Build Here
“Saint John is the ideal location for ICT businesses that value urban centres for expansion” – Steve Carson
The most important elements that make a city work as an enabler for ICT business growth are the ones that result in one great outcome: bringing the right people together.
A neighbourhood of people and resources to grow ICT
This is where Saint John, New Brunswick excels. As Canada’s original city and Canada’s urban template for over a century, we have maintained an urban character for our people to both live and work.
While other communities spread their ICT sectors in suburban areas and industrial parks where there are significant barriers to social interaction, Saint John has our ICT companies clustered in our urban neighbourhood where people naturally congregate.
Take a look at our maps and see for yourself how potent our city is for collaboration.
Resources Galore!
Not only is this urban neighbourhood the ideal collaborative environment for the east coast, but we also boast significant resources within reasonable distances of where we live and work.
Within 1.5 hours drive, Saint John has access to
- 5 university campuses offering curriculum in both of Canada’s official languages in programs that feed the ICT sector such as engineering, business, and computer science.
- Significant world-renowned university research in ICT-related disciplines.
- Bilingual (french & english), educated work force.
- 3 research-based hospitals.
- 4 community colleges offering IT and business programs as well as private collages and schools.
- 3 international airports providing direct flights to the major eastern seaboard cities and the rest of the world.
- One of the largest military bases in the world where significant investments are made in ICT-based training and education.
How Special Is ICT In This City?
There aren’t many cities with the technology heritage like we have here in Saint John. Find out all about it:
