Canada must develop more skilled ICT talent, says new ICTC digital strategy

OTTAWA – Growing and nurturing Canada’s digital talent base is essential for the country’s future growth and positioning in the global economy, says the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC).The organization’s first-ever national digital talent strategy, Digital Talent: Road to 2020 and Beyond, projects that 182,000 skilled ICT workers will be needed in Canada by 2019, with another 36,000 by 2020. ICTC says that Canada’s digital economy currently employs approximately 1.15 million workers and contributes $74 billion annually to GDP across all sectors. Growth in digital jobs has outpaced those in the overall economy in the last two years by...