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ONTARIO’S AI REVOLUTION Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to impact our everyday lives as much as electricity did more than a century ago, and companies large and small are coming to Ontario to harness AI to uncover solutions to problems once thought impossible.
With a tech industry one-third the size of California’s, Canada has already confounded expectations by becoming a LEADER
in the booming market of AI.
2016 Bloomberg Report
WORLD RENOWNED RESEARCHER
Geoffrey Hinton helped pioneer
modern AI from the University of Toronto.
The number of
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED SOFTWARE
firms in Ontario has GROWN
to more than200, while Canadian job opportunities in AI have INCREASED BYnearly 500%
since 2015.
The Ontario government’s INVESTMENT in the VECTOR INSTITUTE for
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE builds upon a robust pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy , reinforcing ONTARIO’S standing as a CENTRE FOR AI R&D.
Ontario’s ICT sectoremploys approx.
281,700 the city of Toronto added more tech jobs in 2015 than both
New York City San Francisco
combined.
Ontario’s 44UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES
produce 40,000 STEM graduates
each year .
Contact an Ontario Investment Office representative to learn more about opportunities to invest in Ontario’s AI ecosystem.
InvestInOntario.com+1 416-313-3469 +1 800 819-8701 [email protected]
© Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2017 026121-ENG/09/17 All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. This information is accurate at time of printing.
