Top Talent

Engineers, computer scientists, skilled tradespeople – Waterloo has you covered

TALENT BY THE NUMBERS

Waterloo has the fastest-growing millennial and new graduate populations in North America.

53,000

Manufacturing workers. This makes us the 4th largest manufacturing workforce in Canada.

86,000

Students enrolled at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College.

24,000

Tech workers. Waterloo is the #1 small tech talent market in North America, according to CBRE.

STRATEGIC LOCATION

Draw talent from across the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor

You’ll find Canada’s largest concentration of post-secondary talent at the heart of Canada’s most significant technology, manufacturing and automotive corridors.

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Top-line stats on talent in the Corridor:

16 universities and colleges
400,000+ post-secondary students
More than 300,000 tech workers
More than 450,000 manufacturing workers

Waterloo post-secondary schools

Get job-ready talent from three of Canada’s top schools

" When we were bringing global talent to Canada, Waterloo EDC helped make immigration as easy as all the government brochures say it is. "

Richard Henkel

Founder, Odyssey Interactive