Expanding business base. Motivated, highly educated workforce. Affluent, diverse population. By every measure, Canada's high-tech capital – and 16th largest municipality – is thriving.  The award-winning City of Markham is the largest of nine communities in York Region, with a population of over 353,000 and a land area of 212 square kilometres.  Of the 10,400 companies in Markham, there are more than 400 Canadian head offices located here – including IBM, Aviva Insurance, AMD, Bank of China, GE Digital Energy, Honeywell, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo, Johnson & Johnson, Toshiba, Honda and Hyundai.  Over 1,000 technology and life sciences companies are based in Markham. These two sectors alone employ 37,000 people – over one-fifth of the total workforce of 167,500.

• Top 100 Employers in Markham (PDF)
  By Number of Employees. Updated: March 2018
• Economic/Demographic Profile (PDF)
  Updated: May 2018
• Markham Census Profile 2016
  2016 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham Census Profile 2011
  2011 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham National Household Survey Profile 2011
  2011 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham City-Wide Demographics Quick Facts 2016 (PDF)
  Updated: June 2018 -- 2016 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Quick Facts Supplementary Graphs (PDF)
  Added March 2014
• Understanding the Quick Facts (PDF)
  Added March 2014
  
  
• Ward Profiles for 2016
  Population, Education, Employment and Language Statistics by Ward compiled from the 2016 Census Data