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  1. Oct 28, 2024 · According to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, 23 million Canadians play video games, representing 61% of the population. Younger Canadians are more likely to play video games with 89% of children and teens (6-17-year-olds) playing video games compared to 61% of the 18-64-year-olds.

  2. Jan 10, 2024 · In 2021, there were 937 video game companies in Canada, and four out of five video game companies in Canada were located in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia.

  3. 80% of all Canadian game studios are located in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario. [17] Ontario is the largest producer of video games in Canada, housing 31.8% of all game studios (10 of which are large companies) and has annual expenditures of $818.4 million. [17]

    • Early History of Video Games
    • Growth of The Video Game Industry in Canada
    • The Video Game Industry in Canada Today
    • Canadian Video Game Players
    • Video Games in Canadian Culture

    Video games are an interactive medium. Through some kind of user interface, usually a controller, players engage with and manipulate video, audio and text produced by a computer program and electronically displayed on a screen (usually a TV, computer or mobile device). The earliest video game development can be traced back to the 1950s and 60s. At ...

    In Canada, the video game industry is generally considered to have developed in the early 1980s. The launch of the game studio Distinctive Software by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember in Burnaby, British Columbia,in 1983 was a key player in that development. Distinctive Software would go on to be purchased by the American company Electronic Arts (EA) i...

    Over the past 40 years, the video game industry has grown to become a significant part of the Canadian social and economic landscape, and the Canadian video game industry has become the third largest globally. As of 2021, the industry contributed $5.5 billion to Canada’s economy, which represents a 23 per cent growth in Gross Domestic Product(GDP) ...

    As the video game industry in Canada grew throughout the 1980s and 90s, Canadians also began taking to video games as a pastime, first in arcades and then increasingly at home with consoles like Atari and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). By 1993, more than one-quarter of Canadian homes had an NES console and consumers were spending $370 mil...

    Video games in Canada have been received with hesitancy and sometimes with overt resistance. Critics have expressed concerns about the effects of violent video game content and screen time on children. Debates about the effects of violence in video games continue to occur, but no conclusive data is readily available. Similarly, research around scre...

  4. Jul 30, 2019 · As the following chart illustrates, the majority of Canada’s video game companies are located in three provinces: Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. This has remained consistent since 2013. Source: Nordicity. (2017). Canada’s Video Game Industry in 2017 – Final Report.

  5. Pages in category "Video games developed in Canada". The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,327 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) (next page)

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  7. Most (80%) of Canada’s video game companies are located in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. Although all regions showed an increase in the number of companies, the growth was concentrated in Ontario and Quebec which together added 137 companies to the Canadian industry.

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