Open Nshipyard data story · Late 2026 · Chart 5 of 7
Tech talent concentrates in Toronto and in five more cities
Toronto ranks 3rd in North America for tech talent. Toronto ranks 3rd in North America for tech talent in CBRE's 2026 report. Vancouver ranks 9th, Waterloo Region 10th, Montreal 11th, Ottawa 14th, and Calgary 15th. Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver hold 60% of Canada's AI jobs.
Source: CBRE, Scoring Tech Talent 2026. Private report, secondary context only.
Chart 5 of 7 from The State of the tech job market in Canada (Late 2026), an Open Nshipyard data story. Figures come from public sources, cited with dates; private sources are labelled private.