Ontario is Canada's information and communications technology (ICT) powerhouse.

Annual revenue for Ontario's ICT companies now exceeds $75 billion - half of the Canadian total.

Discover how Ontario's 5,500 ICT companies keep the world on the leading edge with the latest products and services.

• A history of innovation. With a record of accomplishment that includes the telephone, the world’s first Geographical Information System (GIS), IMAX films, and the BlackBerry, Ontario has an impressive history of invention and innovation in ICT.
• Advanced education system. Ontario's 44 world-renowned colleges and universities continue to produce well-trained graduates, who are in demand worldwide the moment they complete their education.
• Fast commercialization. Educational institutions maintain close ties with the research and business communities, quickly moving innovations to market, with the result that Ontario's industry-leading ICT products and services are being made available sooner on a global basis.
• Government support. Ontario's Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology serves as a catalyst for the development of the next generation of creative talent and new technologies by co-investing in R&D and commercialization, and through innovative funding programs such as the Emerging Technology Fund (ETF).
• International experience. Ontario's ICT companies continue their long tradition of growth through exports, supplying customers with products, solutions and services for virtually any market worldwide.

Ontario's ICT sector is concentrated in three world-renowned clusters: Ottawa, Waterloo, and the Greater Toronto area. Each cluster focuses on specific areas of ICT, creating prime conditions for R&D collaboration, synergy, and spin-off companies.

Ontario's ICT firms account for almost 50 per cent of Canada's ICT industry employment, and more than 60 per cent of private sector ICT research and development.

DALSA Corporation is an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, with 1,000 employees worldwide. The company has led the evolution of digital imaging for over a quarter century, with a reputation as a global leader in high performance imaging and semiconductors. DALSA's focus on research has resulted in a diverse group of customers that includes Canada Post (postal sorting) and NASA (Mars Rovers) and in applications from photogrammetry to mammography and video game controllers. DALSA's core competencies are in specialized integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing. Products and services include image sensor components (CCD and CMOS), electronic digital cameras, vision processors, image processing software, and semiconductor wafer foundry services.

Open Text is a long-time leader in enterprise content management. Founded in 1991 as a spin-off from the University of Waterloo, the enterprise software company now has almost two decades of expertise supporting 50 million users in 114 countries, and has grown to 3,400 employees. Working with customers and partners, Open Text helps organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. The company's flagship product, Open Text ECM Suite, helps users create value from content by empowering people, fostering process agility, and minimizing risk and the cost of content.

Founded in 2003, Intelligent Creatures is a visual effects studio that helps some of the world's finest film directors tell their stories. Intelligent Creatures is among the industry's most progressive visual effects creators, working on films such as Babel, Watchmen, Hairspray, Stranger Than Fiction, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The company's new studio in Toronto features advanced infrastructure, an expanded production area and the latest visual effects technology. Dedicated in-house developers and artists with advanced scripting and coding skills keep the company at the forefront of the industry.

Headquartered in Toronto, Celestica Inc. is a global corporation with over 35,000 employees and 30 manufacturing and design facilities worldwide. The company provides end-to-end product lifecycle solutions for customers in the enterprise computing, communications, consumer, industrial, healthcare, green tech, and aerospace and defense sectors. With expertise in design and engineering, electronics manufacturing and supply chain management services, Celestica's suite of solutions spans the entire product lifecycle, from design through to delivery and after-market support. The company's network includes 20 strategically located mega-sites and centres of excellence focused on meeting specific customer needs.

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