Learn why Mississauga is the center of North America’s 2nd largest ICT cluster.

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Home to 75 Fortune 500 and 66 Global 500 companies

Information &Communications Technology (ICT) in Mississauga

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Quick Facts

Mississauga is located within the fastest growing technology talent hub in North America

Mississauga is home to more ICT companies than Markham, Kitchener and Waterloo combined

Our home grown companies are developing global innovations across all sectors (e.g. Blackberry, IMAX, Optiva, PointClickCare & SOTI)

12 Fortune 500 ICT companies have a Canadian or Regional Head Office located in Mississauga

Ontario’s combined national and provincial corporate tax rates are lower than most U.S. states and G-7 nations1

Talented Workforce

Access to a labour pool of over 5.3 million people within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), representing nearly half of Ontario’s labour force

University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and Sheridan College provide specialized ICT programs including Communication, Culture, Information & Technology, Digital Enterprise Management and Interactive Digital Media

ICT combined labour and real estate costs in Mississauga are lower than any technology centre in the U.S.

70%OF WORKFORCE

POPULATION HAVE POST-SECONDARY

EDUCATION

28% of people with a post-secondary education specialize in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

1 Source: Invest in Ontario, 2018

2ND LARGEST ICT CLUSTER

770+ ICT

COMPANIES

36K+ EMPLOYEES

CENTRALLY LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA’S

“We really have a choice to be anywhere, but we choose Mississauga. We love the culture here, we love the people. The talent in Mississauga fuels our growth.”Carl Rodrigues, President & CEO, SOTI Inc.

Mississauga is the B2B hub that enables and connects the Kitchener/Waterloo - Toronto Innovation Corridor

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Region

Toronto

Toronto Region ranked in the top three best global tech hubs to live and work, ahead of Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Boston and Tel Aviv.(Expert Market, 2016)

Toronto Region named best city in the world for software developers1 and the 2016 Top Momentum Tech City2

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

01 Source: Teleport, 2016 2 Source: Tech-Thirty Report, CBRE

Research, 2016

Toronto Region Paris Tokyo London Chicago New York

San Francisco

KPMG Competitive Alternatives 2016

Software Design Costs

USD $’000

Mississauga is in the centre of the Toronto-Waterloo Tech Corridor

#1 Worlds best place to live (Economist)

North America’s 2nd largest ICT Cluster

15,000+ Technology companies

205,000+ Technology workers

5,200+ Technology start-ups, 2nd highest density in the world

112 KM+ of innovation (70 miles)

16+ Universities and colleges

423,000 Students across 16 post-secondary institutions

17% Contribution the Canadian GDP

150+ Languages Spoken

4 Urban Centres

Figures may not add up as some companies are included in more than one sub-sector.

Source: City of Mississauga, 2018 Employment Database

Industry Sub-sectorsDATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES

HARDWARE MANUFACTURING

HEAD OFFICES

RESEARCH & CONSULTING SERVICES

34

70

60

67SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

WHOLESALE & DISTRIBUTION

328

74

119

2015 statistics

Awards & Recognition

Our business community. Mississauga is home to many leading ICT companies and continuously growing.

Accenture Inc.Amdocs Canadian Management Ser... Anixter Canada Inc.Applied Systems CanadaArrow Electronics Canada Ltd.Aversan Inc.Bell CanadaBlackberry Ltd.C2P Inc.CapgeminiCGI Inc.Cognizant Technologies SolutionsCompuCom Canada Corp.D + H (Finastra)Dell E M CDiebold NixdorfDimension Data Canada Inc.D-Link CanadaEclipse Technology SolutionsFirst Data Canada Ltd.First DerivativesGlobalstar Canada Satellite Co.Hewlett-Packard Canada Co.Hostopia CanadaIMAX Corp.Ingenico Canada Ltd.Ingram Micro Inc.Innovapost Inc.Intuit Canada Ltd.Kubra Data Transfer Ltd.

M D X TechnologiesMerge HealthcareNCR Canada Ltd.Neptune Technology Group (Canada)NetAppNetsuite Oracle Corp.Nokia OptivaOracle CanadaPanasonic Canada Inc.PointClickCare Inc.Polaris Consulting & ServicesProphix Software Inc.ProServeIt Corp.Ricoh Canada Inc.Rogers Communications Partnership Inc.S S & C TechnologiesSharp Electronics of Canada Ltd.Shaw CommunicationsSoti Inc.Tech Data Canada Inc.Telecon Inc.Telus HealthTeradata CanadaTrapeze Software Group Inc.Uptake Canada Inc.VerifoneWinmagic Inc.Yardi Systems Inc.Zebra Technologies

The above list represents a portion of the many ICT companies located in Mississauga. For a complete list, visit our website at: www.thefutureisunlimited.ca/ICT

100+ Employees

There’s something happening in Mississauga. Whether you call it innovation, growth or economic development, the fact is that people and ideas are gathering in a way that is truly special. We’re here for the small business owner and the global CEO. We’re here for you.

Experience Mississauga. A place that’s connected and without limits.

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1,400+multinational firms

call Mississauga home.

Home to Canada’s largest airport serving over 47 million people annually

Less than a 90 minute drive to the U.S. border

Serviced by 3 Principle Railways and 7 Major Highways including dedicated Bus lanes

Connectivity

As part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), we are one of North America’s largest business centres with a population of over 6.4 million

15 Universities and 17 Colleges are within a 1-hour drive

Talent

Home to 75 Fortune 500 and 66 Global 500 companies

Business Leader

Mississauga at a Glance