Amazon Seeking 2nd Headquarters: Canadian Cities Pitch Interest

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Hamilton council is considering something like that with a bid, the City Manager floated the idea of a tri-city bid between Hamilton, K/W and Niagara. Who knows, council will decide next week in a vote. 50,000 employees is staggering, I don't think any Universities in Canada has a student population of 50,000.

downtown Montréal

UdeM - 55k+
Concordia - 44k
UQAM - 42k
Mcgill - 32k
HEC - 12k
ETS - 10.6k
Polytechnique - 5.5k

that's more than 200,000 University students in the downtown core.

[mistercorporate]

UofT has 90,000+ in the Toronto area (60,000+ in St.George campus alone).
UBC has 60,000+ in Vancouver.
York University has 50,000+ in its Keele (Toronto) campus.

[theman23]

Originally Posted by mistercorporate

UofT has 90,000+ in the Toronto area .

60,000 in St. George??? It was only 35k a decade ago.

[christmas]

Originally Posted by mistercorporate

UofT has 90,000+ in the Toronto area (60,000+ in St.George campus alone).
UBC has 60,000+ in Vancouver.
York University has 50,000+ in its Keele (Toronto) campus.

Vancouver has more than that. We also have SFU which would put us at
~95,000. Many graduates from UVic and UBC Okanagan also choose Vancouver as their permanent home so that is another ~30,000 people.

125,000+ In Vancouver.

For Toronto, I would also include UWO, McMaster, UW, Guelph because many grads from those universities have the flexibility to move to and work in Toronto (not to mention, a chunk of the student pop comes from Toronto).

Anyways, I firmly believe that Amazon will not come to Canada.

[casper]

Originally Posted by christmas

Vancouver has more than that. We also have SFU which would put us at
~95,000. Many graduates from UVic and UBC Okanagan also choose Vancouver as their permanent home so that is another ~30,000 people.

125,000+ In Vancouver.

For Toronto, I would also include UWO, McMaster, UW, Guelph because many grads from those universities have the flexibility to move to and work in Toronto (not to mention, a chunk of the student pop comes from Toronto).

Anyways, I firmly believe that Amazon will not come to Canada.

Not certain I would include UVic and UBC Okanagan. However I would include some of the other bachelor degree granting institutions in Vancouver ......

SFU 35,000
BCIT 36,000
Emily Car University 2,000
Capilano University 11,000
Kwantlen Polytechnic University 20,000

Probably missing one or two.

That said, Toronto and Montreal also have a number of other institutions.

[mistercorporate]

Originally Posted by theman23

60,000 in St. George??? It was only 35k a decade ago.

That's just undergrads, they have 43,000 undergrads right now. 60,000 includes the 17,000+ post-grads.

[mistercorporate]

Originally Posted by christmas

Vancouver has more than that. We also have SFU which would put us at
~95,000. Many graduates from UVic and UBC Okanagan also choose Vancouver as their permanent home so that is another ~30,000 people.

125,000+ In Vancouver.

For Toronto, I would also include UWO, McMaster, UW, Guelph because many grads from those universities have the flexibility to move to and work in Toronto (not to mention, a chunk of the student pop comes from Toronto).

Anyways, I firmly believe that Amazon will not come to Canada.

Oh, i was only speaking of specific universities with more than 50,000. If we're gonna tally up totals for Toronto, then we would have to also include Ryerson, OCAD U, maybe even UOIT, along with those you mentioned, that would probably top 300,000.

[osmo]

York U is the largest university in Canada if I recall. The UofT system has a large number but it is inflated to an extent. Overall though Montreal has the most post secondary students, after Boston, Montreal and New York have the most in North America.

[north 42]

Originally Posted by Loco101

If not in Canada, what about Detroit or Buffalo which are located right on the border with Ontario. Amazon could employ many Canadians that way as well who could live in Windsor or Fort Erie.

Both Detroit and Buffalo have over a million people in their CMAs and have low costs. They both have large airports although Detroit's is much larger. Both cities certainly have the space and are well located for transportation of all types.

I would love it to come to Detroit, it would be a huge win for both Detroit and Windsor! There are already so many Windsorites that work in tech in Detroit, so having even more opportunities for us would be huge!

I think Detroit actually has a decent chance of landing this! The city's current boom and renaissance are very exciting, and its tech sector is growing very fast, so Amazon could be the feather in its cap! Never stop dreaming!

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by christmas

Vancouver has more than that. We also have SFU which would put us at
~95,000. Many graduates from UVic and UBC Okanagan also choose Vancouver as their permanent home so that is another ~30,000 people.

125,000+ In Vancouver.

For Toronto, I would also include UWO, McMaster, UW, Guelph because many grads from those universities have the flexibility to move to and work in Toronto (not to mention, a chunk of the student pop comes from Toronto).

Anyways, I firmly believe that Amazon will not come to Canada.

If you were going to do that, you'd have to include WLU in Waterloo and UOIT in Oshawa as well. Heck, throw in Trent and Brock as well!

[kool maudit]

If it's Canada it's Toronto. But it won't be Canada. Why would they introduce that level of regulatory disconnect? No Canadian advantage would be worth it; you can pretty much gerrymander yourself whatever sort of "Canadian" experience you want in the US. It's a big country.

[J.OT13]

According to the Washington Post, 39 North American cities, and of that 3 Canadian cities meet the minimum qualifications for Amazon HQ2; Toronto, Montréal and Ottawa.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e19c58502c7a

[J.OT13]

As for education, Ottawa has a solid student population for its size;

uOttawa: 45,000
Carleton: 30,000
St. Paul: 1,000
UQO (Gatineau): 7,000

Algonquin: 23,000
Cité: 5,000
Cégep de l'Outaouais (Gatineau): 5,000
Heritage College (Gatineau): 1,200

83,000 University
34,200 College

[ACT7]

Pretty compelling case for Toronto on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...toronto-2017-9

No one has mentioned the MaRS Discovery District yet either up to now. It's one of, if not the largest innovation hub in the world.

But as has been said many times, Amazon has probably already shortlisted a handful of cities and the RFP is an exercise in politicking. Whether Toronto is on the shortlist? Time will tell.

[SpongeG]

I can't find the article now but I was reading one this morning and it was saying its pretty much going to go to Denver, but the same article says that bezos just spent $23 million on a house in washington DC...

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I can't find the article now but I was reading one this morning and it was saying its pretty much going to go to Denver, but the same article says that bezos just spent $23 million on a house in washington DC...

He bought the D.C. mansion in late 2016.

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

He bought the D.C. mansion in late 2016.

Maybe Bezos is planning on running for president of the U.S of A!

[le calmar]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

As for education, Ottawa has a solid student population for its size;

uOttawa: 45,000
Carleton: 30,000
St. Paul: 1,000
UQO (Gatineau): 7,000

Algonquin: 23,000
Cité: 5,000
Cégep de l'Outaouais (Gatineau): 5,000
Heritage College (Gatineau): 1,200

83,000 University
34,200 College

St. Paul only has 1,000 students? I knew it was small but now that's something. Smallest university in Canada I guess.

[jmt18325]

According to reports, executives favour Boston - so there's that.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by le calmar

St. Paul only has 1,000 students? I knew it was small but now that's something. Smallest university in Canada I guess.

There are smaller ones out there.

For one, Université Sainte-Anne in the Nova Scotia Acadian town of Church Point (Pointe-de-l'Église) has less than 500 students.