What makes Toronto such a great tech city?
Toronto is Canada’s most populous city, with ample job opportunities – especially in the tech field. With more residents working in tech, immigration to urban centres and digital innovation in Toronto are both on the rise, making Toronto one of the most burgeoning tech cities.
Tech executives love using Toronto as a home base just as much as tech workers love being here. Read on to learn more about how and why Toronto’s becoming a great tech city.
Deep Talent Pool
Toronto is bursting at the seams with digital natives looking to make a splash in the tech sector. Today’s youth grew up with smartphones, and they’re looking to build the next digital marvels.
From universities, colleges, and coding bootcamps, Toronto has tons of education centres keeners can go to formally learn digital skills. The startling success of innovation hubs and tech incubators from leading centres like the University of Toronto and MaRS testify to the deep talent pool that’s already there and only growing.
As companies grow, so do their requirements. Toronto’s talented population will accommodate and fulfill these needs as they change and evolve.
Diversity
Toronto is an extremely multicultural city, which helps tech companies for several reasons. Tech companies won’t have any trouble finding translators. Given the international and interconnected nature of the digital world, it helps to have workers from different backgrounds who may understand realities on the ground abroad.
Navigating cultural and language issues is impossible with a narrow team. Cities like Toronto have delicious food from around the world. To be sure, that’s something everyone can enjoy! But a worker from India may yearn for home cooking, and they’ll appreciate being in a city that has what they crave.
People may move to a different city for a job, but if they remain there for years, it’s because they found a home. Toronto has a wide variety of religious temples, casual and formal international restaurants, schools, language programs, and other things that tend to appear in diverse populations.
International and national businesses are here
Sometimes the leaders set trends that other businesses follow. Toronto already has offices from international giants like Apple and Google. Local tech darlings like Shopify and Nobul, a real estate tech platform made by digital innovator Regan McGee, are not far behind.
You could be looking to blaze your own digital trade according to the specifics of your product, but it’s reassuring to rely on a city that has attracted so many successful companies. It’s true that rent in Toronto is expensive, but it’s affordable on a tech salary!
If major companies like Google and Apple can make it work in Toronto, others can too.
Historically, the busiest trading cities succeeded because commerce thrives amid bustling cross-pollination. The more diversity and stuff a city has (corporate offices, people, international cuisine, etc.), the more its value surpasses the sum of its parts. Digital technology may be at the cutting edge of modern life, but the things that make Toronto a great tech city make it great for everybody.
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