MARKHAM 2 0 ECONOMIC 2 PROFILE 1 Thriving Markham is strategically located in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada’s economic heartland. Most up-to-date electronic copy is available online www.business.markham.ca ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Markham and the North American Market LEGEND Economic 3 Overview Technology 4 Cluster Life Sciences 5 Cluster Development 6 Activity Residential Markham and the Greater Toronto Area 7 Activity & Utilities Lake Simcoe Quality 48 8 Georgina of Life ONTARIO East Gwillimbury Lake 9 Demographic Scugog Profile 9 Newmarket 47 King Uxbridge Labour Force Aurora Whitchurch 10 50 Stouville 7A Profile Caledon 12 DURHAM YORK Richmond 48 Hill 400 404 Vaughan Pickering Additional Vital 10 MARKHAM 11 7 407 Whitby Resources Brampton 115 Oshawa Clarington 7 City of Toronto Ajax PEEL 427 401 Halton Hills DVP 12 Contacts 25 410 401 401 MIlton Mississauga Lake Ontario 403 Produced by the City of HALTON Markham, Economic Growth, QEW Culture & Entrepreneurship 407 Burlington Oakville City of Markham Department Regions 400 Highway Series Pearson Airport Tel: 905-475-4878 Regional Boudaries Provincial Highways Buttonville Airport Municipal Boudaries Go-train Unionville Line Email:
[email protected] QEW www.business.markham.ca Expanding business base. Motivated, highly educated Markham’s and diverse workforce. Markham is at the centre of Canada’s second largest tech hub – and 16th largest municipality. Markham is thriving. TOP 20 The award-winning City 3 of Markham is the largest of nine municipalities in EMPLOYERS York Region, with a popu- lation of over 351,000 IBM CANADA LTD. and a land area of 212 square kilometres.