Google is upping its Canadian presence with a plan to open three new offices, giving it enough space to accommodate 5,000 employees by 2022.
that it will build a trio of new facilities in Montreal at 425 Viger Avenue, in Toronto at 65 King Street East and in Kitchener, Ont. across from its current space on Breithaupt Street."There is extraordinary momentum up here. You put against that the extraordinary, homegrown talent, the openness of the Canadian market and the strength that we have," said Ruth Porat, the senior vice-president and chief financial officer at Google, in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Google's new offices may not be the end of its plans for real estate in Toronto. Over the last year, one of Google's affiliates, Sidewalk Labs, has proposed building a Canadian headquarters in a smart city it wants to build on the city's waterfront, but its plans for the neighbourhood have been met with criticism around its potential data policies, privacy measures and intellectual property plans.
Google's interest in Canada comes as the country is experiencing a tech office boom. Shopify Inc. said last week that it will open its first permanent Vancouver office in 2020 and hire 1,000 people in the city. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company announced last year that it will lease about 23,597 square metres of space at The Well complex in Toronto to be built at Front St. West and Spadina Ave.
Google, however, has set its sights on more than real estate and expanding headcount. Porat also revealed that the company will launch its first accelerator program in Canada in Kitchener-Waterloo. The accelerator will strive to help high-potential seed and Series A Canadian tech startups by running a three-month program offering mentorship, technical project support and workshops around product design, acquisition and leadership development for founders.
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