The United Nations has nominated Canada for the past several years as the best country in the world to live in.

A High Tech Country, Canada is an international leader in computer and information technologies and has a reputation for excellence in such sectors as telecommunications, transportation and engineering; and specifically, aerospace, urban transport, micro-electronics, medical devices, advanced software, hydroelectric and nuclear power, lasers and opto-electronics, biotechnology, food and beverage processing, geomatics,ocean and environmental industries.

Toronto, Canada's corporate capital, has been among the top 5 best cities to live in the world on many lists. Toronto's population is about 4 million, and that represents 65 cultures and over 100 different languages. It is the 5th largest metropolitan city in North America, and its residents make up 25% of the total population of Canada.

The Canadian IT sector

The key IT & Telecommunication companies in Toronto are: Amdahl, AT & T Canada, Bell Canada, Celestica Inc., ClearNet Communications, C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Cyberplex, Interactive Media, ExtendMedia, IBM Canada, ICE Integrated Communications & Entertainment, Rogers Communications, Xerox.

The Canadian IT sector, which includes computing and telecommunications hardware, software and services companies, represents $65 billion in revenue annually. Of that national figure, the companies in Toronto represent approximately $25 billion annually.

Employment in the IT sector in Toronto

The City of Toronto is home to over 2,200 IT&T companies, which employ approximately 100,000 people.

A highly educated labour force characterizes Toronto's IT&T industry. According to the Worldwide IT Benchmark Project of Howard Rubin and Associates, Canadian Software developers were the world's top producers with 14,000 lines of code per professional per year