Calgary\u2019s Tech-Hub Master Plan<\/p>\n
In 2021, Calgary created a master plan to become a major tech-hub by 2031. One of the goals was to have 45,000+ tech employees by 2031. Today there is an estimated 27,300+ tech sector employees in Calgary so we are on target.<\/p>\n
Another goal was NOT to attempt to attract a couple of large tech companies to Calgary like Amazon, but rather to foster the creation of 1,000 smaller companies with an average of 50 employees each. This too is working as tech companies in Calgary have grown from 721 in early 2021 to 1,200+ today.\u00a0 And Calgary boasts a healthy diversity in the size of its tech sector companies with 72% of Calgary\u2019s having between 5 and 49 employees, and 21% having four or less employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We are more than half-way to meeting our 2031 goals in the first five years, and the world is taking notice.<\/p>\n
For example, a 2025 the CRBE Scoring Tech Talent Report<\/a> recognized Calgary as North America\u2019s fastest-growing tech talent market for the second consecutive year, boasting an impressive 61% increase in tech talent from 2021 to 2024. Today, Calgary is ranked 17th in North America for tech talent with a total of 64,000 tech sector employees.<\/p>\n In 2025, Calgary overtook Kitchener (Waterloo Region) to become the\u00a05th-ranked startup hub in Canada\u00a0according to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index, driven its 30% year-over-year growth rate.<\/p>\n When it comes to venture capital deals, the Canadian Venture Capital Market Overview\u2019s Q3, Report for 2025, found Calgary ranked 3rd with 43 deals totalling $341M – with only Montreal (58 deals, $563M) and Toronto (113 deals, $2.4B) ranked higher in Canada.<\/p>\n Another major accomplishment over the past few years is the University of Calgary (UCalgary) solidifying its position as one of Canada’s top five research universities (according to\u00a0Research Infosource Inc., 2025). As the youngest university in this top tier, UCalgary achieved this ranking with $588.5 million in sponsored research income for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The university is recognized for its significant impact in energy, health, and emerging fields like quantum technology.\u00a0The University is actively proceeding with the creation of its Innovation Quarters<\/a> next to the Brentwood LRT Station, making it easy for entrepreneurs to \u201cflip\u201d back and forth from PLATFORM downtown.<\/p>\n Bow Valley College, just two blocks from PLATFORM, has also played a role in Calgary\u2019s rapid rise as a tech hub, with is Advance Game Development, Esports Development and Esports Business Management programs. It even has its own Esports Arena with 40 competition-ready gaming stations. FYI: Esports\u00a0(electronic sports) is a specific subset of gaming. It involves\u00a0organized, competitive, professional\u00a0video gaming where individuals or teams compete for prizes, often in front of spectators.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary\u2019s Tech-Hub Master Plan In 2021, Calgary created a master plan to become a major tech-hub by 2031.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-598620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}