In 2021, there were over 45 thousand companies in the information and communications technology sector in Canada. The large majority of these companies were within the software and computer services industries.
Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. (August 17, 2022). Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. "Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s)." Chart. August 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. (2022). Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. "Number of Companies in The Information and Communications Technologies (Ict) Sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Number of companies in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector in Canada from 2016 to 2021 (1,000s) [Graph], Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, August 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166608/canada-ict-sector-companies/