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 Vancouver. The annual report, which comprehensively analyzes Canada’s tech talent workforce trends, found that […]
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Tech Office Exodus Forces Downtown Vancouver into ‘State of Flux’
40% of organizations will offer a blend of virtual and physical work experiences by the end of 2023, predicts Gartner. Within tech companies hiring tech talent, that figure is already at 99%, according to Tech + People Network. “Hybrid work has changed the nature of our workplaces more than anything else since the invention of […]
Vancouver Sees Highest Tech Job Growth in North America
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 […]
Vancouver Ranks #1 For Tech Talent Employment Growth Over Last 5 Years
CBRE has release the 2022 edition of their Scoring Tech Talent report and Vancouver has been on fire over the past five years. The report is a comprehensive analysis of labor market conditions, cost and quality in North America for highly skilled tech workers. CBRE ranks the top 50 markets in the U.S. and Canada […]
Vancouver Joins Toronto and Seattle As Fastest Growing Tech Cities
Vancouver added more than 24,000 tech jobs from 2016 to 2020, an increase of more than 36%, according to a new analysis by the CBRE real estate firm. In Scoring Tech Talent, CBRE explores what markets have the biggest tech talent pools—and what markets are seeing the biggest growth. Vancouver joined Toronto (42%) and Seattle (35%) in the […]
Techcouver’s Most Read Stories of 2020
It’s fair to say 2020 will not be remembered fondly. The COVID-19 pandemic dominated tech – like all else – with many of us spending more time than ever in front of screens. Techcouver had a banner year with site traffic growing every month during 2020. As we look forward to a much better 2021, […]
Vancouver Named Top-Growth Tech City in North America
Vancouver has ranked first in North America for high-tech software job growth. According to the 2020 CBRE North America Tech-30 report, Vancouver leads the 30 top tech markets in the US and Canada, with a growth rate of 29.2% over the past two years. In 2018 and 2019, approximately 14,200 new tech jobs were created in […]
Vancouver Beats Seattle for Top High-tech Job Growth
The high-tech industry continues to catalyze North America economic growth, setting the pace for job growth and real estate demand in the largest office markets. Economic indicators point to continued momentum for the tech sector and in Vancouver the pre-leasing of new construction downtown by a handful of U.S. West Coast tech giants exemplifies this. […]
Vancouver Leaps in Rankings of Best Cities for Tech Jobs
Commercial real estate firm CBRE has released their 2019 Tech Talent Analyzer and it bodes well for Vancouver. The annual report includes a yearly ranking of the 50 best markets for tech talent based on factors such as labor costs and the percent of jobs in a city that are tech-related. While hotspots such as […]