Top Talent

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

TALENT BY THE NUMBERS

Calculate cost savings and total cost of tech talent from building your team in Waterloo compared to other cities in North America

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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
More than half a million post-secondary students
More than 373,000 tech workers
More than 358,000 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