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Census 2016: Canada’s Fastest-Growing Software/ICT/Tech Centres

Here are the tables for the rankings of Canada’s fastest growing software/ICT/tech centres, as discussed on episode 23. They go in the same order as they were discussed on the show, starting with rankings by industry sector, then rankings by occupation. A good part of the show is spent discussing caveats and all the behind-the-curtain decisions that go in to these kind of rankings. So I’d recommend listening to the show along with looking at the lists … and realize that often won’t happen.

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SOFTWARE sector employment
a) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 jobs in the software sector
b) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 net new software sector jobs
c) Highest concentration of software sector jobs, 2016

ICT sector employment (Statistics Canada definition)
a) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 jobs in the ICT sector
b) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 net new ICT sector jobs
c) Highest concentration of ICT sector jobs, 2016

TECH sector employment (Brookfield Institute definition)
a) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 jobs in the tech sector
b) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 net new tech sector jobs
c) Highest concentration of tech sector jobs, 2016

SOFTWARE developer & programmer employment, all sectors (CBRE definition)
a) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 software jobs
b) Fastest-growing, minimum 200 net new software jobs
c) Highest concentration of software jobs, 2016

TECH employment, all sectors
a) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 tech jobs
b) Fastest-growing, minimum 500 net new tech jobs
c) Highest concentration of tech jobs, 2016

All of the rankings involving growth rates are just simple comparisons of the number from the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2016 Census for each area. If you wanted to do a more thorough and accurate job (i.e. if someone was paying you to do it, or you had a lot of spare time) you would revise the 2011 numbers as best you could using the 2016 boundaries. Even then, I don’t think you could get them exactly the same in many cases, based on the information available, but you could improve on what’s here.

For example, Wilmot was added to the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA for the 2016 Census, so that by itself should lead to 3-6% growth in the KCW numbers for 2016. This is only an issue for the growth rates. The concentration rankings don’t make use of 2011 numbers.

Canada's fastest growing centres by SOFTWARE sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 software sector jobs in 2011
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo88.6%4,730
2Saskatoon57.2%535
3Barrie48.7%370
4Saint John40.8%400
5London40.1%1,095
6St. Catharines-Niagara40.1%445
7St. John's36.9%360
8Halifax36.5%1,295
9Guelph34.6%360
10Hamilton34.3%1,520

  • Combines NAICS codes 5112, 5182, 5415
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Canada's fastest growing centres by SOFTWARE sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 net new software sector jobs
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo88.6%4,730
2Saskatoon57.2%535
3London40.1%1,095
4Halifax36.5%1,295
5Hamilton34.3%1,520
6Toronto32.2%24,065
7Vancouver31.4%9,195
8Montreal22.8%11,115
9Ottawa-Gatineau17.3%3,255
10Quebec City14.1%1,285

  • Combines NAICS codes 5112, 5182, 5415
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Highest concentration of SOFTWARE sector jobs, 2016

RankCMA/CAConcentration
1Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo3.53%
2Toronto3.14%
3Ottawa-Gatineau3.11%
4Vancouver2.89%
5Montreal2.81%
6Victoria2.47%
7Quebec City2.42%
8Halifax2.18%
9Saint John2.17%
10Fredericton2.12%

  • Combines NAICS codes 5112, 5182, 5415

Canada's fastest growing centres by ICT sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 ICT sector jobs in 2011
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Peterborough47.0%310
2Nanaimo42.5%395
3Guelph35.7%680
4Windsor33.2%595
5Kingston30.8%280
6St. Catharines-Niagara28.1%615
7Drummondville27.5%165
8Kamloops22.9%120
9Saguenay22.8%305
10Fredericton20.4%345

  • Combines NAICS codes 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3346, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5415, 8112
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Canada's fastest growing centres by ICT sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 net new ICT sector jobs
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Guelph35.7%680
2Windsor33.2%595
3St. Catharines-Niagara28.1%615
4London16.7%895
5Vancouver15.9%8,125
6Victoria14.3%870
7Hamilton13.4%1,345
8Quebec City10.4%1,395
9Halifax10.2%785
10Montreal9.0%8,280

  • Combines NAICS codes 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3346, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5415, 8112
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Highest concentration of ICT sector jobs, 2016

RankCMA/CAConcentration
1Toronto5.35%
2Ottawa-Gatineau5.29%
3Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo4.82%
4Rimouski4.71%
5Montreal4.71%
6Vancouver4.44%
7Granby4.22%
8Halifax3.81%
9Saint John3.79%
10Fredericton3.75%

  • Combines NAICS codes 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3346, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5415, 8112

Canada's fastest growing centres by TECH sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 tech sector jobs in 2011
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Chilliwack50.0%390
2Chatham-Kent48.9%425
3Grande Prairie38.9%405
4Joliette28.3%170
5Red Deer27.2%515
6Vernon25.3%195
7Nanaimo24.6%455
8Brandon23.8%125
9Windsor23.5%1,180
10Sarnia21.2%490

  • Uses the Brookfield Institute’s definition of tech sector, which combines NAICS codes 3251, 3254, 3333, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3364, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5413, 5414, 5415, 5417, 8112
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Canada's fastest growing centres by TECH sector employment, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 net new tech sector jobs
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Red Deer27.2%515
2Windsor23.5%1,180
3Guelph20.0%860
4Fredericton18.4%545
5Barrie17.8%685
6London14.4%1,400
7St. Catharines-Niagara14.1%810
8Victoria12.0%1,270
9Vancouver10.8%10,095
10Toronto9.8%24,195

  • Uses the Brookfield Institute’s definition of tech sector, which combines NAICS codes 3251, 3254, 3333, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3364, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5413, 5414, 5415, 5417, 8112
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries
  • No adjustments for reclassification of industry sectors

Highest concentration of TECH sector jobs, 2016

RankCMA/CAConcentration
1Carleton Place9.64%
2Montreal9.07%
3Toronto8.62%
4Arnprior8.45%
5Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo8.29%
6Ottawa-Gatineau8.14%
7Calgary7.86%
8Vancouver7.78%
9Granby7.53%
10Rimouski6.71%

  • Uses the Brookfield Institute’s definition of tech sector, which combines NAICS codes 3251, 3254, 3333, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3364, 4173, 5112, 5171, 5172, 5174, 5179, 5182, 5413, 5414, 5415, 5417, 8112

Canada's fastest growing centres by SOFTWARE occupations, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 software jobs across all sectors
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Fredericton37.8%225
2Vancouver29.5%4,875
3Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo28.8%1,250
4Windsor27.9%195
5London23.4%410
6Guelph23.2%145
7Montreal22.6%5,500
8Halifax22.5%460
9Quebec City20.8%990
10Oshawa20.5%215

  • Combines NOC codes 2173, 2174, 2175
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries

Canada's fastest growing centres by SOFTWARE occupations, 2011-2016

Minimum 200 net new software developer jobs
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Fredericton37.8%225
2Vancouver29.5%4,875
3Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo28.8%1,250
4London23.4%410
5Montreal22.6%5,500
6Halifax22.5%460
7Quebec City20.8%990
8Oshawa20.5%215
9Toronto14.7%6,510
10Victoria12.2%285

  • Combines NOC codes 2173, 2174, 2175
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries

Highest concentration of SOFTWARE jobs, 2016

RankCMA/CAConcentration
1Ottawa-Gatineau2.57%
2Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo1.96%
3Toronto1.61%
4Vancouver1.61%
5Fredericton1.51%
6Montreal1.40%
7Victoria1.34%
8Quebec City1.33%
9Carleton Place1.13%
10Nelson1.13%
11Halifax1.13%

  • Combines NOC codes 2173, 2174, 2175

Canada's fastest growing centres by TECH occupations, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 tech jobs in 2011
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Prince George39.7%230
2Chilliwack39.2%200
3Brantford29.8%355
4Peterborough28.0375
5Sarnia23.6%235
6Sault Ste. Marie23.3%200
7Chatham-Kent22.8%195
8Lethbridge22.7%170
9Red Deer22.1%180
10Kamloops21.3160

  • Combines NOC codes 0213, 2132, 2133, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2232, 2241, 2281, 2282, 2283
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries

Canada's fastest growing centres by TECH occupations, 2011-2016

Minimum 500 net new tech jobs
RankCMA/CAGrowth RateAdded Jobs
1Vancouver18.3%9,995
2Sherbrooke17.6%545
3Hamilton14.3%1,855
4St. John's13.3%555
5Windsor13.2%715
6Toronto13.1%23,290
7Saskatoon12.9%525
8Montreal11.6%11,905
9Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo9.5%1,495
10Halifax8.5%850

  • Combines NOC codes 0213, 2132, 2133, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2232, 2241, 2281, 2282, 2283
  • No adjustments for changes in CMA/CA boundaries

Highest concentration of TECH jobs, 2016

RankCMA/CAConcentration
1Ottawa-Gatineau8.46%
2Toronto6.39%
3Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo6.02%
4Carleton Place5.94%
5Fredericton5.49%
6Quebec City5.45%
7Calgary5.37%
8Montreal5.36%
9Halifax4.91%
10Vancouver4.85%

  • Combines NOC codes 0213, 2132, 2133, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2232, 2241, 2281, 2282, 2283

 

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Southwestern Ontario quiz:
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