In a year of unprecedented upheaval and transformation, CBRE’s new Scoring Canadian Tech Talent ranking shows that Canada’s top tech markets were largely unfazed by the pandemic, with Toronto once again taking the No. 1 spot followed by Ottawa, Vancouver, Waterloo Region and Montreal. These markets boast the strongest number of factors that contribute to tech sector […]
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Vancouver Named Top-Growth Tech City in North America
Vancouver has ranked first in North America for high-tech software job growth. According to the 2020 CBRE North America Tech-30 report, Vancouver leads the 30 top tech markets in the US and Canada, with a growth rate of 29.2% over the past two years. In 2018 and 2019, approximately 14,200 new tech jobs were created to […]
Canadian Tech Talent Poised For Post-Pandemic Growth
Tech talent is one of the most resilient professions in any economic downturn, and this has been particularly so during the COVID-19 crisis by facilitating business productivity and supporting critical infrastructure. And according to commercial real estate firm CBRE, tech talent is poised for post-pandemic growth. CBRE’s 2020 Scoring Tech Talent Report [pdf] is out […]
Smaller Cities Make Big Strides in CBRE’s Canadian Tech Talent Ranking
CBRE has published their annual Canadian Tech Talent Ranking list and while larger tech talent markets continue to dominate, Canada’s smaller markets have been making big strides. Toronto is tops for Canadian tech talent, having added an extraordinary 80,100 tech jobs between 2013 and 2018 (54% growth), far outpacing the nation’s other leading tech centres. […]