Your Contacts:
W.T. (Bill) Elliot, Director, Business Development

(519) 747-2541 x403
Catharine Gerhard, Business Development Officer

(519) 747-2541 x407

Known globally for high tech, Canada’s Technology Triangle continues to lead the pack in many pioneering technologies, from wireless to internet to production technology; employing more than 18,000 employees at more than 400 high tech companies. CTT is home to 150 research institutes as well as $290 million in Private-Sector Research and Development (2004).

Companies like RIM Research in Motion (maker of the famous BlackBerry wireless handheld), Open Text, Electrohome, Christie Digital, COM DEV International, AGFA Healthcare, NCR, Raytheon, MKS and Descartes System Group are just a few of the names on the cutting edge of information technology. Fuelled by spin-off technologies from the University of Waterloo and the entrepreneurial spirit of the area, many of our local success stories are home-grown.

Further solidifying its reputation as a high tech leader, Waterloo has been named among the “Top 7 Intelligent Communities” in the world by the Intelligent Community Forum, based on its “commitment to fostering institutions that drive technology innovation and share its benefits with the community at large.” (ICF, 2006)

An area of a half million people, Waterloo Region is Canada’s 10th and Ontario’s 4th largest urban area. The Region is a significant force in the Canadian economy with a GDP of $20.9 billion. Annual exports in excess of $12 billion are larger than five Canadian provinces. It is a cost-competitive marketplace with global connections.

Waterloo Region has a breadth of real estate options to meet the needs of any high tech operation, including high rise, revitalized urban warehouse, business park spaces, and locations immediately on Canada’s superhighway, highway 401.

The University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park provides a setting supportive of aggressive and high impact research and commercialization, offering unprecedented access to the research expertise of university faculty, students and alumni. It is also home to the Waterloo Research and Technology Park Accelerator Centre, a fertile environment for up and coming innovators.