based operation responsible for contributing to Turbonomic’s R&D efforts. Today’s news is the latest milestone as Turbonomic, the leader in application resource management, continues its growth trajectory.
Full Article: turbonomic.com
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York Region, Canada’s second largest tech hub, was front and centre at Collision Conference’s inaugural debut with a 30ft2 space, aptly named the #YRtech Experience Pavilion. York Region’s Economic Development team partnered with local tech scale-ups, startups, innovation support organizations, and a few of our local municipalities – Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan – to create a space for Collision attendees to “play” and “interact” with cutting edge technology in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), autotech, intelligent building solutions, gaming, virtual reality (VR), smart watches, robotic vision solutions, mobile app development, and more.
Canada’s nascent drone industry took another step towards widespread use with a commercial agreement between Drone Delivery Canada and Air Canada on Tuesday.
Full Article: financialpost.com
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RICHMOND HILL, ON, June 6, 2019 /CNW/ – Mackenzie Health and Sodexo Canada announced today the signing of a new 10-year agreement to provide a suite of integrated management services to patients, visitors, staff, physicians and volunteers at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital.
Full Article: newswire.ca
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MARKHAM, Ontario, June 3, 2019 — LMN, Inc., North America’s leading provider of landscape business management software, today announced its move to a larger, newly designed office space in Markham, Ontario, “Canada’s Most Diverse City.”
Full Article: www.prnewswire.ca
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