How does Toronto stack up as an ICT hub?

TORONTO REGION'S ICT CLUSTER Top regions in North America by number of ICT-related jobs (by occupational codes) 180,000 160,000 140,000 Source: TRRA analysis based on US Bureau of Labor Statistic and Statistics Canada data, 2008 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0,00 New York ashington Boston San Francisco Bay Top regions in North America by number of ICT establishments (by NAICS codes) Los Angeles Chicago Dallas Philadelphia 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 Source: TRRA analysis based on US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada data, 2008 100,000 *Includes San Francisco and San Jose MSAS 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0,00 Toronto Region Washington Chicago San Francisco Bay Estimated distribution of employees by ICT firm size Miami Source: TRRA Analysis based on Statistics Canada data, 2008 29% 17% 5% 11% 10% 10% 1 TO 4 12% 5 TO 9 10 TO 19 20 TO 49 50 TO 99 Distribution of ICT firms by sub-sector 100 TO 199 200 TO 499 500+ 81% Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 6% Manufacturing 10% 3% Number of ICT firms per 1,000 people Wholesaling Communications 4.0 Software and services Source: TRRA Analysis based on Statistics Canada, 2008 Number of firms in the Toronto Region across census divisions and industries 3.5 5,000 Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 3.0 4,000 2.5 2.0 3,000 1.5 2,000 1.0 0.5 1,000 Durham York Toronto Peel Halton Hamilton Wellington Peel Toronto Waterloo SOFTWARE AND SERVICES Wellington WHOLESALING COMMUNICATIONS MANUFACTURING itbusiness.ca Toronto Region New York Los Angeles Seattle Atlanta Dallas Boston Durham York Halton Hamilton Waterloo