For decades the United States has been the most wanted destination for the tech aspirants who want to pursue their dream career with maximum opportunities. However, now the US is losing its standing as the most progressive and want-to-be-in place for engineers and tech professionals.
Canada is the new Best Destination for Top tech talent
Canada, one of the most livable and liberal countries in the world, is fast becoming the hot spot for top tech talent from around the globe. Every year thousands of aspirants apply for the Canadian residentship and work visa in an attempt to work and settle in Canada.
If there is currently a competition for top tech talent in the world, Canada is coming out as a clear winner. The US is seemingly losing the battle due to multiple reasons. Toronto, one of the most vibrant cities in the world, recorded the highest rate of growth in the technology jobs in the North American urban towns in the last five years. It left San Francisco, Seattle, and New York behind. Another Canadian City also made to the top five list.
Canada is the new Hub of technology
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Canada is growing at an unprecedented pace, wherein the tech industry is attracting top tech talent from across the globe. The most significant factor in the fast growth of the Canadian tech industry is the unwelcoming and uncertain US immigration laws, which create an atmosphere of risk and insecurity in the mindsets of the immigrant workers.
The Trump government continuously presses on the Hire American strategies, which blocks the entrepreneurs and workers from other countries to get Visas and find work opportunities in the US.
Canada has a nondiscriminatory culture
There are also many travel ban and unruly policies for several Muslim nations due to which people from these countries cannot immigrate to the US. Canada has liberal policies, Immigrant friendly government, and a lot of support for multiracial communities, which is why people are finding it easy to settle here.
Tech workers can easily migrate to Canada and find better work opportunities. The newly streamlined Visa facilitated more than 40000 tech workers to come to Canada from across the globe.
Top US Tech Firms Moving to Canada
The top players in the IT industry like Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Intel have either already opened centers and offices in Canada or planning to do so to tap into the growing influx of skilled workforce.
US Visa Policies are a big reason for Canada getting a high number of immigrants
The high rate of Visa rejections and difficulty in finding long term job aspects, means, that the skilled workforce is now diverting towards Canada. The tech firms are heading north, and the trend doesn’t seem to end anytime soon.