Toronto has ranked first in North America for high-tech software job growth.
According to the 2021 CBRE North America Tech-30 report, Toronto leads the 30 top tech markets in the US and Canada, with a growth rate of 26.4% over the past two years.
In 2019 and 2020, approximately 40,200 new tech jobs were created in Toronto.
Vancouver follows Seattle and sits in the third spot with a growth rate of 20.9%, down from the growth between the previous period of 2017 to 2018.
Montreal clocked in at sixth on the list after New York City and Austin with a growth rate of 14.6% over the last two years, accounting for 12,600 new jobs.
The ranking behind each market in the report was generated using employment data from 2019 and does not reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Check out the complete report online.
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