A Growing Digital Economy Cluster
Sault Ste. Marie’s burgeoning IT and digital economy sector is comprised of software development, web development, business process outsourcing, digital marketing, app development, game development and cloud-based software companies.
Some examples include business process software company Workiva, online media company Village Media, Insightworks (online training and onboarding), Veracity, Canada Bank Note, SSI System Solutions, Lucidia, Miramar, Cavera and much more.
Sault Ste. Marie recently ranked very high (top 10) for competitiveness in the digital entertainment and software design industries in the 2016 KPMG Competitive Alternatives Study. Local digital companies enjoy lower labour costs, overall operating costs, and affordable leasing/rental costs for office space.
Additionally, the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is a core to the IT cluster in the City with ACORN Information Solutions that has over 30 programmers, GIS and Informatics Specialists. Further,?they also work closely to support local science and technology companies - from startup through growth.
If your company is looking to grow and locate in a City that supports digital companies, please reach out to Joe?Turpin, Manager Business Attraction, at?[email protected]?to learn more about the City, available programs and incentives.