Calgary is North America’s fastest-growing tech talent market for the third consecutive year, reinforcing the city’s momentum as a destination for technology companies and skilled workers. According to CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report, Calgary’s technology workforce expanded 56 per cent between 2022 and 2025—the highest growth rate among the 50 North American markets studied. […]
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Edmonton and Calgary Show Strong Signs of Growth in Annual Tech Talent Rankings
Technology job growth has slowed this year, reports CBRE, but the adoption of artificial intelligence has increased demand for specialized talent and that is spurring success within certain hotspots across the nation. An analysis of LinkedIn data found that the tech talent workforce with AI skills grew more than 50% year-over-year to more than 500,000. […]
Calgary Praised as ‘Standout Market’ for Tech Talent Job Creation in Canada: Report
Tech talent growth slowed last year in Canada, where jobs are increasing at less than half of the rate of the US, a new report has found. Tech talent employment grew in the US by nearly 4%, or over 200,000 jobs, in 2023. In Canada, meanwhile, 18,000 new positions represented a growth rate of less […]
Calgary Ranked as Emerging Market to Watch for Cybersecurity Tech and Talent
The worldwide proportion of elections targeted by cyber threat activity increased from 23% in 2021 to 26% in 2022, according to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security’s “Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process: 2023 Update.” The concern is part of a broader trend: Cyberattacks increased globally by 38% from 2021 to 2022, according to data from Check […]
Calgary Tech Sees Strong Five-Year Growth, Report Reveals
Canada’s tech workforce grew by a substantial figure during the Pandemic, data from CBRE’s 2023 Scoring Tech Talent report shows. And despite a widespread movement toward working from home, most growth still orbits around the country’s major innovation hubs, such as Calgary. The annual report, which comprehensively analyzes Canada’s tech talent workforce trends, found that […]
Calgary’s Momentum Makes it a Market-to-Watch, Report on Tech Affirms
Certain Canadian markets had some of the highest tech-job growth in North America through 2020 and 2021, according to data released by CBRE through its Tech-30 report. Vancouver saw 44% growth, placing them first on the continent. The BC city was followed by Toronto at 37%. In third came the first US city—Austin, Texas at 25%. […]