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Jun 7, 2021 · Our city’s deep pool of highly skilled and diverse talent has long been viewed by innovators and entrepreneurs as one of our city’s strongest competitive advantages. According to CBRE’s 2020 Tech Talent report, Ottawa has the highest concentration of tech talent in North America at 11.3 per cent.
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- Ottawa has once again proven it is a world-class tech hub
Aug 20, 2020 · Ottawa’s innovation ecosystem has been building up a substantial pool of tech talent for more than two decades. Active recruiting by major players from Nokia to Shopify, 65 federal research labs, and top tier STEM programs at our universities and colleges bring talented people from around the world to Ottawa. 3.
Jun 7, 2023 · Based on CBRE’s 2022 numbers, Ottawa’s total tech employment looks impressive indeed: 94,100. Yet, as a few keen observers of Ottawa’s tech sector have pointed out, the CBRE numbers diverge...
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Work in Ottawa Tech Career Fair March 9, 2022 Online
Looking to be discovered by a top tech firm? Here’s your chance to (virtually) get in front of hiring managers looking to fill vacancies, including remote and hybrid roles. Check out the growing list of participating companies to tailor your pitch and come prepared with any questions. This event will be a recurring one, so follow Work in Ottawaon LinkedIn to stay in the loop. The event is free but spots are filling up fast, so registersoon.
Discover Technata Career Fair and Tech Expo April 5, 2022 Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Dr., Kanata
If Ottawa is the Silicon Valley of Canada, Kanata North is its Palo Alto. It has the densest concentration of research and technology companies in the country — over 540 in a few square kilometres — in sectors like software, security, life sciences, digital media, wireless and telecom, autonomous vehicles and clean technologies. Discover Technata is the Kanata North Business Association’s annual recruiting event, and it’s a rare opportunity to connect with some of the city’s most exciting nam...
Tech Tuesday
Tech Tuesday is a popular networking and presentation event for Ottawa’s high-tech community, sponsored by the Wesley Clover Foundation. It’s a great opportunity for young and entering tech industry rookies to mix with and learn from more established professionals. Before the pandemic, people got together on the first Tuesday of every month. Events are currently on hiatus but will resume when it’s safe, so keep an eye out for updates.
Beer & Analytics May 4, 2022 Landsdowne Park Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Way, Ottawa
Beer & Analytics is just what it sounds like — a laid-back gathering of the city’s analytics community to talk data and drink beer. Past events have had attendance in the hundreds, so they’re a great opportunity to connect with fellow data enthusiasts and learn about AI, modern tools and visualization techniques. You’ll rub elbows with local leaders in the field, including sponsors Bronson Consulting, Alteryx, Tableau and Snowflake. Food and drinks, including wine, pop and, of course, craft b...
iTech May 31, 2022 Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa
iTech is one of Canada’s leading IT conferences, and it’s coming to Ottawa this May. Along with the opportunity to meet new people in the tech world, you’ll get an inside track on new and upcoming trends through educational sessions, keynotes and demonstrations. iTech isn’t a recruiting event, but the exhibition floor is a great chance to connect with company reps — “I saw your awesome product at iTech” is a handy opening line in a job inquiry email or LinkedIn invite and always extra credit...
OWASP Ottawa
The Ottawa Chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) — an international non-profit working to improve software security — is one of the larger and more active organized tech and developer groups in the city. Before the pandemic, they held monthly in-person meetings and other events like infosec talks, training sessions, discussion groups and the occasional job fair. Events are free and open to everyone, and for now, they’re happening online. You can check them out on their...
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Ottawa
ML & AI Ottawa is another lively group that gets together monthly to connect and learn. Check out their meetings if you have an interest in AI — they welcome everyone from established professionals and academics to high school students, and their speaker series ranges from hyper-technical deep dives to philosophical discussions about AI ethics. You can join the group on their website.
Ottawa Cyber
The Ottawa Cyber Security Meetup is an educational forum hosting monthly speakers from the industry and business community. Talks are followed by smaller breakout discussion groups — a chance to meet and learn from other cybersecurity professionals and local business leaders. You can request to join on their Meetup page There you have it — and now that you’re tuned into the wheres of networking, you can read up on the whys and hows on our blog here. See you around town!
Access to Talent. Ottawa has the highest concentration of tech talent in North America at 13.3%. That’s higher than San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Washington and Toronto. Canada also offers a fast and predictable immigration process.
Sep 4, 2024 · According to CBRE, Ottawa added 31,300 tech talent jobs between 2018 and 2023, representing growth of 51.7 per cent. Calgary, where the tech labour force expanded by a whopping 78.1 per cent, was the only market with a higher growth rate during that time period.
Jun 21, 2023 · Sometimes referred to as “tech density” — the number of tech employees as a percentage of total urban employment — Ottawa comes in at 11.6 per cent, according to CBRE’s 2022 North American Scoring Tech Talent report, placing our city ahead of all North American urban regions surveyed, including San Francisco.
