A Decade of Growth: The Emerging Geography of New Economy Industries in the 1990s

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Testing and Extending the Escalator Hypothesis: Does the Pattern of Post-migration Income Gains in Toronto Suggest Productivity and/or Learning Effects?

“…It has a highly diversified economy, with major financial (Drummond et al, 2002), high technology (Beckstead et al, 2003) and manufacturing sectors (Brown and Baldwin, 2003) and is a leading centre for head offices (Beckstead and Brown, 2006). Toronto is the primary destination for immigrants to Canada (Schellenberg, 2004), who constitute an important source of population and employment growth.…”

“…In the Canadian context, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA)—a region that has a population in excess of 5.1 million (2006) and covers nearly 6000 square kilometres—is likely to fulfil the role of a national escalator region. It has a highly diversified economy, with major financial (Drummond et al ., 2002), high technology (Beckstead et al ., 2003) and manufacturing sectors (Brown and Baldwin, 2003) and is a leading centre for head offices (Beckstead and Brown, 2006). Toronto is the primary destination for immigrants to Canada (Schellenberg, 2004), who constitute an important source of population and employment growth.…”

“… 2. Montreal has Canada’s most diversified economy (Beckstead et al ., 2003); Vancouver is also a major destination for immigrants (Schellenberg, 2004); and Calgary is an important and growing head office centre (Beckstead and Brown, 2006). …”

A spatial analysis of small‐ and medium‐sized information technology firms in Canada and the importance of local connections to institutions of higher education

“…Moreover, these clusters are often in the vicinity of an HEI. Other Canada-wide studies have confirmed that large metropolitan areas are associated with greater amounts of high-technology activity in general (Britton 1996;Industry Canada 2003) or with biotechnology-related (Niosi and Bas 2001) or information and communications technology and science-based activity (Beckstead et al 2003) specifically. This study is unique in its emphasis on small-and medium-sized Canadian IT firms, in systematically identifying IT clusters (via statistical substantiation) within CMAs, and in administering a survey to understand the nature of the linkages between modestly sized IT firms and institutions of higher education.…”

“…Information technology (IT) firms are an important component of the high-technology business segment in Canada. In a report prepared for Statistics Canada, Beckstead et al (2003) found that Canadian employment in information and communication technology increased over 70 percent from 1990 to 2000 (with most of this growth occurring in large urban areas). In addition, this sector was a major contributor to new business creation.…”