At Invest in Canada, Canada’s investment promotion agency, we bring industry, community, and government partners together to make it easy for you to expand your business to Canada. Where Bold Feels at Home.
A Wealth of Talent
In the market for talent? 65% of Canadians aged 25 to 64 have graduated from higher education institutions, making our workforce the most educated in the world. There’s no better place to find such qualified talent.
Canada not only ranks 1st in the OECD for highest share of university or college graduates among the working-age population, it has 11 of the top 250 best universities in the world.
Canadian universities are integral collaborators with businesses, fostering innovation with a combination of academic studies and real-world experience for future employees. With 60-plus business incubators, accelerators, and start-up programmes affiliated with Canadian universities, you’re sure to find the perfect talent match for your business.
Highly Skilled Employees
A distinct advantage for any business expanding operations to Canada is its highly skilled and experienced talent across a wide spectrum of sectors and industries, helping businesses reach new heights.
Canada is a top 3 global hub for highly skilled professionals due to important factors ranging from quality of life to visa openness. This ability to attract and retain top talent is the reason why so many top companies choose Canada as an ideal destination to meet their business expansion goals.
A diverse range of leading R&D hubs and initiatives ensures Canada remains at the cutting edge of breakthrough innovation and development, while also creating pipelines of highly skilled talent to further help businesses succeed.
Expand your business to Canada
Where bold feels at home
Global market access. Low costs. Rich in resources. Abundant talent. Stability.
Canada is one of the best countries in the G20 to move your bold business ambitions forward.
We believe the diverse talent pool together with the network of world-class universities, hospitals, and research centres will help us bring new medicines to Canadians and patients worldwide.
AstraZeneca chose Canada to expand its bio-pharmaceutical presence with a C$820 million investment that advances its growing global hub and executes more than 210 clinical studies.
Our STEM Talent Pool
Canadians are recognising the infinite possibilities in science, technology, engineering, and math. Our digital economy is leaning on students in STEM now more than ever, and they’re more than equipped to handle it.
More than 3.4M STEM students make up over a quarter of all Canadian post-secondary enrolments. A 2022 Statistics Canada study also found that 87% of domestic students and 73% of international students remained in the country at least five years after graduation. With such strong post-graduation retention, this future workforce is sure to impress with their knowledge and skill set.
Immigrants hold about half of all STEM degrees in Canada. By welcoming foreign talent, Canada continues to push the innovative spirit forward.
Talent From Abroad
Added to an abundance of local skilled workers, the Government of Canada’s Global Skills Strategy also helps businesses rapidly access global talent in as little as 2 weeks. This ensures any business can quickly secure the workforce needed to successfully expand in Canada.
With work permit exemptions, enhanced customer service, and processing times reduced to within as little as 2 weeks, the Government of Canada Global Skills Strategy makes business expansion easy. Since this programme’s inception in 2017, over 213,000 skilled workers have come to Canada through the programme, with a 93% approval rate.
Canada attracts the best international talent due to its diversity and inclusivity, with this skilled workforce collectively speaking over 200 languages. To further expand this talent pool, the government will invest more than $380 million over five years to facilitate the efficient entry of international students and workers. This includes programmes like the Global Talent Stream, which provides dedicated referral partners to help innovative firms scale up and grow by securing unique and specialised foreign nationals. Expand your business where the talent pool keeps on growing.
Superior Business Climate
Canada continues to be a top country in the G20 for doing business, and it’s easy to see why. Expand to Canada, where bold feels at home.