The Newfoundland and Labrador ICT community is vibrant, diversified and growing. The industry consists of small-to-medium sized companies, all of whom have invested in the brightest minds, the latest technologies and innovative quality control programs aimed at achieving high standards of excellence.

Industry
Our provincial ICT sector:

• Has over 550 firms employing more than 5,000 workers with an annual growth rate of 8%.
• Is more productive, based on GDP per employee, when compared to the rest of Atlantic Canada and the Canadian average.
• Generates annual revenues of CAD $577 million.
  (Source: 2005 ICT Industry Performance Review and Employment Trends)
• Is becoming recognized as an attractive location for Data Centres.

 

Companies in our ICT sector have expertise in:

• mobile and fixed remote communications;
• multi-network mobile satellite service;
• high-speed outbound digital satellite links;
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS);
• defence, environmental and maritime surveillance/monitoring;
• digital nautical charts and electronic marine navigation applications;
• marine communications;
• telemedicine and distance education;
• comprehensive cellular data solutions; and
• remote sensing/remote data acquisition systems.
• video game development
• CRM software development
• e-health applications

 

Labour

• Highly-skilled, productive workforce, across a broad range of skill sets
• Employment growth from 4,270 to 5,055 workers (2000 to 2004).
• Strong talent pool of individuals, highly trained in 38+ software applications including .Net, C++, Java, ASP and Oracle.
• Compensation levels competitive with industry norms.

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Education

• Memorial University, the largest university on Canada's east coast, has more than 17,000 full and part-time students enrolled and grants degrees annually in disciplines such as Information Technology, Engineering and Computer Science.
• Memorial University is part of The Atlantic Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet), a pan-Atlantic network of world-class, High Performance Computing (HPC) Clusters which offers researchers in the Atlantic Provinces instant access to data and ultra high speed computing.
• College of the North Atlantic, one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres in Atlantic Canada, has 17 campus locations throughout the province and one in the Middle East State of Qatar. It grants diplomas annually in fields such as Information Technology, Engineering Technology and Information Systems Management.
• The province is home to 24, highly-regulated private career colleges.
• Universities and colleges partner with the private sector to provide customized training. For example, when Other Ocean Interactive Inc., a California-based video game development company, opened a new studio in St. John's, College of the North Atlantic added Video Game Design program to its IT program.
• The Newfoundland and Labrador Research and Development Council (RDC) is a new Crown entity created to enhance the province's research and development capacity.

 

Infrastructure

• One of the most advanced communications networks in Canada with four facilities-based telecommunications carriers and a comprehensive range of complete network and carrier redundant fibre-optic based services.
• The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries (NATI) represents a dynamic network of more than 200 technology companies with global reach and specialized expertise.

 

Incentives
There are a number of business and tax incentives available to businesses looking to locate to or expand in the province. For more information, Click Here.