The City of Edmonton is finding itself in the spotlight when it
comes to their tech industry. CBRE has placed the city's tech
industry in their national top 10
rankings, due in large to the tech sector's 26 per cent
increase in jobs over the last five years, with 28,400 tech
employees working in 2018.
With a continuously growing tech segment, Edmonton is ranked in
the top five Canadian cities amongst 100 cities in the Tech
Industry. According to StartupBlink, Edmonton is
ranked 95th for the top startup cities in the world and has
jumped 34 spots since 2017.
As of 2018, there were 1,238 technology companies in Alberta,
with 394 from Edmonton.
Among technology companies operating in Alberta, the most common
are software/IT companies (40%), life sciences (13%), cleantech
(11%), energy tech (10%), and industrial hardware and materials
(9%) companies. Over 50% of the tech companies in Alberta were
started in 2014 or later.
