information and
communication technology
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Top reasons Brampton has
everything you need for your
business to succeed
• Easy access to major markets and more than 450 million North American consumers.
• Brampton is at the hub of North America’s transportation network with the added plus of being the continent’s largest inland port. Its location makes delivering products from factory to market remarkably quick and convenient.
• Brampton is young, educated and highly skilled. A motivated and growing labour force at your fingertips.
• Brampton is a proven success story. It’s already home to multiple thriving industry leaders and there’s room for many more. • Brampton has been included in the Top 10 Mid-Sized American
Cities of the Future 2015/2016 – Overall winner for FDI strategy and included in the Top 10 in Mid-Sized American Cities for Connectivity and Business Friendliness.
• Brampton has a strong economy and is well-positioned for business investment. Its stable marketplace offers competitive energy prices, streamlined regulations and a low-risk investment climate. AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor’s for nine consecutive years.
• First city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and one of only 10 in North America to be designated an International Safe Community by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Sheridan College – Davis Campus
AMERICAN CITIES OF THE FUTURE 2015/16 ___________________________
BEST BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS BEST CONNECTIVITY BEST FDI STRATEGY MID-SIZED CITIES
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Brampton: 2
ndfastest
growing city in Canada
Brampton
overview
Get to know us. We’re a people-powered economy.
With a population approaching 600,000, Brampton is the ninth largest city in Canada and the third largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Averaging 18,000 new residents per year, it is also the second fastest growing city among the largest 50 cities in Canada.
If location is everything, then Brampton has got it all. It is conveniently adjacent to Canada’s largest airport, Toronto Pearson International, and home to CN, the largest intermodal railway terminal in Canada. And Brampton has immediate access to an extensive network of transcontinental highways. Brampton is also at the centre of Canada’s major transportation corridors and close to the U.S. border. That means it is within a day’s drive of 158 million consumers. And that’s also why it’s the ideal place to locate North American operations.
Brampton’s incredibly diverse economic base is already comprised of over 8,500 businesses fuelled by a young, multicultural workforce speaking 89 different languages and including 209 distinct ethnic backgrounds.
Brampton is a youthful city with an average age of 34.7. That’s the lowest median age amongst Canada’s largest cities.
BRAMPTON SECTOR
DIVERSITY BY EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
Retail administration and logistics 35,800
Advanced manufacturing* 26,500
Business services 10,500
Information and communication technology 7,800
Food and beverage 7,500
Life sciences 6,700 SECTOR SPECIFIC TOTAL
(direct employment only) 94,800
TOTAL WORKFORCE 155,000
*excl. ICT, Food and Beverage and Life Sciences
Source: 2013 Brampton Employment Survey
TORONTO
OTTAWA
NIAGARA
BRAMPTON
WATERLOO REGION
Canada: boasting
approximately 33,000
companies in the ICT sector
Ontario: 2
ndlargest ICT
cluster in North America
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
1 2011 National Household Survey
Ontario facts by the numbers
Ontario is the second largest ICT cluster in North America, just behind California and ahead of Texas and New York. In terms of contributing to the Canadian GDP, the Ontario ICT sector makes up 48 per cent at $28.4 billion and accounts for over 66 per cent of national ICT exports at more than $11.7 billion a year. Of Canada’s top 250 ICT firms, 58 per cent of them are headquartered in Ontario, with over 18,000 companies and annual revenues of $75 billion.
More than half of Canadians employed in the ICT industry reside in Ontario. This amounts to 284,000 individuals working in Ontario (59 per cent). Eighty per cent of people in the industry have at least one post-secondary degree, with 44 per cent of them having specialized qualifications in mathematics, computer and information sciences (267,625 people)1. Every
year 30,000 students graduate from Ontario colleges and universities in math, engineering and science. On the research and development front, 65 per cent of the national share originates in Ontario with approximately $3.1 billion spent.
Canadian facts by the numbers
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Canada plays an important role in the national economy. Often referred to as “the information revolution”, ICT encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in its various forms (business data, voice conversations, still images, motion pictures, multimedia presentations, and other forms, including those not yet conceived). This sector is so strong that it outgrew the overall economy in 2011, increasing by 3 per cent from 2010 compared to a 2.6 per cent increase for the total Canadian economy. Approximately 33,300 companies are involved in the ICT sector, which has seen a 16 per cent increase in revenues over five years – from $134 billion in 2007 to $155 billion in 2011. According to Statistics Canada, ICT employment in Canada is at 3 per cent, which translates into 521,702 employees within the sector. Consequently, the ICT sector contribution to the Canadian GDP has also increased – from $59.2 billion in 2008 to $67.2 billion in 2011. And exports of ICT services have also been trending upwards, growing by 7.6 per cent from 2007 to 2011. The Ontario Technology Corridor (OTC) employs over 270,000 people in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ottawa Region, Waterloo Region, City of London and Niagara Region, and is in partnership with the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade as well as the Federal Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The OTC offers one of the world’s best educated, motivated and stable workforces. http://www.ontariotechnologycorridor.com/why-ontario-tech/index.htm
2 Employer survey conducted in 2013 Telecommunication Development Manufacturing Services Wholesale 61% 22% 10% 1% 6% ICT EMPLOYMENT IN BRAMPTON Source: 2013 Brampton Employment Survey
Brampton: world-class ICT talent
and education environment
Brampton is part of the ICT hub
As of 2013, the ICT sector in Brampton was comprised of over 275 companies that employ 7,800 people. Divided into five main sub-sections, telecommunications services is the largest, employing 64 per cent of the Brampton ICT workforce2.Sheridan College’s Faculty of Applied Science and Technology in Brampton offers diploma and degree programs related to ICT, and Brampton is within driving distance to universities and colleges throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that offer over 40 university- level programs and over 30 college-level programs.
Brampton companies contributed approximately $900 million to the national GDP within this industry. Eighty per cent of these companies are classified as small businesses with the majority having 10 or fewer employees. These small companies account for over 10 per cent of ICT employment.
NAME OF INSTITUTION NUMBER
University of Toronto 23 Sheridan College 16 York University 12 Ryerson University 8 Centennial College 7 Durham College 6
George Brown College 6
Humber College 6
Seneca College 5
OCAD University 3
University of Ontario Institute of Technology 1 NUMBER OF ICT-RELATED PROGRAMS AND/OR OPTIONS IN GTA UNIVERSITIES
ICT services | 7,800 employees
ICT companies | Over 275 companies
5%
3%
Total direct and indirect employment in ICT
Brampton has a total of over 275 companies employing 7,800 workersin ICT.
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Rogers Communications Inc. (HQ)
•Air Canada Global
Operations Centre
•
DATA Group Of Companies (HQ)
•Rova Products Canada Inc. (HQ)
•IT Weapons (HQ)
•
Entertainment One Ltd.
•Open Storage Solutions Inc.
•Dasco Data Products Ltd.
•
Automated Fulfillment Systems Inc.
•
Peel Graphics Inc.
•
Brican Automated Systems Inc.
•Norelco Telecom
•
Electronic Coating Technologies
(Hy Power Nano)
•
Razor Creative Solutions
•HRWARE
•
Siemens Canada Ltd.
•Q9 Networks
•
Technicolor Canada Inc.
LEADING
ICT COMPANIES
Ontario:
ranked with
top tax credits
among G7
countries, R & D
cuts up to 63 per cent
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
BRAMPTON INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
• Downtown Façade Improvement Program • Downtown Building Improvement Program • Downtown Development Charges Program • Downtown Sign Permit Fee Subsidy Program • Development Charges Redevelopment Credit • Development Charges Expansion Credit • Dedicated Project Management Team
PROVINCIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
• Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund • Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit • Ontario Business Research Institute Tax Credit • Ontario Innovation Tax Credit Program • Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund • Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit
• Ontario Media Development Corporation Interactive Digital Media Fund
FEDERAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
• Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program
• Industrial Research Assistance Program
“As a
fast-moving
technology
company with
clients all over Southern
Ontario, we’re happy to call
Brampton our home. We love
the vibrant and diverse community
of wonderful, hard-working people.
Everywhere you look, you can see the
investments the city makes into constantly
improving their infrastructure of highways,
transportation and services.”
~ Jeremy MacBean, President of Business Development, IT Weapons
Leading companies
*
that call
Brampton home
Rogers Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications and media company and a leading provider of cable television services, high-speed Internet access and telephone services. Rogers Communications is Brampton’s largest employer at approximately 4,500, housed in its one-million-square-foot Brampton facility.
MDA Space Missions built the two-armed robot named Dextre in Brampton (also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator) which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station, as well as the world-renowned Canadarm and Canadarm2.
Air Canada recently opened its global operations centre in Brampton. The new facility is the result of a two-year, $60 million project and serves as central control for the airline’s operations, on a 24/7 basis, with 400 employees overseeing nearly 600 Air Canada flights each day.
IT Weapons (HQ) is an award-winning technology consulting, cloud solutions and managed services firm with over ten years’ experience developing application delivery, networking, and data centre solutions for Canada’s SMBs and some of North America’s leading enterprise and a not-for-profit organization.
DATA Group of Companies (HQ), founded in 1959, is Canada’s leader in supplying integrated print management services. DATA’s combination of printing technologies, logistics, resources, expertise, and record of accomplishment makes them an ideal supply chain partner for clients looking for solutions beyond print.
Open Storage Solutions Inc. has designed and integrated advanced storage products and performance, high-availability data protection for over 35 years. As the name suggests, Open Storage Solutions approaches a customer’s challenges without platform or operating system bias. Solutions presented are based on customers’ needs.
HRWARE has provided clients with leading-edge technology since 1994, offering a unique blend of human capital management knowledge and technology expertise rarely found in the industry. This makes HRWARE a natural choice to supplement your human capital management team and its initiatives.
Brampton: home to
over 275 ICT companies
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