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Smaller Cities Make Big Strides in CBRE’s Canadian Tech Talent Ranking
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
While Toronto remains Canada's top market for tech employment, Victoria, Oshawa, Hamilton and Guelph gather major momentum
Vancouver, BC, December 4, 2019--(T-Net)--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.
Ottawa, Vancouver, Waterloo Region and Montreal round out the Top 5 in CBRE's Scoring Canadian Tech Talent Report.
But while larger tech talent markets continue to dominate, Canada's smaller markets have been making big strides.
Victoria (No. 7) climbed three spots and Oshawa (No. 12) rose by two, the largest year-over-year improvements in the 2019 rankings. Hamilton (No. 9) and Guelph (No. 13) recorded the fastest tech job growth among mid-sized and small tech talent markets. And Edmonton moved into the Top 10 as a result of 26% increase in tech jobs in the past five years.
"Although Canada's major markets have deep pools of tech talent and are globally competitive, the competition for office space is fierce and tech tenants are having to be decisive and creative when it comes to their real estate. Mid- and small-sized markets are gathering major momentum, because they offer tech firms greater availability of office space, operational cost savings, and untapped talent pools," said CBRE Canada Vice Chairman Paul Morassutti.
"It says something that the two largest ranking improvements were in Victoria and Oshawa, and the largest venture capital deal was in St. John's."
CBRE Research has analyzed 20 Canadian cities to create a scorecard that ranks their tech talent offerings. The scorecard uses 13 metrics to measure each market's depth, vitality and attractiveness to tech employers and potential employees, including availability of talent, quality of labour and gross operating costs. To generate an overall score, each metric has been weighted by relative importance to companies seeking tech talent.
Here's a look at how Canadian tech centres fared based on several of these key metrics:
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2017 revenue). The company has more than 80,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
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