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- Google. The list’s highest-ranked newcomer, Google bagged the first position for its collaborative environment, great technology and good pay among many other factors.
- Microsoft. Microsoft now sits at No.2 after being at the top for two consecutive years. There are 28,000 employee reviews on the platform and 90 per cent of the company employees who have left reviews say they will recommend Microsoft to a friend for it offers very flexible work management and supportive work culture.
- Apple. Only Apple, No.4 on the list of 25 Best Places to Work in Canada in 2021 and No.3 on the list of top 10 best tech companies to work in Canada, has ranked among Glassdoor’s list of Best Places to Work for all six years.
- Sage. Out of the 2,800 employees who have left reviews for Sage on the Glassdoor platform, 86 per cent say they will recommend the company to a friend, and 95 per cent say they approve of the chief executive officer Steve Hare.
- Google. The list’s highest-ranked newcomer, Google bagged the first position for its collaborative environment, great technology and good pay among many other factors.
- Microsoft. Microsoft now sits at No.2 after being at the top for two consecutive years. There are 28,000 employee reviews on the platform and 90 per cent of the company employees who have left reviews say they will recommend Microsoft to a friend for it offers very flexible work management and supportive work culture.
- Apple. Only Apple, No.4 on the list of 25 Best Places to Work in Canada in 2021 and No.3 on the list of top 10 best tech companies to work in Canada, has ranked among Glassdoor’s list of Best Places to Work for all six years.
- Sage. Out of the 2,800 employees who have left reviews for Sage on the Glassdoor platform, 86 per cent say they will recommend the company to a friend, and 95 per cent say they approve of the chief executive officer Steve Hare.
- The Biggest Tech Talent Hubs in The U.S. and Canada
- The Top Tech Hubs in The U.S.
- The Top Tech Hubs in Canada
- Evolution of Tech Hubs
The tech workforce just keeps growing. In fact, there are now an estimated 6.5 milliontech workers between the U.S. and Canada — 5.5 million of which work in the United States. This infographic draws from a report by CBREto determine which tech talent markets in the U.S. and Canada are the largest. The data looks at total workforce in the sector, a...
Silicon Valley, in California’s Bay Area, remains the most prominent (and expensive) U.S. tech hub, with a talent pool of nearly 380,000 tech workers. Here’s a look at the top tech talent markets in the country in terms of total worker population: America’s large, coastal cities still contain the lion’s share of tech talent, but mid-sized tech hubs...
Tech giants like Google, Meta, and Amazon are continuously and aggressively growing their presencein Canada, further solidifying the country’s status as the next big destination for tech talent. Here are the country’s four tech hubs with a total worker population of more than 50,000: Toronto saw the most absolute growth tech positions in 2021, addi...
The post-COVID era has seen a shifting definition of what a tech hub means. It’s clear that remote work is here to stay, and as workers migrate to chase affordability and comfort, traditional tech hubs are seeing some decline — or at least slower growth — in their population of tech workers. While it isn’t evident that there is a mass exodus of tec...
- Blockstream. Blockstream provides Bitcoin and blockchain technology solution for financial markets.
- Dooly. Dooly is a sales enablement platform that collects information and insights essential to close business sales.
- Algolux. Algolux empowers vision systems with the most robust perception technology for all conditions.
- HIVE Blockchain. HIVE Blockchain is a partnership between Genesis Mining and Fiore Group to accelerate the development of the blockchain sector.
- Speed of hiring. One way that Canada has eased its immigration process is through the Global Talent Stream (GTS), a program designed to fast-track the entry of foreign workers with specialized skills.
- World-class engineering talent. According to a CBRE report, Canadian tech talent is strong and continues to grow. From 2014 to 2019, the tech talent pool in Toronto grew by 36.5% and the tech labor market increased by 66,900 jobs, making Toronto home to around 250,000 tech workers.
- Great engineering schools. Education forms the foundation for the quality of tech labor in Canada. Several of Canada’s post-secondary schools have been rated among the world's best universities, and the best computer science programs in Canada can be found at the University of Toronto (which is also the 17th best university in the world), the University of Waterloo, and the University of British Columbia (which is the 31st best university in the world).
- Affordable cost of living. The cost of living in Canada’s major cities is typically lower than in the U.S. While the United States is much larger than its northern neighbor in terms of GDP, the average income per capita is similar in both places.
Key factors driving Toronto’s tech success include a strong presence of venture capital firms, a burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) sector, and a rapidly expanding fintech industry. Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, a renowned innovation hub, provides crucial resources and networking opportunities for startups and tech companies.
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Between 2016 and 2021, total employment growth in software and computer services has outpaced overall growth in the ICT sector (5.9% vs. 3.5%). The total ICT sector workforce grew 18.8% from 604,240 in 2016 to just over 717,590 in 2021.
